Status
In Progress
Email Address
gamal.mansour@mail.utoronto.ca
Major
Comparative Politics
Supervisor(s)
Mansour, Gamal
Dissertation:
State-business Relations in Syria: Autonomy under authoritarianism
Biography
Gamal is a PhD Candidate in the Political Science Department at the University of Toronto (UofT). He is a comparativist, and his research examines state-business relations under authoritarianism. His thesis looks at Syria under the Assad regime as a case study.
Research Interests
State-business relations, authoritarian regimes, comparative politics, International Relations
Previous Degrees
BA Political Science (2017, Concordia University, Montreal),
MA Political Science (2018, University of Toronto, Toronto).
Teaching Experience
TA duties, including: Democracy, Dictatorship, War, and Peace (POL-101, Full Year 2018), Introduction to International Relations (POL-208, Full Year 2019), Globalization and Development (POL-223, Winter 2020), What Went Wrong: Marches of Folly (POL-107, Fall 2021).