Dr. Azzam Amin is an Assistant Professor in Psychology in the School of Psychology and Social Work
at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He studied Psychology in Damascus University where he
got his degree and MA. After that, he moved to France and received his PhD in Cross Cultural and
Social Psychology from University of Lyon II (Université Lumière, Lyon 2).
He began his professional career in 2003 as a lecturer and research assistant at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Lyon II. Then in 2008, he moved to the Technical University Institute of Grenoble University in the Department of Management and Marketing. In 2010, Dr. Azzam was appointed as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Burgonia, Dijon, France where he was the Educational and Scientific Coordinator for the Diploma of University Studies and Technology, Department of Social Mediation. Later, He was appointed as associate professor (maître de conférences) at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Lyon.
Azzam Amin has been a member of the Social Psychology Research Group of the University of Lyon II for eight years (2008-2016). Since 2001, he has been a member of the International Association for Intercultural Research, based in Switzerland (L’Association internationale pour la Recherche Inter-Culturelle) and was a member of the Association of Scientific Bureau during the periods (2005-2007) and (2010-2012).
He has published numerous articles and research on identity and belonging, intolerance and sectarianism, culture, social integration and cross-cultural psychology in Arab and international journals, including in Qatar, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Canada and others. In addition, he is a member of the editorial committee in Hermon Center for Contemporary Studies. He was awarded the Arab Prize for Social and Human Sciences for research published in Arab and foreign journals for the academic year 2016/2017 (the sixth edition) presented by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.