CURRICULUM VITAE

KHALID ISSA MOHAMMAD ALEDWAN PhD in Parliamentary Affairs – Poltical Systems

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ChairPerson of Political Science Department

YARMOUK UNIVERSITY

Mailing AddressP.O. Box 961508Amman 111196 Jordan

Home: 0776313194Cell: 0795631688Fax:

khalidedwan@hotmail.comkhalid.edwan@yu.edu.jo

Current Position

ChairPerson of Political Science Department Since 26-1-2014 -Yarmouk University – Jordan

- Head of Amman and Gulf Center for Strategic Studies since 2002

Education

Academic

2003 -2007 Ph.D. Parliamentary & Legislative Affairs-

Comparative politics(Political Systems) - Cairo UniversityBy the recommended of a publishing dissertation on the University’s charge and with the

exchanging it between Arab and Foreign Universities.

1995-1997 M.A Political Science-IR University of Jordan

1991-1994 B.A. Political Science / sociology University of Jordan

Supporting Certificates

2009 certificate “Legislative Research and Policy Analysis” State University of New York (SUNY)

International center For Development/Legislative

Strengthening Program

Professional Experience Academic & Administrative

Academic

Feb.2012 – 2013 Davos Academy for Teaching and Training Courses Advisor of political and Parliamentary

Program.9 Jul 2012 Member of Quality Assurance Committee at political science

department11 Dec.2011 Member of ad-hoc committee in the political science department – Yarmouk university to determine the academic scientific Refereed magazines in order to be authenticated of the political science Department .

Sep.2010 - present Yarmouk University A Faculty Member-Assistant professor Department of political science

Oct. 2002 - present Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies General Director

Sep.2009 – Sep. 2010 Applied science university – Bahrain A Faculty Member-

Assistant professor – political science Department.

Oct.2009 – Aug.2010 Applied science university –Secretary of political science Department

Oct.2009 – Apr. 2010 Applied science university-Bahrain Design and prepare the academic program – B.A. In political science according to AQQ model (Quality Assurance Agency For Higher Education – England)

Sep. 2009 – Jan.2010 Royal police academy (Officer candidates) - Bahrain Assistant professor – joint program

between Royal police academy & applied science Univ- Bahrain

Sep. 2009 - August 2010 Member of the media and promotion Committee of Applied Sciences University, Kingdom of Bahrain. Oct. 2009 - August 2010 Member of Dean of Students Affairs and the Head of sports activity, Applied Sciences University.

20 Dec 2009 The preparation of five-year strategic plan for Department of Political Science (2010-2015) at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences - Applied Sciences University – Bahrain. Nov 2009 Member of the examination committee , Applied Sciences University – Bahrain.

Feb. 2009 –Sep. 2009 State University of New York senior legislative Researcher (SUNY) /International center Of Development/Legislative

Strengthening Program- Jordan Parliament

Feb. 2008 - Jan. 2009 Alzytooneh University Part-time Lecturer

Sep.2008 – Nov.2008 secretary of the Jordanian House of Representative & UNDP Amman - capacity building program of the lower house -

Expert to Prepare a Parliamentary Knowledge Guidebook on “The lower house authorities and jurisdictions from the

constitutional & political perspective “. (The Guidebook is published (. within the framework of the project entitled “

Support to Parliament Secretariat (Lower House) and MPs Capacity Development with enhanced skills”.

Aug. 2008 United Nations Development Program / Bahrain Governance Consultant evaluation and comprehensive study of Bahrain elections 2006 to develop the “ women in 2006 election “ study. Review statistical data.

Feb. 2008 - August 2008 Jordan University Part-time Lecturer – political science Department.

Apr. 2004 – Aug.2005 Ministry of Justice Researcher in International Relation Department

1997 Univ. Of Jordan Teaching Assistant

Administrative

Feb 2012 – Feb 2014 the elected Member of the Board of Management of the Jordanian Political Science Association. Elections 2012.

Jan. 2006 – Aug. 2008 judicial institute of Jordan Assistant of General Director for Administrational Affairs

Mar.2008 Liaison officer between the judicial institute of Jordan and Ministry of public sector development.

May.2005-Jan.2006 Ministry of Justice Ministry of justice spokesman.

Apr.2005 – Jan.2006 Ministry of Justice Director of the Minister of justice office

June.1999- Aug.2004 Ministry of Justice Head of Ministry of Justice Bureau

Nov 1999 - Nov 2003 coordinator between ministry of justice and Department of public affairs at prime minister.

