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.