Jacob Eriksson joined the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York in August 2014. He had previously been a Teaching Fellow in Middle Eastern Politics in the Department of Politics since October 2012. He holds BA and MA degrees from the War Studies Department, King's College London, and was awarded his PhD by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, in October 2011. His first book, 'Small State Mediation in International Conflicts: Diplomacy and Negotiation in Israel-Palestine,' is due to be published in June 2015 by IB Tauris.
