#0. Profiling the Alternative Dialogues

This episode discusses the objectives of the podcast, which are: making the process of producing knowledge more accessible to the Arab world and discussing the importance of investments in integrative networks & interrelations among researchers and knowledge production institutions on the regional and global levels. Speakers: Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).Bassam Haddad: Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.Omar Dahi: Professor of economics at Hampshire college in the USA and the project director of Security in Context.Episode Producers:Adriana Qubaiova, Houda Fansa Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.بودكاست سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة: يوفر منصة لإجراء حوارات قائمة على الأدلة حول التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية المحلية والعابرة للحدود التي برزت خلال النزاع السوري. ينتج بالتعاون بين المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات ومعهد الدراسات العربية والأمن في سياقه.Syria; Alternative Dialogue is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic, and social challenges in Syria’s protracted conflict