Gabriel Garroum Pla was previously a visiting research fellow at IBEI. Currently, he is a teaching fellow for this academic year. Gabriel has a PhD in War Studies (King's College London, July 2021). Gabriel is an interdisciplinary researcher specialised in International Relations and Middle East Politics. Born into a Syrian-Catalan family, his main research areas include political violence, critical IR theory, contemporary security issues, and critical geopolitics. Also he often contributes to different Spanish and International media outlets regarding the politics of the Middle East (for a list of contributions see reorientats.com).

He is also a member of the Research Centre in International Relations (King's College London) and co-director of "Això era casa meva/This Was My Home "(2019), a documentary on the Syrian civil war premiered at the British Film Institute. He has lived in Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Lebanon.