Sam van Vliet

Sam van Vliet (1982) holds an MA in Anthropology and in Religion Studies (2009) at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has worked in cultural, diplomatic, humanitarian and academic sectors with a consistent focus on the Middle East. Since 2008, he lived for different periods in Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq, developing a proficient working knowledge of Arabic. Van Vliet contributed to various researches related to the Arab uprisings and conflict developments in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. From 2010, he managed various humanitarian response programs to migration and refugee crises in Yemen and Lebanon, but since 2014 he has been engaged in the field of conflict transformation and sociopolitical analysis. With IOM Iraq (2018-2020), Van Vliet acted as Conflict Analyst, exploring entry points on community stabilization, local governance and justice processes in collaboration with Iraqi civil society groups. Since 2021, Van Vliet supports the advocacy and outreach work of Impunity Watch in Syria, Iraq and Tunisia with the main objective to promote victim centred policies on justice and accountability.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-van-vliet-40849418/