May 1998 - Nov 2003 Authorized to sign on behalf of the Minister of Justice in the documents that need to be ratified

May 2001 – 2002 Head of the Purchases Committee in the Ministry of Justice

Sep 2000   Member of the simplification of work procedures in government agencies - the Ministry of Justice

Sep 1999 – Sep 2000 Member of ad-hoc team for studying the development of work in the Ministry of Justice

Sep 1998 – Sep 1999 Member of the internal oversight unit in the Ministry of Justice 

March – April 1998 clerk of the Sweileh Court 

Aug.1997-Apr. 1998 Palace of Justice Public Relations Officer

1995-1997 Clerk of the Court of Appeals income tax cases

Training Courses, Workshops & Seminars

Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 Training program (preparation the new faculty member) Yarmouk University.

Feb 3-4 2010 Training program (Presentation Skills to faculty members) -, Arab Board Institution – University of Applied Sciences – Kingdom of Bahrain

May 3 2009 Workshop on “New Social Security Bill” organized by the Legislative Strengthen program/ State University of New York/ USAID in co-ordination with the Jordanian Parliament, Amman.

April 20 2009 Workshop on “Water and Agricultural Security in Jordan” organized by the Legislative Strengthen program/ State University of New York/ USAID in co-ordination with the water and agricultural committee in Jordanian Parliament, Jordan Valley.

March 19-21-2009 Workshop on "Relationship between Legislative – executive Branches” to the MPs, during the workshop conducted by Legislative strengthening program Jordan – the state University of New York /USAID/ in co-ordination with the Jordanian Parliament, Amman.

Aug 2008 the parliament of Jordan scientific meeting - the methods and mechanism of the legislative research in USA with comparative studies.Aug 10-14 2008 Training course “Public Relation: principles and applications “ Safe Route Public Relation ltd. London, UK.

Apr.2008 Participant on Workshop about Intellectual Property Rights conducted by ministry of industry and trade.

July 2007 Participant on Workshop about the Inspection system and the Enforcement of the Law conducted by Ministry of Environment.

21-23 May 2007 Participant on Workshop about The National Labor Legislations in the framework of Globalization and its impacts conducted by Arab Labor organization -Arab League.

26 March -6 April 2006 Training courses “the Modern Strategies in the Administration & Development of Institutional Performance” in the period between – the National Institute for Training.

May – July 2002 Comprehensive Seminars on the “Electronic Commerce business training program” (E-Government & E-Commerce) – ministry of information and communication technology.

May 2002 Comprehensive Computer Applications Course- The National Institute for Training – Amman.

The Scientific Production

1-1 A refereed academic journal :

1. Alsharah, Mohammad, Aledwan, Khalid, The Attitudes of the Members of the Seventeenth Jordanian National Assembly towards Parliamentary Governments in Jordan : Statistical Analytical Study.The Jordanian Magazine for law and political science,Muta university. Accepted for publication on

2. Khaled, Aldabbas, Khalid, Aladwan ,Human Rights at Arab Summits closing statements after September 11, 2001 Dirasat (an international peer-refereed research journal published in seven specialized series by the Deanship of Academic Research), University of Jordan. Accepted for publication on 17-8-2014

3. Khalid, Aladwan ,Khaled, Aldabbas “ The Jordanian Parliamentary Institution: A Study in Political Representation “,Dirasat Journal, Scientific Research Deanship, University of Jordan, Accepted for Publication on 2-2-2014.

4. Aledwan, Khalid, Alsharah, Mohammad, Political Dimensions of the State’s General Budget, Dirast, Human and social Sciences University of Jordan, Published , 41(3), 784 - 802

5. Aledwan, Khalid, 2013:“The Political Dimension to the Jordanian Parliament Oversight on Temporary Laws” , Annals of Arts and Social Science , University of Kuwait, .Accepted for Publication on Sep 2013.

6. Aldabas Khalid, Aledwan,Khalid, Alguran ,Sultan, 2014, Jordanian universities students voting behavior determinants in the election of the 17th Jordanian Parliament : Field Study, Alnahda Journal- Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Cairo University, Accepted for Publication on 1/10/2014.

7. Aledwan,Khalid and Hilat Ramzi :2012 “The Jordanian Senate and the Shura Council of Bahrain : A Comparative Study , The Association of Arab Universities Journal of Arts- Published at Yarmouk University . Published Vol.10,No 1C

8. Aledwan, Khalid and Al-Momani, Mohammad 2011 :“the impact of constitutional structure on the development of the Parliamentary institution in Jordan : Comparative Approach ,(The Association of Arab Universities Journal of Arts- Published at Yarmouk University , Published, 2013.Vol.10,No 2A

9. Aledwan, Khalid, April 2010 : The Role of the Judiciary and High Council of constitutional interpretation in the relationship between the government and parliament in Jordan; Alnahda Journal- Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Cairo University, Published, Vol.11, No.2.

