Prof. Dr. Nasim Barham
Personal details
2011–2012 | Guest Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Centre for Middle East Studies, Odense, Denmark |
2009-2010 | Sabbatical Year |
2008-2009 | Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, University of Jordan, Faculty of Arts, Amman, Jordan |
2007-2008 | Vice Dean, University of Jordan, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Amman, Jordan |
2006-2007 | Guest Professor at University of Heidelberg, Germany |
2002-2003 | Vice Dean, University of Jordan, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Amman, Jordan |
2001-2002 | Guest Professor at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany |
2000-2001 | Vice Dean, University of Jordan, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Amman, Jordan |
1997–2001 | Full Professor of Economic Geography, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan |
1988–1996 | Associate Professor, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan |
1988-1989 | Sabbatical Year at University of Göttingen, Germany |
1979–1987 | Assistant Professor, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan |
July 1979 | Ph.D. in Economic Geography, University of Hanover, Germany |
1976 | Diploma in Geography, University of Hanover, Germany |
Research profile
- Human, Economic and Industrial Geography
- Especially:
– The problematic of industrial cluster-building in Jordan and the handling of limited water resources in sensitive regions of the Near East,
– Urban planning issues and the related increasing of social polarization in urban space
Publications
Monographs
- The Arab Spring: Restructuring of Internal and External Political Relations – Current Views of Arab Thinkers. Centre for Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, 2012.
- Die Wasserproblematik in den Anrainerstaaten des Jordans: demographische, ökologische und politische Hintergründe, 2000.
- The Diverse Facets of Land Grabbing with Special Reference to the Middle East. Centre for Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, 2012.
Contributions to Books and Journals (samples)
- Geographical background of the conflict in Lebanon. In: Annals of Japan, Association for Middle East Studies, issue 2, 1987: 363 – 384. (in Arabic)
- The internal migration in Jordan. In: Urbanization du Monde Arabe, vol. 2, 1992. (in English)
- Development and problems of Agriculture of Jordan. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, vol. 38, issue 1 – 2, 1994: 23 – 35. (in German)
- Sectoral actors in the Jordanian economy. In: G. Joffe’ (ed.): Jordan in Transition 1990 – 2000. London, 2002.
- Rehabilitation and reintegration of the displaced of the civil war 1975-1990 in Lebanon. In: Hans Gebhardt (ed.): Urban governance in Lebanon. Heidelberg, 2008.
- (with Safa’ Sababhah): Value chain of garment industry in Jordan. A Study in economic geography. In: Abhath Al-Yarmouk – Humanities and Social Sciences Series, vol. 25, issue 4, 2009: 755 – 776.