Abbas Aroua

Scientific qualifications

• Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne
• PhD in health physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
• Certificate of Expert in Radiological Protection from the University Institute of Radiation Physics at CHUV in Lausanne
• Master of Science in Medical Physics from the Surrey University in Great Britain
• Diploma of Higher Studies in Electronics from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algiers

  Activities in human development

• Member of the teaching staff of the "Master of Advanced Studies in Peace and Conflict Transformation", World Peace Academy │ University of Basel
• Member of the teaching staff of the "Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies", Hacettepe University, Ankara
• Head of the Arab World Department of the International Transcend Network for Peace, Development and Environment
• Co-founder in 1994 in Geneva of the Hoggar Institute for Human Rights Studies
• Founder in 2002 and director of the Cordoba Peace Institute - Geneva, for peace promotion
• Co-founder in 2004 of the Alkarama Foundation, for human rights
• Co-founder in 2007 of the Rachad Movement, dedicated to radical non violent political change in Algeria and the establishment of the rule of law and good governance
• Co-founder in 2009 of the Arab Organization for Freedoms and Good Governance
• Co-founder in 2010 of the Compostelle-Cordoue NGO for interfaith dialogue
• Organizer and participant at numerous seminars, training workshops and conferences, and author and editor of numerous reports, scientific papers and books in the field of conflict resolution and human development

  Activities in public health

• Director of the Swiss company AHEAD S.A. specialized in training, research and consulting in the field of medical physics and radiological protection
• Lecturer at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne
• Founder in 2003 of a working group on the exposure of the population by medical radiology, which later became the European Dose Datamed Group
• Member of several national and international learned societies
• Author and co-author of tens of scientific papers and reports in the field of public health

  Publications in medical and health physics

• Publications in human rights and conflict & peace

• Blogs