Computational Social Scientist · Political Scientist
Paris, France · jasim.dastan@gmail.com · ORCID · LinkedIn
Political scientist and computational social scientist with expertise in democratization studies, political behavior and culture, Middle East and Kurdish studies, and computational text analysis. Research spans field-based mixed-methods work, large-scale survey data, and NLP/LLM applications to political and social questions. Fluent in German, English, French, and Kurdish; experienced researcher, public speaker, and policy advisor.
| Year | Degree |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Ph.D. Political Science — Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg / GIGA Hamburg · Civic Culture Without a State |
| 2020 | M.A. Political Science (minor: Assyriology) — University of Heidelberg |
| 2017 | B.A. Social Sciences — University of Stuttgart |
Research Engineer – Senior Data Scientist · Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, ACSS-DIG, Paris · 01/2025–present
Methodological Advisor & Software Specialist · CNRS – PROGEDO, Paris · 10/2024–12/2024
Research Fellow · German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg · 10/2020–03/2024
Visiting Researcher · SCRIPTS Forum 2026, Freie Universität Berlin · 08/2026 (confirmed)
Visiting Scholar · Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS), American University of Iraq – Sulaimani · 01–05/2022 and 07–09/2019
Research Assistant – Conflict Barometer · Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) · 2017–2021
Research Assistant · Social Inquiry (NGO), Erbil, Iraq · 04–06/2019
Student Assistant · GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim · 2017–2019
Gendered Academic Network Dynamics in French Management Studies · Université Paris Dauphine – PSL · since 2025
Kurdish Media and the Israel–Palestine Conflict · Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies · since 2023 (Volkswagen Foundation)
Freelance Researcher · Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum · 2022–present
Political Consultant · The Carter Center (Northeast Syria constitutional process) · 09–10/2022
Initiator & Co-editor · Doppelt unsichtbar — Amadeu Antonio Foundation / KurdAKAD · 2022–2024
Member & Paper Presenter · Decolonizing Kurdish Studies Initiative, Brown University & Yale University · since 2021
Researcher · Anti-Kurdish Discrimination in Berlin Schools · 2020
Weltpolitik: Internationale Beziehungen global gedacht · Sciences Po, Campus de Nancy · from 09/2026
University Teaching & Public Training · GIGA Hamburg · 2020–2024
| Methods | Quantitative & qualitative analysis, computational text analysis, survey design, fieldwork |
| IT | Python (advanced), R (advanced), Stata (intermediate), LaTeX, Git |
| Languages | German (native), English (C1), French (C1), Kurdish – Sorani & Kurmanji (native/fluent) |
Aboucaya, W. & Jasim, D. (2026). "Doctoral Theses in France (1985–2025): A Linked Dataset of PhDs, Academic Networks, and Institutions." arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.08619.
Jasim, D. (2026). "Stability Has a Language: How the West Learned to Speak Arab Nationalism." Fathom Journal.
Jasim, D. (2025). "White Feminism – White Orientalism." Fathom Journal.
Jasim, D. (Forthcoming). The Kurdish Case for Democracy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Jasim, D. (2025). "Die Kurden in Syrien." Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Jasim, D. (2025). "Democratisation through Kurdish Decentralisation?" In R. Lowe & Z. Kaya (eds.), Governance of Resistance in North and East Syria. New York: Bloomsbury IB Tauris.
Jasim, D. (2024). "Reporting on Kurdistan." South Atlantic Quarterly, 123(4), 755–777.
Jasim, D. (2024). "Die Region Kurdistan im Irak: Das Ende der Autonomie?" Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Jasim, D. (Ed.) (2024). Doppelt unsichtbar: Antikurdischer Rassismus in Deutschland. Berlin: Amadeu Antonio Foundation / KurdAKAD.
Jasim, D. (2024). "How the Kurds Make the Case for Democratization." Quaderns de la Mediterrània, 36.
Jasim, D. (2024). "The Kurds in Erdogan’s “New” Turkey: Domestic and International Implications, by Nikos Christofis (ed.)." Kurdish Studies Journal, 2(1), 112–115.
Jasim, D. (2023). "Syria: The border situation between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq." COI-CMS Country of Origin Information – Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Jasim, D. (2023). "Kurdistan-Iraq and the EU." In G. Gürbey, S. Hofmann & F.I. Seyder (eds.), Between Diplomacy and Non-Diplomacy: Foreign Relations of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine. Palgrave Macmillan.
Jasim, D. (2023). "Nur die Wahl zwischen Krone und Turban?" Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Jasim, D. (2023). "Under Attack: Addressing Cross-Border Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq." Kurdish Peace Institute.
Jasim, D. (2022). "Grenzübergreifend: Der türkische und iranische Krieg in Kurdistan." Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Jasim, D., & Bazoobandi, S. (2022). "Iran Protests: Reform, Revolution, or Status Quo?" Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
Jasim, D. (2022). "Amid Nuclear Talks, The West Can't Ignore Iran's Kurdish Question." Kurdish Peace Institute.
Jasim, D. (2022). "Can Kurdistan Address European Energy Needs?" Kurdish Peace Institute.
Jasim, D. (2022). "Germany and Turkey: A Fatal Friendship." Kurdish Peace Institute.
Jasim, D. (2022). "Jenseits der Doppelmoral des Westens." Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Jasim, D., & Chomani, K. (2022). "Kurdish Allies and Kurdish Enemies: Turkey’s New War Against the PKK." The Commentaries, 2(1), 13–23.
Jasim, D. (2022). "Civic Culture and Support for Democracy amongst Kurds in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey." International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 16.
Jasim, D. (2021). "Kurdish Youth and Civic Culture." In B. Baser & S. Fazil (eds.), Youth Identity, Politics and Change in Contemporary Kurdistan. Transnational Press London.
Jasim, D., & Rodgers, W. (2021). "Beyond the Elite: Taking Protest and Public Opinion Seriously in the Kurdistan Region." Middle East Institute.
Jasim, D. (2021). "Biden’s Challenge: Kurdish Autonomy and Turkish Expansionism." GIGA Focus Nahost, No. 1. ISSN 1862-3611.
Hama, H., Abdulla, F.H., & Jasim, D. (2018). "One battle, two narratives? Rudaw’s framing during the 2017 conflict over the disputed territories of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq." The Journal of International Communication.
Hama, H., & Jasim, D. (2017). "The Loss of Disputed Territories: What is next for the Kurdistan Region?" Rubin Center – Research in International Affairs.
Connelly, M., & Jasim, D. (2017). "Not All Iraqi Kurds are On Board with Referendum." Middle East Institute.
Jasim, D., & Tertelmann, M. (2017). "Den Reichen nicht das Machtfeld überlassen." In Gib mir was, was ich wählen kann – Demokratie ohne Langzeitarbeitslose? Köln: Halem, 200–232.
Last updated: April 2026