Publications

Research Articles 

1.  Aivas, S.A., 2025. Toward Media Reform in Post-Conflict Region of Kurdistan: An Analytical Case Study of the CHMK National Forums. ISRG Journal of Arts Humanities & Social Sciences (ISRGJAHSS), vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 435–442.

2.  Aivas, S. A., 2025. Investigating the Epistemological Orientations and Professional Standards of Journalism Cultures: A Case Study of Transitional and Developing Societies. Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 8 (2):642-51. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i2271 

3.  Aivas, S.A., 2025. The Institutional Roles of Journalism Cultures in Post-Conflict Societies, the International Journal of Scientific Research and Technology (IJSRT), 2 (7), 01-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15777461  

4.  Aivas, S. A., Jalal, H. M., Aziz, A. R., The Role of Media in Shaping Rivalries: Framing Contention in the Middle East Regions, SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 65-77, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V12I3P109

5.  Aivas, S. A., Jalal, H. M., Marouf, B. J., Assad, A. F., Majeed, A. D., Shexany, G. Z., 2025. Artificial Intelligence Applications in Media Content Production: Emerging Risks or Technological Revolutions? International Journal of Scientific Research and Modern Technology. India, 4(6), pp. 29–39. doi: https://doi.org/10.38124/ijsrmt.v4i6.578  

6.  Aivas, S.A., Hussein, H.H.S., Yaqub, K.Q., and Salih, A.M., 2025. Civil Liberties and Natural Resources; Media Freedom among Developing Countries as a Case Study. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 9(3), 1316-1331. 

7.  Aivas, S.A., 2022. Media development and its indicators; the Iraqi Kurdistan Region between 1991-2021 as an example. Twejer Journal, 895-982.

8.  Aivas, S. A., 2020. KURDISH JOURNALISM CULTURES: Shifting Boundaries of Privacy Understandings Amongst Professional Role Orientations of Journalists. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

9.  Aivas, S.A.W., 2017. Kurdish journalism cultures: Shifting Boundaries of Privacy Understandings Amongst Professional Role Orientations of journalists (Doctoral dissertation. Nottingham Trent University).

10.  Aivas, S.A.W., 2014. Kurdish online journalism: shifting boundaries of privacy rights during the coverage of the 2014 general election campaigns. https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19064/  

11. Tofiq, S.F., Ali, O.H., Muhammad, B.A. & Aivas, S.A., 2025. Media reform efforts in fragile democracies: A comparative study of national media forums in Kurdistan and Taiwan. Cuestiones de Fisioterapia, 54(5). Available at: https://cuestionesdefisioterapia.com/index.php/es/article/view/3566. 

12. Jamal, N.A. & Aivas, S.A., 2026. Privacy Policy and Its Reflection in Kurdish Electronic Websites. The Journal of Security and Political Studies, 9(2).

13. Sdiq, R.A. & Aivas, S.A., 2025. The Impact of Media Literacy on Child Education in Sulaimani Governorate: YouTube Channel as a Case Study. Mitanni Journal of Humanitarian Sciences, 6(1). 

14. Hamasaeed, N.H., Aivas, S.A., Ghafor, H.K., Mohammed, S.A., Obaidullah, R.S., Majeed, A.D., Yaqub, K.Q., Ahmed, S.K. and Mahmood, L.I., 2025. The effects of global pandemic on regional televisions: A critical study of media production, advertising strategies, and revenue generation. The Journal of Diversity Studies, 4(2), pp.14–25. 

15.  Jalal, H.M;  Saber,H.S; Majeed, A.D., Aivas, S.A; Tofiq,S.F; Sharif, O.K., Mahmood, L.I., Rashid, C.O., and Muhammad, B.A., 2025. Social Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Societies: An Analytical Study of Rumour Dissemination on Kurdish Social Media, International Journal of Social Science Exceptional Research, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 108–119, 2025. 

16. Hussein, H.H.S., Aivas, S.A., Ahmed, R.K., Yaqub, K.Q. and Salih, A.M., 2025. Journalistic objectivity in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: examining the relationship between journalists and politicians. British Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(3), pp.149-171.

