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Driven by an insatiable curiosity and a commitment to both personal and professional growth, Mahmoud Javadi is constantly exploring new avenues of knowledge and experience.
Mahmoud is a doctoral researcher at the Center for Security, Diplomacy, and Strategy (CSDS) at the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium. His current work is part of the European Research Council-funded project, ‘Competition in the Digital Era: Geopolitics and Technology in the 21st Century’ (CODE). Prior to this, Mahmoud served as an AI governance researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) in the Netherlands as part of the Horizon Europe project ‘Reignite Multilateralism via Technology’ (REMIT). His research background also includes work with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focused on EU external relations. Mahmoud holds a Master of Arts in Transnational Governance from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.
When not immersed in research, Mahmoud finds balance through playing squash and reconnecting with nature on long walks.
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Mahmoud is an active member of the GDL Impact Task Team.
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Improvement in Iranian-European Relations Is Possible
Europe and Iran have long concentrated on shared challenges and differences, instead of on their common interests. GDL Member Mahmoud Javadi argues that there are possibilities for improvement and that the EU can, and should, play its part.
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A German Contribution to Engagement Between Iran and the Arab World
For a peaceful future, Iran and the Arab World should give their people opportunities to connect. As long as they fail do to so, Germany should help pave the way by using its research excellence and public diplomacy to nurture understanding between researchers from Iran and the Arab World, says GDL member Mahmoud Javadi.