Dr. Nagmeldin Karamalla

Academic CV

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Political Science, 2016
University of Szczecin, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Political Science and European Studies, Szczecin, Poland
B.A./M.A., Finance and Banking, 1990- 1995
Wrocław University of Economics, Faculty of National Economy, Wrocław, Poland

Certificate in International Players in Public Finance and Debt Management, 2012
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, Switzerland
Certificate in Capital Market Development and Regulation, 2006
UNITAR, Geneva, Switzerland
Certificate in Effective Communication and Sales in the Use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, 2002
Centrum Npl Pioter Kotuski, 2013
Study of PHP, MySQL, and PostgreSQL Databases, ALX Poland, Warsaw, Poland

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Collage Professor, University of Commerce and Services in Poznan, Poland, September 2020 – Present

Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw October 2016 – Present

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Political economy of civil wars in Sudan, South Sudan, and in particular the conflict in Darfur(undergraduate/ graduate)
  • Migration in Sudan and South Sudan(undergraduate/graduate)
  • Armed conflict in Darfur – impact on children and youth (undergraduate)
  • Psycho-cultural differences between the West and Africa affect business and everyday life(undergraduate)
  • Islamization of northern, central, and eastern Africa(undergraduate)
  • The impact of climate change on the conflict in Africa (undergraduate/graduate)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE

Business Development Manager, Middle East & Africa, IT Touch Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland, July 2019  – present

  • Provide marketing/sales/product information to potential customers.
  • Identify and target business development opportunities across the Middle East & Africa.
  • Visit potential/existing customers to make presentations to maintain, enhance or gain new business.
  • Work as part of team, supporting colleagues and sharing information.
  • Preparing Quotations & Sales Orders.
  • Attending of exhibitions.

Editor in Chief, British Journal of Human Resource and Leadership, Academy of Social Scientific and Applied Research (ASSAR), London, United Kingdom, August 2018 – present

  • Reports to journal’s Publications Committee and owner’s Board of Directors.
  • Makes recommendations pertaining to improved dissemination of scientific material.
  • Establishes policies for submission of manuscripts and criteria for authorship/contributorship.
  • Processes manuscripts for peer review, evaluation of decisions regarding publication, and methods for reconsideration of rejected manuscripts.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Euro-African Foundation (Harambi), Warsaw, Poland, June 2010 – present

  • Ensures that the board is effective in its task of setting and implementing its direction and strategy.
  • Acts as the foundation’s leading representative, which involves the presentation of the foundation’s aims and policies to the outside world.
  • Chairs general and board meetings.
  • Ensures current information about Foundation for the board.
  • Assists all directors in implementing policies of the board.Political Analyst, Embassy of the State of Qatar, Warsaw, Poland, June 2010 – October 2018                                                                    
  • Monitoring and analyzing political and economic events in Poland and Baltics States.
  • Conduct research on political ideas and analyze government policies, political trends and related issues.
  • Predict political, social and economic trends, evaluate cultures, values and political ideologies and present unbiased reports.
  • Research political subjects such as foreign relations and political ideologies.
  • Collect data from sources such as public opinion surveys and election results.
  • Present research results by writing reports, giving presentations and publishing articles.
  • Evaluate the effects of policies and laws on government, businesses and people.
  • Monitor current events, policy decisions and legislation changes.
  • Raise public awareness of important political and social issues.
  • Establish contacts and sources to use in future research.

Web Designer/developer, Dunster House Ltd., Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK, March 2009 – 31 March 2010

  • Performed routine updates, upgrades, and overall maintenance of the website.
  • Ensured accuracy of the website content.
  • Assisted internet marketing team in updating websites and increasing search engine exposure.
  • Collaborated with project manager and programmers to layout the website functionality.
  • Maintained the company’s ecommerce-based website and photographed products used on site.