1-2 Books , Chapter in Book lexicon &Guidebook

10. Aledwan, Khalid , Factors Influencing The Development of Parliamentary Institutions: Jordanian Parliament Model .Author, Amman , First edition .2014 (Published)

11. Women and Politics: Introduction to the Political Empowerment of Women, 2013, Author, Amman,(Published).

12. Experts Group, Arab parliamentary lexicon, under the supervision of the Council of State / Sultanate of Oman.( The lexicon has not yet been formally issued)

13. Aledwan, Khalid ,Feb 2009 ,“The lower house: powers and jurisdictions from the constitutional & political perspective “– in the context of enhancing “Parliamentary Knowledge, commissioned by the General secretary of the Jordan lower house & the UNDP office (“Capacity

Building program implemented by UNDP). The book was distributed to the MPs and staff of the secretariat of Jordanian parliament.(Published)

14. Aledwan, Khalid 2008, "the Role of parliament and media in political empowerment of Jordanian women" in: Dr. Abdullah Saleh (Ed.) “The political Empowerment to the Arab Women; the Role of parliament and media in political empowerment of Arab women in Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain. Book published by UNIFEM (The United Nations Development Fund for Women).

1-3 Edited Work

Nov 2010 : Prepare and edit the seventh parliamentary report , “ the dissolution of parliament ; comparative perspective to Arab and foreign political systems , The network of Arab parliamentary Researchers . Cairo , Egypt.

1-4 Theses Discussed-Supervision.

1. “ The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in Political Development in the Arab world (1990-2010 (: Morocco, Jordan , Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria , Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait” .Tojan Jibreen, Master in Political Economy , Political Science Department , Yarmouk University. (13 Mar 2012).

2. “ The Regional Position for Turkey in 2020 : Future Study “. Baker AlbdoorMaster in Political Economy , Political Science Department , Yarmouk University. (4 Oct 2012),

3. “The Impact of Arab Israeli Peace Treaty on Israeli Economy. Sultan Alajlouni, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department, Yarmouk University. (25 July 2013)

4. “Algerian Amazigh Movement In Light of The Arab Movement – Problematic Identity and Authoritarian Employment”2010-2012, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department, Yarmouk University.(31 Mar 2014)

5. “The Impact of Energy Policies on Jordan Political Stability “,okla akhorshada, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department , Yarmouk University.My Supervison. (19 May 2014)

6. “ Measuring the Impact of Governmental Corruption on Political Stability in the Arab Region( Egypt,Tunisia,Jordan), Ali Kewan, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department , Yarmouk University.My Supervison. (19 July 2014).

7. "The Political & Economic Impacts of Migrant workers on Jordan 2003-2013",Abed Alow, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department , Yarmouk University. (6 Aug, 2014).

8. " The Impact of The -2008- Financial Crisis in T he United States on The Political and Economic Relations with The Middle East Region" " Case Study

(Jordan,Egypt,Palastine,Israel".Sames Hajat, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department , Yarmouk University, My Supervison.

9. " The Transformation Stages in Political and Economic Trends at Kuwait from Massmedia Perspective (1979-2012).khalifa alfailkawi, Master in Political Economy, Political Science Department , Yarmouk University, My Supervison.

1-5 Research and papers in workshops & Conferences

Academic Review and assess the case study about Jordan – study conducted by IPU-

International Parliamentary Union - & UNDP Project on Promoting Inclusive Parliament: The Representation of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Parliament. March 2010

Presented a constitutional and political opinion on “ the amendment of the internal regular of the house of parliament” , to the fifteen Lower House –in the framework of Legislative Strengthen program- Lower house office / State University of New York (SUNY) July 2009

Prepare a Research paper “The Federal National Council in Emirates state between the Limitations & the horizon of Development “, presented to the Emirates center for strategic studies UAE. June 2009.

Presenter“ the Impact of the Decisions of the high council for constitutional Interpretation and courts on the Relationship between Legislative – executive authorities in Jordan” to the Jordanian MPs , and high ranking secretariat staff of Jordan parliament, during the workshop, conducted by Legislative strengthening program Jordan – the state University of New York –Amman between 19-21 Mar 2009.

Presenter: “. The constitutional framework for the internal regulation of the Jordanian parliament “. The fourth conference of parliamentary program at the faculty of Economics and Political Science / Cairo University, in cooperation with the Democracy and human Rights program, 25-26 July 2007.

