Ph.D. Candidate in Intergenerational Narratives of Afghan Conflict (Religious Studies of Faculty of Theology), Started September 2019 – University of Zurich, Switzerland. Dissertation:Transcending Fault-lines of conflict: Intergenerational Narratives of Afghan Diaspora in Switzerland and Germany
Forschungskredit grant holder from June 2021
M.A. in Peace Studies, December 2015 – University of Innsbruck, Austria
MAS in Peace and Conflict Transformation, Aug 2013 – Basel University, Switzerland
Courses in Islamic Studies, 2007-2008 - Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi, India
B.A. in International Relations, Aug 2001 – Franklin University, Switzerland
Employment History
September 2017 - July 2018: Regional Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) Delegate for Europe at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Budapest
November 2016 - January 2017: Consultant at Sphere, Geneva, Abuja, and Maiduguri
October 2013 - March 2014: Program Officer at Basel Peace Office, Basel
January 2012 - June 2012: Consultant at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), New Delhi
September 2010 - December 2010: Consultant at IFRC, New Delhi
October 2008 - December 2009: Senior Technical Support Officer at IFRC, Geneva
July 2005 - September 2006: Southeast Asia Regional Population Movement Coordinator at IFRC, Bangkok
September 2002 - April 2005: South Asia Regional Population Movement Manager at IFRC, New Delhi
Research Interests
Afghan diaspora
Jihad
Conflict & Reconciliation
Psychology of Religion
Gender, Islam ans politics
socio-political history of Afghanistan
Current research project / PhD Project
Transcending Fault-lines of Conflict: Intergenerational Narratives of Afghan Diaspora in Switzerland and Germany.
Publications
Books
Najibullah, Heela. Reconciliation and Social Healing in Afghanistan: A Transrational and Elicitive Analysis Towards Transformation. 1st ed. 2017. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2017. Web.
Chellaney, Brahma, and Najibullah, Heela. On the Frontline of Climate Change: Delhi: Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF), 2007.
Najibullah, Heela. Afghan Attempts at Peace and Reconciliation 1986 and 2010: A comparison. New Delhi, Delhi: Delhi Policy Group, 2011
Articles
Najibullah H. (2021) Different Layers of the Afghan Conflict. In: Richmond O., Visoka G. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5_132-1
Najibullah, Heela (2017). “Reconciliation and Social Healing in Afghanistan: Lessons to learn from History” Book presented at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University.
Memberships / Affiliations
The International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS) at the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies in Germany
Bonn International Center for Conversion, Bonn, Germany