IRIS Partners
Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
IRIS, the Global Public Policy institute (GPPi), and the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) conducted a three-year research and knowledge sharing initiative exploring the impact of sub-state or other hybrid security forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and, in a more limited vein, Syria. The IRIS part of the project highlighted the role sub-state security forces have played in various provinces (Nineveh, Salah al-Din, Kirkuk, Anbar, with high-level interviews in Baghdad) and the impact of such forces on governance, reconciliation, social cohesion, and local commercial relations.

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
IRIS has partnered with the Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung on a number of programs, including the Iraq Leadership Fellows (ILF), the Sulaimani Forum, and research projects. Recently, IRIS and KAS published a series of papers on the political economy of reconstruction, tracking the actors and institutions (federal and provincial-level) involved in either facilitating or obstructing effective government responses, particularly in the areas of water, electricity and unemployment. The study looks at the politics of reconstruction at the national level and through the cases of Basra and Mosul.

London School of Economics (LSE) - Middle East Centre (MEC)
Funded by the UK Department of International Development, IRIS and the LSE Middle East Centre are part of the the Conflict Research Programme (CRP), a three-year programme designed to address the drivers and dynamics of violent conflict in the Middle East and Africa and to inform the measures being used to tackle armed conflict and its impacts. The LSE Middle East Centre (MEC) is leading the research on Iraq and on wider Middle East drivers of conflict. The MEC's partners in Iraq are the Institute of Regional and International Studies, as well as Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies, Al-Amal Association, Iraqi Women Network and Public Aid Organisation in Baghdad.
The Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House)

United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI)