Staff profile

• My primary research interests lie in international politics, with a focus on contemporary politics in the Global South through diverse lenses, including peace and conflict studies, youth and politics in the Globalised Muslim world, democratization, and the comparative development of social movements and political parties.

• 2025: Editorial Board Sage Open Journal :
• 2019 - 2025: Honorary Research Fellow - Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), The University of Exeter:

Authored book

• The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia's Islamist Movements: Influence, Impacts and Lessons
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2020). The Arab Uprisings and Malaysia’s Islamist Movements: Influence, Impacts and Lessons (1st ed.). Routledge.

Conference Paper

• New Wave of Democratization: The Case of Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions
  
  Saidin, M. I. S., Mazuki, A. A., & Mujani, W. K. (2014). New Wave of Democratization: The Case of Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. Presented at Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Advanced ICT (ICAICTE 2014), Dalian, China. https://doi.org/10.2991/icaicte-14.2014.36

Doctoral Thesis

• Between Revolution and Political Stability: The Perceptions and Influences of the Arab Uprisings among the Islamist Movements in Malaysia
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2018). Between Revolution and Political Stability: The Perceptions and Influences of the Arab Uprisings among the Islamist Movements in Malaysia [Thesis]. Awarding Organisation: Unknown. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34687

Journal Article

• Barriers to youth political participation: insights from Malaysia’s lowered voting age policy (Undi18) in the 15th General Election
  
  Saidin, M. I. S., & Azrun, N. (2025). Barriers to youth political participation: insights from Malaysia’s lowered voting age policy (Undi18) in the 15th General Election. Cogent Social Sciences, 11(1), Article 2491710. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2025.2491710
• Digital Media and Religious Sentiments in Malaysia: Critical Discourse Analysis of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and Democratic Action Party Cyberspace Campaigns in the 15th General Election
  
  Saidin, M. I. S., & Azrun, N. (2024). Digital Media and Religious Sentiments in Malaysia: Critical Discourse Analysis of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and Democratic Action Party Cyberspace Campaigns in the 15th General Election. Religions, 15(8), Article 920. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15080920
• The challenges of regime change and political transition in Egypt and Libya after the Arab Uprisings: critical reviews of factors and implications
  
  Saidin, M. I. S., & Storm, L. (2024). The challenges of regime change and political transition in Egypt and Libya after the Arab Uprisings: critical reviews of factors and implications. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 11(1), Article 2335771. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2024.2335771
• ‘#SayNoToRohingya’: a critical study on Malaysians’ amplified resentment towards Rohingya refugees on Twitter during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis
  
  Rashid, N. Z., & Saidin, M. I. S. (2023). ‘#SayNoToRohingya’: a critical study on Malaysians’ amplified resentment towards Rohingya refugees on Twitter during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. The Round Table, 112(4), 386-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2023.2244287
• Malaysia’s crisis of political legitimacy: Understanding the 2020 power transition and ‘Sheraton Move’ polemics through the ‘eyes’ of Malaysian political science graduates
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2023). Malaysia’s crisis of political legitimacy: Understanding the 2020 power transition and ‘Sheraton Move’ polemics through the ‘eyes’ of Malaysian political science graduates. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2222572
• Combating Daesh: Insights into Malaysia’s Counter-Terrorism Experience and the Deradicalisation of Former Detainees
  
  Saidin, M. I. S., & Khalid, K. A. T. (2023). Combating Daesh: Insights into Malaysia’s Counter-Terrorism Experience and the Deradicalisation of Former Detainees. Religions, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030367
• The Human (In)Security of Syrian Refugees in Malaysia
  
  Haron, A. S., Saidin, M. I. S., & Othman, Z. (2023). The Human (In)Security of Syrian Refugees in Malaysia. Social Sciences, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12060317
• The permanently minority people: Palestinian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, (Attempted) social death and desire to return
  
  Omar, H. B., & Saidin, M. I. S. (2023). The permanently minority people: Palestinian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, (Attempted) social death and desire to return. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2023.2172804
• Climate Change and the Diversification of Green Social Capital in the International Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa: A Review Article
  
  Saidin, M. I. S., & O’Neill, J. (2022). Climate Change and the Diversification of Green Social Capital in the International Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa: A Review Article. Sustainability, 14(7), Article 3756. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073756
• US foreign policy, neo-conservatism and the Iraq war (2003-2011): Critical reviews of factors and rationales
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2022). US foreign policy, neo-conservatism and the Iraq war (2003-2011): Critical reviews of factors and rationales. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 9(1), Article 2111829. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2022.2111829
• The Arab Uprisings and Worldwide Responses: A Review of the Literature
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2019). The Arab Uprisings and WorldwideResponses: A Review of the Literature. Intellectual Discourse, 27(2), 665-678.
• Rethinking the ‘Arab Spring’: The Root Causes of the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and Egyptian January 25 Revolution
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2018). Rethinking the ‘Arab Spring’: The Root Causes of the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and Egyptian January 25 Revolution. International Journal of Islamic Thought.
• REVOLUTION IN THE CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM WORLD: REVIEW OF THE 1979 IRAN’S REVOLUTION AND THE 2011 ARAB UPRISINGS
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2018). REVOLUTION IN THE CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM WORLD: REVIEW OF THE 1979 IRAN’S REVOLUTION AND THE 2011 ARAB UPRISINGS. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies, 45(2), 104-125.
• Democracy and Reform in the Middle East and Asia: Social Protest and Authoritarian Rule after the Arab Spring
  
  Saidin, M. I. S. (2018). Democracy and Reform in the Middle East and Asia: Social Protest and Authoritarian Rule after the Arab Spring. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 45(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2018.1496710