Economic & Political Analyst, Embassy of the State of Kuwait, Warsaw, Poland, December 2001 – November 2008                                                                                        

  • Monitored and analyzed political and economic events in Poland and the Baltic States.
  • Prepared and presented economic and financial reports at the Ambassador’s meetings with high level of governments officials, including ministers and parliament members.
  • Assisted Ambassador of Kuwait in making decisions by translating, interpreting, and analyzing all trade agreements between Poland and Kuwait.
  • Conducted research on political issues, government policies, and political trends.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin., The role of Sudanese diaspora in success of the revolution that overthrew the regime of dictator Omar al-Bashir, [in:]  Migrations in the contemporary world: A case of Africa. Cultural and social issues, edited by Helena E. Myeya & Maciej Ząbek, Bernardinum, Dar es Salaam, Warsaw 2020. Publication prepared in cooperation between  Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology University of Warsaw (Poland) and Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE), a Constituent College of the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).
  • Chioma, Onoshakpor, Etuknwa Abasiama, and Nagmeldin Karamalla-Gaiballa. 2020. “Strategic flexibility and organizational resilience of women entrepreneurs’ in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Research Journal of Business and Management 7(4).
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N. & El-Kafafi, S. (2020). The Impact of Conflicts on Natural Resources: The Case of Sudanese Darfur Region. International CEO Social Sciences Congress, 18 – 20 December 2020, held in Gorazde University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, (www.ceocongress.org).
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin. “The impact of climate change on the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur: is climate change the cause of the crisis?”. In W. Cisło, J. Różański & M. Ząbek (Eds.),  Collectanea Sudanica Vol. 2  (pp. 151-186). Warsaw, Poland: Stefan Wyszyński University 2020.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin“Has the revolution that broke out in the Republic of Sudan achieved its desired goals?”, International Journal of Sudan Research. IJSR, Vol.10, 2020. https://www.sudanknowledge.org/download/sudan-revolution-goals
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin. “The impact of climate change on the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur: is climate change the cause of the crisis?”. In W. Cisło, J. Różański & M. Ząbek (Eds.),  Collectanea Sudanica Vol. 2  (pp. 151-186). Warsaw, Poland: Stefan Wyszyński University 2020.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin. “The European Union role in resolving the armed conflict in the western Sudanese province of Darfur”, International Journal of Sudan Research  5, no. 1 (2015): 57-68.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin “The Qatari efforts to resolve the armed conflict in Darfur – the challenges and obstacles.” International Journal of Sudan Research 7, no. 1 (2017): 57-65.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin. Sudan: Conflict in Darfur (2003-2011). Warsaw: Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2017.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin. „Rola społeczności międzynarodowej w konflikcie w Darfurze.”  In Sudan: archeologia i historia, edited by Jarosław Różański & Maciej  Ząbek, Warszawa: Zakład Badań etnicznych i Między kulturowych instytutu etnologii i antropologii Kulturowej uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2015.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa Nagmeldin. “Darfur. Spojrzenie historyczne i społeczne, problemy dostępności zasobów naturalnych, struktura społeczno-etniczna.” In Sudan. Bogactwo kultur i wewnętrzne napięcia, edited by Waldemar Cisło, Jarosław Różański, and Maciej Ząbek, 231-247.  Warszawa: UKSW, 2012.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin. „Geneza konfliktu i ruchów zbrojnych w Darfurze.”  In Bilad as-Sudan – Kultury i migracje, edited by Waldemar Cisło, Jarosław Różański, Maciej  Ząbek, Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Afrykanistyczne and Międzynarodowe Centrum Dialogu Międzyreligijnego i Międzykulturowego UKSW, 2013.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin and Matouk Kamal. „Symulacja komputerowa jako narzędzie wspomagające podejmowanie decyzji ekonomicznych w przedsiębiorstwie.” In Modelowanie procesów ekonomicznych,77-86. Warszawa-Kielce, WSH and SGGW, 2002.
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, Nagmeldin and Matouk Kamal. „Rozwiązanie Business Intelligxence a hurtownie danych.” In Metody i systemy komputerowe w badaniach naukowych i projektowaniu inżynierskim, edited by Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Antoni Ligęza, and Maciej Szymkat, 177-182. Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 2003.

