Place of birth: Birmingham, England

Career: George Joffé is a Research Fellow and Affiliate Lecturer at the Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge, a Research Fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Oxford and Visiting Professor of Geography at King’s College, London. He also holds a professorial fellowship at London Metropolitan University. He specializes in the Middle East and North Africa and is currently engaged in a project studying connections between migrant communities and trans/national violence in North Africa. George Joffé is co-editor of The Journal of North African Studies (see url below).

Publications include: From Boundaries and State Territory in the Middle East and North Africa 1987 (revised edition 2002), Crisis in the Gulf: Politics and Economy (co-author) 1991, North Africa: Nation, State, and Region (Routledge/SOAS Contemporary Politics and Culture in the Middle East Series) 1993, Chad (World Bibliographical Series; co-author) 1995, Perspectives on Development: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership 1999, Jordan in Transition 2002, The Politics of Governing: A Comparative Introduction (co-author) 2006; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge, First Floor, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, England; Tel: +44 (0)1223 767235; Fax: +44 (0)1223 767237; Email: gj235@cam.ac.uk ; Email: giris@msn.com ; Website: http://www.intstudies.cam.ac.uk/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13629387.asp/ .