17.  Ahmad, S.Y., and Aivas, S.A., 2025. Exploring the Impact of Total Quality Management on Organizational Behavior: A Comparative Study of Local Firms. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences 23 (7): 168-78.

18.  Aivas, S.A., Fatah, N.A., Bayz, H.A., Karem, L.E., Salih, H.H. and Hussein, K.Q.Y., 2025. Critically Discuss Epistemological Issues by Examining the Claim to ‘Truth’. International Journal of Social Science and Education Research Studies. Vol 5 No 1, Pp 78-83. 

19. Qaradakhi, B.H. and Aivas, S.A., 2020. Media Messages, And Its Effect On the Health Awareness of the Citizens, COVID-19, During The Curfew in The Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Qalaai Zanist Journal, 5(2), pp.1-35.

20.  Hassan, K, M and Aivas, S, A., 2024. Dramatic assignment of the main characters in the Kurdish documentary; Kurdsat and Kurdmax satellite channels as examples. Journal of Kurdistani for Strategic Studies, 1(6). https://kissrjour.org/index.php/jkss/article/view/263 

21.  Aivas, S.A. and Abdulla, M.K., 2021. The Effects of Media Language Using of Comedian Program Audiences of Kurdish Televisions; BEZMÎ BEZM Program at KurdMax TV As A Case Study. Journal of University of Raparin, 8(1), pp.144-186.

22.  Aziz, N. A., and Aivas, S. A., 2025. Consumer Satisfaction in Kurdish Online Shopping: Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a Case Study, International Journal of Scientific Research and Technology (IJSRT), 2 (3), 239-251. 

23.  Aivas, S.A., 2013 The Right to Privacy between Law and Ethics of Journalism (Mafî Jiyanî Taybet Leyasaw Îtîkî Rojnamegerîyda), Suleîmanî: Berrêwberayetî Çap Û Billawkrdineweyi Roşnbîrî (Roşnbîrî Printing House). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325514562_The_Right_to_Privacy_between_Law_and_Ethics_of_Journalism_Mafi_Jiyani_Taybet_Leyasaw_Itiki_Rojnamegeriyda  

24.  Aivas, S.A., 2005. Ethics in Kurdish journalism; Hawllatî (2000-2002) as a case study (Itîk Le Rojnamewanî Kurdîyda; Hawllatî (2000-2002) Wek Nmune). Suleîmanî: Çap û Pexşî Serdem (Serdam Printing House). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325514568_Ethics_in_Kurdish_journalism_Hawllati_2000-2002_as_a_case_study_Itik_Le_Rojnamewani_Kurdiyda_Hawllati_20002002_Wek_Nmune

25.  Aivas, S.A., 2005. Kurd Û Proseyi Geyandin (Kurd and communication) Handbook. Suleîmanî: NAWA Radio Publisher. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325514376_Kurd_U_Proseyi_Geyandin_Kurd_and_communication 

26.  Aivas, S.A., Saeed, N.H. & Khafoor, H.K., 2020. The effects of COVID-19 on advertising production and revenue reduction: Kurdish televisions during the curfew in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. JOURNAL FOR POLITICAL AND SECURITY STUDIES, 5(3), pp.139-190. https://www.centerfs.org/files/2020/07/5-Vol.3-No.5k-139-190.pdf 

27.  Aivas, S. A., 2020. Freedoms of expression and journalism in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Suleîmanî: Federation of Civil Society Organizations. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353822365_Freedoms_of_expression_and_journalism_in_Kurdistan_Region_of_Iraq 

28.  Fatah, N.A., Omer, G.M.D., Bayz, H.A., Karem, L.E., Ahamd, K.H., Mustafa, W.O., Yaqub, K.Q., Salih, A.M. and Aivas, S.A., 2025. Conceptualization of the capital maintenance. British Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(3), pp.134-148. 

29.  Abdulrahman, R.R., Salih, A.M., Hussein, H.H.S., Aivas, S.A., Ahamd, K.H., Fatah, N.A., Karem, L.E., Yaqub, K.Q. and Bayz, H.A., 2025. The role of agriculture sector in eradicating poverty: Challenges, policies, and pathways for economic growth in less developed countries. International Journal of Social Science and Education Research Studies (ISSN), 5(2), pp.208-213. 

