Prof Dr Laeed Zaghlami, held a PhD from Algiers University3, Mphil from University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and Diploma from International Academy of Broadcasting Montreux, Switzerland. 1ST Degree Algiers University in Social Sciences
Full Professor in Faculty of Information and Communication, Algiers University3
2022-2025 Associate Professor Algerian Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations
External Examiner at Mauritius University 2016-2019

1982-2013 Algerian Broadcasting Enterprise: Journalist, Reporter, Special Chief Editor, Chief Department, Assistant to DG, Manager Algerian Radio Web Site.

Presently, Member of Media Network AUDA Nepad, North Africa Representative of African Media Initiative. Active Member of the IPRA and AFPREA; African wing of International Peace and Research Education Association

Elected 1998 to 2004 Member of European Broadcasting Union Steering Committee, Member of International Press Institute Vienna, International Mass Communication Research Association Algeria, Salzburg Seminar Alumni, University of Surrey Alumni.

International Press: Former Correspondent Daily Nation Kenya, www.africareview.com, www.universityworldnews.com. Highway Africa, The Channel UK, ISIC review, World Press, Freedom Review Vienna, Middle East Broadcast & Satellite London, MEB Journal Lebanon, Journal of African Media Studies UK 2007and Hana; News Agency South Africa.

Besides, Speaker, Panelist and Moderator in different academic, political and media webinars organized worldwide. Medias, Media Diplomacy, Cyber Diplomacy, Politics, Economics, Social Sciences, Information and Communication Technology and Multimedia; Supervision and Implementation of series of training cooperation agreements with EBU, UNESCO, Radio France; Copeam and ASBU

Academic Contributions
‘Hand Book of Mass Media in the Middle East’1994 New York University Press USA ‘Images of the US around the World, An Algerian Perspective’1999 NY University Press ‘Women Journalists’ Attitudes towards ICTs Implementation’ Armac South Africa 2005 ‘50 years of Journalism in Africa‘ June 2007 by Rhodes University and Co South Africa ‘Citizen Journalism & Democracy in Africa’ an exploratory Study School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University July 2010. ‘Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in Algeria’s Foreign Policy’in ‘The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power’ Edited by Naren Chitty, Li Ji, Gary Rawnsley, Craig Hayden, Routledge Australia 2016.
‘How Religion, Politics and Media Deal with Scandals in Algeria’in Scandalogy: an interdisciplinary approach, edited by Andre Haller, Hendrik Michael and Martin Kraus, Herbert Von Halem; Koln Germany 2018.
‘Contribution of the Media to Peace building and Security in Algeria’in ‘Connecting contemporary African-Asian Peacemaking and Nonviolence, edited by Vidya Jain, Matt Meyer, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2018.
‘Nurturing Trade and investment in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Gulf Cooperation Council and other countries’, in Tana Papers 2019 A collection of Policy Brief, IPSS Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Social Media in Algeria : New Tools for Democracy and Press Freedom in ‘Changing Media-Changing Democracy, Eds Tobias E Berwein & Corrinna Wenzel , Communication & Research in Comparative Perspective N5 page 267.2019
The impact of ICT on News ; case study Algerian Media Landscape, Russian Journal of Media Studies N5, 2019 page 36. DOI : 10 17223/26188422/5/63.
Social Media as new Source od Empowerment in Algeria, in M N Ndlele and W.Mano eds Social Media and Elections in Africa , volume2,2020.
Laeed Zaghlami, The Arab Maghreb Union Still Lagging Behind in Peacebuilding in Africa, in ‘Supranational Institutions and Peacebuilding in Africa The African Union and Regional Economic Communities’ Edited By Redie Bereketeab Copyright 2025

Assignments in Africa
Attending as Presenter, Expert, Panellist and Moderator in webinars, workshops and seminars on Peace and Security issues, shared security, Media, Food Security; CAADP and Agenda 2063, in Dakar Senegal, Nairobi Kenya, Addis Ababa Ethiopia; TANA Forum, Johannesburg South Africa, Abuja Nigeria and Accra Ghana.

Editorial Board Member :
Anthem Studies in Soft Power and Public Diplomacy Anthem Press Series. London-New York-Delhi.
Member of the Editorial Board: artciencia.com - http://revistas.rcaap.pt/artciencia/index
journal of art, science and communication

Peer Reviewer for Social Media and Society United Kingdom; Article Solidarity formation and group empowerment in digital activism: A discourse analytic study of the ‘fix the country’ campaign on Ghanaian Twitter.

Awards
Second Price ‘African Information Society Initiative’ 2005
First Price in ICT AISI/UNECA /IICT Grahams town South Africa 2006
Fluent in Arabic, French and English
Areas of Interests
Politics, Media and Social Media, ICT, Diplomacy, Peace and Security, Soft Power and International Relations