Presenter: “the Jordanian Experience in the Field of parliamentary research.” - Parliamentary reform – Lebanese center for policy studies and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung- held in Beirut, Lebanon 12-13 May 2006.

Invited Participant with a group of parliamentary specialists and Experts to prepare The Arab Parliamentary lexicon, conducted by the Council of State / Sultanate of Oman, the lexicon is not limited to the terms and their meanings Only, but also contains a detailed explanation of each term

is contained at the parliamentary and political levels, in a scientific manner, according to a systematic comparative approach. April 2009.

Participate as a member in the Jordanian team, headed by the Minister of Justice, the first regional conference for Arab States, the judiciary development, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and representatives of the French government and the U.S., on the basis of an initiative of Rational Administration to Service the Development In the Arab Country. 28-29 Sep.2005.

Non-Academic

Invited Participant to Attend International human law seminar at judicial institute of Jordan cooperation with DAAD. April 2009

Presenter: “the constitutional & political Framework within Jordan Parliament, during the “knowledge building “training course for the secretariat staff of the Jordanian parliament on 27 Nov.2008.

Invited to head the team participate in the seminar by occasion of the fifth anniversary of the foundation of the international organization of human rights – Oslo – Norway, Dec. 5-16 1998

Writings, Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews

Writings (Newspapers and Magazines):

1. April 2007 “The New Approach Proposed to the Political and Constitutional Behavior of the Executive power in the relation with legislative power “, Al-Hadath Albrlamani (Parliamentary weekly newspaper).

Lectures

1. Present Lecture: “The Parliamentary Governments between The Vision of King Abdullah The Second Toward Political Reform and international models, The Deanship of Students Affairs – Yarmouk University. 30 April 2014.

2. Present Lecture: “The constitutional Amendments in Jordan 2011 & The Vision of King Abdullah The Second Toward Political Reform , The Great Arab Revolution club, The Deanship of Students Affairs – Yarmouk University. 3 May 2012.

3. Present Lecture: " Political Reform in Jordan and The Arab Spring " Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies. Amman, Feb 2012.

4. Invited Participant , Kamel Abu Jaber , The National Identity in Jordan , The Jordanian Political Science Association , Feb 2012.

5. Present Lecture: " The Electoral Systems & Jordan Case : The Suitable System " Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies. Amman, Jan 2012

6. Present Lecture: " The Constitution Amendments in Jordan : Critical Remarks " Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies. Amman, Nov 2011.

7. Present Lecture: " New Reading of democracy: Karl Popper perspective " Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies. Amman, May 2011.

8. Present Lecture: " The Road Map to Enhance The Political Reform in Jordan " Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies. Amman, Aug 2010.

9. Present Lecture: " New Perspective of parliamentary Reform and its Impact on the Relation between the Government and Parliament” Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies Amman. Feb. 2010

10. Present Lecture : " The constitutional Monarchy and Jordan Political System " Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies Amman, Dec.2009

11. Present Lecture :" The Imbalance political power between Government & Legislative Institution in Jordan ". Amman and Gulf center for strategic studies. Amman Oct.2008

12. Present Lecture : " The political Reform in Jordan : Impediment & Augmentation " Jordan Center for Research and Cultural Development Association. June 2006

13. Present Lecture : " The Democratization process in Jordan : Future perspective " Jordan Center for Research and Cultural Development Association. May 2005

14. Present Lecture : The Evaluation of Parliamentary Performance within political system" , Jordan Center for Research and Cultural Development Association. Feb 2004

15. Present Lecture : " The New Vision To Enhance The Parliamentary Institution in Jordan Political Life " . April 2003, Jordan Center for Research and Cultural Development Association.

Selected Interviews:

1. Dec.2012 : An interview with Yarmouk university radio – the impact of political money on the parliamentary institution.

2. Nov.2012: An interview with Sahafat alyarmouk- Yarmouk University. About Parliamentary elections 2013.

3. May 2011: An interview with Yarmouk university radio – political opposition and political Reform in Jordan.

4. Feb 2010 : An interview with Bahrain Radio – Kingdom of Bahrain , Political Reform in Bahrain & The youth participation.

Honors, Achievement and Awards

Excellent Teaching : student course evaluation Questionnaire:

- Academic Year 2010/2011: First semester ; 96.9% - 96.9% - Second semester : 97.9% - 96.6% Yarmouk university.