30.  Salih, A.M., Abdulrahman, R.R., Hussein, H.H.S., Aivas, S.A., Yaqub, K.Q. and Latif, A.D., 2025. Characterization of natural zeolite and evaluation of its adsorption capacity. British Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(4), pp.31-47. 

31.  Fatah, N.A., Bayz, H.A., Yaqub, K.Q., Karem, L.E., Ahamd, K.H., Hussein, H.H.S., Salih, A.M. and Aivas, S.A., 2025. Beyond economic growth: neo-liberalism, alternative theories, and the future of economic development. British Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(4), pp.1-15.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Aivas, S.A., Huseein, H.S., and Ahmed, R. K., 2024. Effects of Digital Media on Professional Objectivity; The Coalition between Journalists and Politicians in the Kurdistan Region, as an Example (DmediaLaw conference paper). Available at https://shorturl.at/ySTvK

2. Aivas, S.A.W., 2019. Professional Role Orientations of Journalists: Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a Case Study. The 3rd International Kurdish Studies Conference In: the Shifting Dynamics of the Kurdistan Question in a Changing Middle East, Middlesex University London, UK, 25 and 26 July 2019. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mhga7mfkp4Q2W2rOlOK3ljcg7RXzja2f76nuRdt-Tb0/edit?tab=t.0 

3.  AIVAS, S.A.W., 2014. Kurdish online journalism: shifting boundaries of privacy rights during the coverage of the 2014 general election campaigns. Breaking Boundaries 2014: First Annual Professional Research Practice Conference, Nottingham Trent University, and 15 May 2014. In: BILAL, A. RATNAYAKA, A. ZOBENBULLER, C. COINTOT, D. HARBIDGE, D. WHATMAN, E. MBISE, F. AL-HASHIMI, G. MARTÍNEZ-ARELLANO, G. ROGERS, I. GOSTAUTAS, J. TAYLOR, K. TRYTKO, L. PISCICELLI, M. AHMED, M. ALASHAB, M. MAHMOOD, S. WILSON, T. ELFAYEZ, and Y. LIAO, eds., Breaking Boundaries 2014: First Annual Professional Research Practice Conference, Nottingham Trent University, 15 May 2014. Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University: Graduate School, pp. 103-107. ISBN 9780992995706. 

4.  AIVAS, S.A., 2018. The necessity of Kurdish media monitoring. The "International Media Conference", Halabja University, Halabja, KRI, on 22 April 2018.

JOURNALISTIC ARTICLES 

1. AIVAS, S. A., 2025. Violations of academic freedom in the Kurdistan Region and its need to issue a guideline handbook. Journal of Politics, No: 04, Pp.74-80. https://chmk.org/violations-of-academic-freedom-in-the-kurdistan-region-and-its-need-to-issue-a-guideline-handbook/ 

2.  Aivas, S. A., 2024. Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Media Professionalism. Kfuture.Media Website, on 09 October 2024. https://kfuture.media/artificial-intelligence-and-its-impact-on-media-professionalism/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ml6CGXFBWzK8Pl-P1kJn2xdBVAJ5EfCyeb-OR0X5mUOyC72qXhI1ZuXM_aem_JPhZok-wgtL6696TsZz8pQ 

3.  Aivas, S. A., 2024. Which comes first for the next generation: media education or educational media? Journal of NextStep, 01, Pp. 08-09. 

4.  Aivas, S. A., 2023. Social Networks and Misusing the Kurdish Language. Journal of Zmanawany at CIHAN UNIVERSITY SULAIMANYAH, 02, pp. 23-27.

5.  2017: writing several specialist columns on Kurdish media and its necessity of monitoring at Awene Weekly Newspaper. 

6. 1999-present: writing several pieces of research and journal articles in Kurdish media outlets with regard to the media, political, and educational affairs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in magazines such as RAKHNAY SERDAM, RAYAN, AYNDA, SEV, and so on. Also, publishing a lot of columns, articles, and reports in the Iraqi Kurdistan newspapers such as HAWLATI, AWENA, NMNM, and so on.