Dr H.A. Hellyer is a British scholar and analyst. He writes on the politics of the modern Arab world, religion and politics in Europe and internationally, majority-minority relations, security issues and the Muslim world–West relations.[1] He is a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for the Middle East,[2] and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.[3] Previously a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section,[4] and he was also Democracy Non-Resident Fellow for the academic year 2014 to 2015 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.[5]

Hellyer was previously Senior Practice Consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,[6] and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.[7] Dr Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.[8] Dr. Hellyer was appointed as deputy convener of the United Kingdom taskforce on tackling radicalization and extremism after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He also served as the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) first economic and social research council fellow, within its Islam team and counter-terrorism team.[4]

He is the author of a number of books and articles, including Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans, and A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt.

After receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the University of Warwick.[7] He was appointed as Deputy Convenor of the UK government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.[8]

He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, that specializes in social innovation to tackle structural inequality,[9] as well as other institutions. He was a long-term consultant on Demos think tank projects ‘Community Engagement and Counter-terrorism’ and ‘Counter-radicalisation & Muslim communities’.[7]

Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution,[10] as well as a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Expert.[11] Additionally, as the recipient of a Law degree from the University of Sheffield,[2] he taught as a Visiting Professor of Law at the American University in Cairo.[11]

Hellyer was a Europe Fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding in Detroit, Michigan, and has contributed a number of blogs to its website.[12]

Hellyer was a Senior Practice Consultant and Senior Analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center.[6] He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sisi piece on Egypt to Chatham House studies on international affairs.[13]

In 2009, Hellyer gave an invited talk at the UK Embassy in Bahrain.[15][16]

In 2010, Hellyer took part in a series of debates entitled "The future of Islam in Europe" and hosted by the British Council in Switzerland.[17]

In 2011, Hellyer gave a seminar in Singapore for the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the "Arab Spring".[18]

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