Dr. Matthew Bamber-Zryd is the ICRC’s Adviser on Armed Groups, based at ICRC headquarters in Geneva, where he supports the organization’s humanitarian engagement with armed groups. Prior to joining the ICRC, he worked on conflict and armed groups for various government and multilateral bodies, conducting field research across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Matthew is a specialist in transnational jihadist armed groups and examines how these groups form, operate, and adapt within conflict environments. His research has appeared in Terrorism and Political Violence, Small Wars and Insurgencies, the CTC Sentinel, and other peer-reviewed journals. He has provided expert testimony to governments and multilateral bodies on armed group dynamics.

Matthew obtained a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Graduate Institute, Geneva, and holds fellowships at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (Graduate Institute, Geneva) and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.