Non-Refereed Journal Articles

  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N., (2020). Czyż Nie Jest Pan Murzynem? Przecież Nawet W Książkach Dla Dzieci Jest Tak Napisane. [Aren’t you a Murzen? After all, even in children’s books it is written like this.] mPolska24. https://www.mpolska24.pl/post/17530/czyz-nie-jest-pan-murzynem-przeciez-nawet-w-ksiazkach-dla-dzieci-jest-tak-napisane
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N., (2020). Czy To, Co Się Teraz Dzieje, To Amerykańska Wiosna?. [Is What is Happening Now the American Spring ?] mPolska24. https://www.mpolska24.pl/post/17522/czy-to-co-sie-teraz-dzieje-to-amerykanska-wiosna
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N., (2019). كيف تأثر الثورة السودانية على التوازن الاستراتيجي في القرن الأفريقي؟ [How does the Sudanese revolution affect the strategic balance in the Horn of Africa?] Aljazeera.net. https://bit.ly/3l3B5tV
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N.,(2019). دور الدبلوماسية الثقافية في تطوير العلاقات بين الشعوب   [The role of cultural diplomacy in developing relations between peoples] Aljazeera.net. https://bit.ly/2TWayTe
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N.,(2019). هل تدعم روسيا قوات «حميدتي» في السودان بعد ان خُلع البشير؟   [Will Russia support Hemeti’s forces in Sudan after Bashir was ousted?] Al-Quds Al-Arabi. https://bit.ly/369uoQv
  • Karamalla-Gaiballa, N.,(2018). هل تمارس روسيا الحروب الجيوسياسية في محيطها الإقليمي؟   [Is Russia practicing geopolitical wars in its regional surroundings?] Al-Quds Al-Arabi. https://bit.ly/3euTH3v

Conference Presentations / Guest Speaker

CONFERENCE, LECTURES, AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

  • “Black and white in medieval Nubia: Human skin colour in medieval mural paintings in Sudan,” with Magda Łaptaś,” International conference, Visualizing the Other in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Art (1300–1550), Ostrava, The Czech Republic, November 14-16, 2019.
  • Participant in the international meeting, “The role of diasporas in the development of civil society,” organized by the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), hosted by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, Poland, March 22, 2019.
  • “Sustainable development – today and tomorrow,” The Green European Economic Congress, Katowice, Poland, December 4-5, 2018.
  • “Currentsecurity challengesfrom the perspectiveof the United States, Russia and China,” TheNational Defense Academy, Warsaw, Poland,
  • “Economic ForumPoland- Central Europe- China”The Polish Informationand Foreign Investment, Warsaw, Poland,
  • “International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation,” Executive committee meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 2012.
  • ConferenceChairpersonsfor thedefenseof the Parliamentsof the MemberStates of the EU (CODACC), Warsaw, Poland, 2011
  • Participant in the European Development Days(EDD) annual meetingassociatedwith the development policyof the EU, Warsaw, December, 2011
  • “General Elections and Referendum on Self-Determination: Are They Separable?,” St Antony’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom, December 2009.
  • “Darfur and Conflict Resolution in Sudan: Where Did it Go Wrong?,”  St Antony’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom, January 2009.
  • “Darfur in Comparative Perspective: Regime Crises, Ethnic Exclusion and Civil War in Africa,” St Antony’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom, November 2008.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Polish Association Political Science
  • Polish Africanist Society
  • Advisory Board, British Journal of Human Resource and Leadership
  • Chairman, the Euro-Africa Foundation Council (former Harambi Foundation)
  • Chairman, the Southern Connect Foundation Council

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 

  • Organizes social, cultural, and sport events for Warsaw communities.
  • Holds a series of meetings with children and school youth on advancing religious and cultural tolerance
  • Gives many press, radio, and television interviews  on: Radio Tok FM,  Polish Radio Program III, TVN (Polish TV channel), Polsat TV, Newsweek Poland, Rzeczpospolita newspaper, and gazeta wyborcza newspaper
  • Participates in the fields of Civil Society and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on advancing global connectedness
  • Advocates social and cultural integration of Polish and African communities through the Advocacy Committee of the African Community in Poland