Leadership

Leadership and project management

Leadership in externally funded higher-education initiatives, international academic cooperation, academic coordination, and institutional development.

Leadership profile

Strategic academic roles

Academic leadership experience includes the development and management of large international programmes, stewardship of European Union and DAAD funding, institutional coordination, scholarship administration, and cross-border university partnerships. Current responsibilities centre on EDU-SYRIA, SyrIA – Syrian Innovation in Academia, and exchange coordination within the School of Computing.

At a glance

Leadership emphasis

Programme managementLong-term leadership of EDU-SYRIA and related scholarship, capacity-building, and higher-education initiatives.
International cooperationProject development and implementation with the European Union, DAAD, Erasmus+, DFG, and related international partners.
Academic coordinationOngoing exchange coordination, grant stewardship, reporting, stakeholder dialogue, and institutional liaison work.

Current and continuing roles

Leadership appointments

December 2015–present

Project Manager / Principal Investigator / Grant Holder

EDU-SYRIA Project

Management of large-scale EU-funded higher education scholarship and capacity-building programmes supporting Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanian youth. Project website: edu-syria.eu.

2026–present

Co-Principal Investigator

SyrIA – Syrian Innovation in Academia

DAAD-funded €800,000 pilot project implemented by the German Jordanian University to support evidence-based renewal, strategic dialogue, capacity building, digitalization, and international connectivity in Syrian higher education. Project website: syria.edu-all.org.

February 2017–present

Exchange Coordinator

School of Computing, German Jordanian University

Coordination of student mobility, German Year preparation, partner-university communication, and academic exchange processes for the School of Computing.

February 2023–October 2025

Vice Dean, School of Computing

German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan

Funding and grants

External funding portfolio

Selected grants and project funding from a broader externally funded portfolio exceeding €38 million.

Project	Role	Funder	Amount
SyrIA – Syrian Innovation in Academia	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€800,000
German-MENA Collaborative IoT Partnership for Academic, Industrial, Entrepreneurship, and Managerial Excellence – GERMENAIOT	Principal Investigator	DAAD	€39,997
Support to Higher Education for Refugees and Vulnerable Host Youths – EDU-SYRIA IV	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€4,000,000
German-Jordanian-Tunisian Cooperative Partnership Enabling Academic and Industrial Networking in the Field of Internet of Things Supporting Scientific, Teaching, and Management Competencies – GJTNET	Principal Investigator	DAAD	€40,000
Project Innovation Hub (PIH) – Collaborative Learning Platform for Students from MENA Crisis Regions to Participate in International Project Cooperation and Research	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€194,070
Bringing Data Literacy to Jordan – BDL2JO	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€37,137
Cooperative Project “Digitalization of Cultural Heritage”	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€39,363
Introducing Data Literacy at the German Jordanian University – IDL@GJU	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€38,157
Higher Education Support to Syrian Refugees and Underprivileged Jordanian Youths of Host Communities – EDU-SYRIA III	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€15,000,000
International Master of Science on Cyber-Physical Systems	Co-Principal Investigator	European Union	€950,005
Deutsche IT-Woche	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€17,201
Vocational Education and Training & Higher Education Programme for Vulnerable Syrian Youth – EDU-SYRIA II, Additional Scholarships	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€2,600,000
Vocational Education and Training & Higher Education Programme for Vulnerable Syrian Youth – EDU-SYRIA II	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€11,000,000
Higher Education for Young Syrians and Jordanians – A Scholarship Program – EDU-SYRIA	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€4,000,000
Architecture for Safe, Adaptive and Robust IoT	Principal Investigator	European Union	€2,500
Examining an Adaptive Context-Aware Security Framework for Enterprise Ubiquitous Environments	Principal Investigator	DFG	€12,000
Exporting Master Programme in Enterprise Systems Engineering to Jordan, Syria, Tunisia and Egypt	Co-Principal Investigator	European Union	€1,001,639
A Privacy Framework for Mobile Applications	Principal Investigator	DFG	€9,200

Academic service

Editorial and review work

Editorial boards

Co-Editor: The Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
Guest Editor: Special Issue “Communication, Sensing and Computing for Intelligent Internet of Things Enabled Applications”, Electronics

Journal reviews

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
IEEE Systems Journal
Elsevier Internet of Things
MDPI Sensors

Academic service

Programme committee memberships

ICNC 2026 – International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (AI & Applications)
ISDIA 2023 – International Conference on Information System Design and Intelligent Applications
OL2A 2023 – International Conference on Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications
IEEE WETICE 2017 – International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises
IEEE TrustCom 2015 – International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications
IEEE TrustCom 2012 and 2011, FGCT 2012, and related workshops on interaction design and information-systems education

Additional programme committee service in earlier years includes workshops and conferences in privacy, trust, security, interaction design, and information-systems education.