- Academic Year 2011/2012: First semester : 90.5% - 95.9% - 89.4% - 96.2% - Second semester : 99% , 97.5%, 93.4%, 90.4%. Summer semester : 95.6%- 96.2%

- Academic Year 2012/2013: First semester -93% -89.6%- 94.5%- 93.8% Second semester : *96.3% - 90.4% - 90.4% - 89.2% Summer semester – 94.2% -91.3%.

- Academic Year 2013/2014: First semester: 98.4%- %92.2% - 90.8%- 89.7 Exchange PhD dissertation among Arab and Foreign universities. Cairo

University, 2008

Passed courses doctoral exams with distinction, Cairo University.2004

Teaching Assistant – political science Department , The University of Jordan, 1997

Academic Achievement - Honors award from the University of Jordan for graduating first in the 1994-1995 political science undergraduate class ( the 1st out

of 75 students with summa cum laude).

Appreciation certificate

Nov.2010 : Appreciation certificate to the efforts in helping the Quality assurance committee – Applied science university – Bahrain.

Mar 2012 : Appreciation certificate - efforts of Supervision on the elections committee of student union council 2012 of Yarmouk University. (Head of elections committee of political science department students.)

Principal Areas of Research

Jordan political system (constitutional monarchy). Democracy and democratization.

Women Studies . The parliamentary studies and Parliamentary Development (Reform).

Parliamentary training. Comparative politics (political systems studies). National Security Studies.

Middle Eastern political development and regional stability. Political analysis and political behavior. Constitutional and Judicial studies. Governmental affairs and public service. Non Profit organizations and NGOs (grassroots institutions) and political systems Elections and political participation studies.

Regions of Study (geographic emphasis)

Jordan Gulf State Middle East & Africa Cross-national studies

Software Skills

SPSS, EXCEL, POWER POINT, MICROSOFT WORD

Courses Taught

Yarmouk University - Jordan : Fall, Spring, and summer semester 2010-2014 Introduction to Political Science, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Jordanian Foreign Policy, Electoral systems, Political system in Jordan, Political Reading in English, National Security, National Education, Political Systems (1), Political Parties. Political Systems (2),Political Psycology.

Applied Science University – Bahrain : Fall, Spring, and summer semester 2009-2010- Comparative Foreign Policy, International Economic Relations, principles of Diplomacy, Political Readings in English, Readings in diplomacy in English, Theories of Political Systems, Gulf Political System, Political Sociology, Principles Of Negotiation, International Law (1).

Royal police Academy – Bahrain : Fall Semester 2009: International Law (1) – two classes / officers candidates - .

Al zaytoonah University - Jordan : spring and summer semester 2008 , and Fall semester 2009- National Education.

The University of Jordan : Spring and summer 2008 - Ancient & Medieval Political Thought, Methodologies of Research in political science.

Representation Representative of Amman & Gulf center for strategic studies – London, UK since 2003.

Other Participations

Member of the electoral committee of student union council elections of Yarmouk University. (Head of elections committee of political science department students.). 8 March 2012

Head of supervision elections committee of student council elections, Applied Sciences University, Kingdom of Bahrain 12 Dec 2009

Head of The ballot box - Voting and counting - The second constituency -Amman – the Jordanian Parliamentary Elections (the Jordanian fourteenth parliament) –17 June 2003.

Services

Apr.2000 –Apr.2001 Secretary of Jordan Center for Research and Cultural Development Association (NGO)

Apr.2001- June 2007 Director of Democracy, Human Rights and International Studies Department at Center for Research and Cultural Development Association.

Professional Memberships

2009 – Present: Member in the network of Arab parliamentary researchers. 2006 - Present: Member of the Jordanian Political Science Association. 2006 – 2008: Member of the American political science Association. (APSA,

Washington) 2006 – 2007 : Member of the International political science Association. /Canada 1999 –2000 : Member of the Middle East Institute. Washington D.C.

Membership Jan 2012: Al Wadi Alakhder club – Alrama District- Alshuna Aljanobiah.

Appreciation letter Political Science Department Students – Yarmouk University – Jordan. (Supervising

the Student elections / Political Science Department ) 1 April 2012 . The Deanship of Students Affairs – Yarmouk University – participating in student

union council elections of Yarmouk University.14 Mar 2012 Davos Academy for Teaching and Training Courses, Establishing Department of

Political & Parliamentary Program. Amman & Gulf Center for Strategic Studies, Establishing Department of

Parliamentary Affairs.12 Mar 2011 Quality Assurance Committee – Applied Science University – Bahrain ( Supporting

the committee tasks ). 12 Nov 2009 The Student’s union council- Jordan University -1994 - Honor Graduate Ceremony-

for graduating first in the 1994-1995 - political science undergraduate class.

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