Dastan is an associate fellow at the giga institute for middle east studies and member of the giga doctoral programme. she was previously a conflict researcher for the heidelberg institute for international conflict research on kurdish conflicts in iraq and syria.
Research briefs
Syria: The Border Situation between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
This report examines the control, relations, and permeability of the borders between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, focusing on actors of control, patterns of border openings and closings, and issues of corruption and violence.
Kurdish Youth and Civic Culture: Support for Democracy Among Kurdish and non-Kurdish Youth in Iraq
Based on merged data from the World Value Survey and Arab Barometer data from 2010 to 2018 in Iraq, this research examined civic cultural attitudes. So it looked at whether there was a correlation between trust in institutions and staying informed on politics, and the effect of these variables on support for a democratic system versus an autocratic system.