Rob Geist Pinfold












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            Dr. Rob Geist Pinfold is a Leonard Davis Post-Doctoral Fellow in International Relations a
            University of Jerusalem. He is also a Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies, Ki
            London and the National Security Studies Centre at the University of Haifa. Additionally, 

            International Affairs MA programme at the Department of Defence Studies, King’s College Lo

            Previously, Rob has taught at BA and MA levels, as well as in the military education secto

            Department of War Studies and the Department of Defence Studies at King’s College London. 
            research fellowships at the Institute for National Security Studies – a leading Israeli th

            well as at the University of Haifa.

            Rob holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London. His research intersects the stu

            and territorial conflict, with a focus on the Middle East. His publications include articl
            Conflict and Terrorism, The Journal of Strategic Studies and Mediterranean Politics. He al
            a book, Understanding Israel: Political, Societal and Security Challenges, which was publi

            in 2019.

            Education


            2018 PhD in War Studies, King’s College London, UK


            2012 MA in Terrorism, Security and Society, King’s College London, UK

            2010 BA in Politics and Modern History, the University of Manchester, UK


            Academic Positions


            2020-Present Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, the Hebrew University of
            Doctoral Fellow


            2019-Present Department of Defence Studies, King’s College London, UK, Teaching Fellow

            2018-2020 Division of International Relations, the University of Haifa, Israel, Post-Docto


            2015-2016 Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK, Graduate Teaching Assistan


            Research Fellowships

            2019-Present Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK, Research Fellow


            2019-Present National Security Studies Centre, the University of Haifa, Israel, Research F


            2016-2018 The Institute for National Security Studies, Israel, Neubauer Research Fellow

            2016-2017 The University of Haifa, Israel, Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow


            Publications


            Rob Geist Pinfold and Joel Peters, 2019, "The Limits of Israel’s Periphery Strategy: Lesso
            from the Caucasus and Central Asia," Mediterranean Politics, published online, DOI: https:
            doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2019.1693125


            Rob Geist Pinfold and M. L. R. Smith, 2019, "Theorising Territorial Withdrawal: The Need t
            Strategically," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, published online, DOI: 10.1080/1057610X


            Rob Geist Pinfold, 2019, "Territorial Withdrawal as Multilateral Bargaining: Revisiting Is
            “Unilateral” Withdrawals from Gaza and Southern Lebanon," The Journal of Strategic Studies

            online, DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2019.1570146.

            Joel Peters and Rob Geist Pinfold (Eds.), 2018, Understanding Israel: Political, Security 

            Challenges (Oxford: Routledge).

            Joel Peters and Rob Geist Pinfold, 2015, "Consolidating Right-Wing Hegemony: The Israeli E

            Mediterranean Politics 20 (3): 405-412.



            Courses taught in the academic year 2020-21:

            Understanding Israeli Security Policy: Territory, Occupations and Withdrawals [ URL "https

            studium/predmety/index.php?id=3327df501618b4fe07b85ba4fb9f144f&tid=&do=predmet&kod=JPM806"
            hybrid online and in-class course)


            Email: robert.pinfold(zavinac)kcl.ac.uk [ MAIL "robert.pinfold(zavinac)kcl.ac.uk"]