29 Facts About Joel Hayward

Joel Hayward has been listed in the 2023,2024 and 2025 editions of The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims.

Joel Hayward has been the Dean of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, the Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences as well as Director of the Institute for International and Civil Security at Khalifa University, and the Chief Executive of the Cambridge Muslim College in the United Kingdom.

Joel Hayward is the Dean of the Sycamore Leadership Academy, based in Istanbul.

Joel Hayward is a member of the management board of the Association of British Muslims, which he serves as Director of Leadership and Academic Affairs.

Joel Hayward is best known for his published books and articles on strategic and security matters, including the use of air power, his work on leadership, his 2003 biography of Horatio Lord Nelson, his writing and teaching on the Islamic concepts of war, strategy and conflict, his Sirah works on Muhammad, and his works of fiction and poetry.

Joel Hayward is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Joel Hayward was tutor to Prince William of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne.

Joel Hayward was born on 27 May 1964 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

In 1988 Hayward enrolled with the University of Canterbury in Christchurch to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and History, which he received on 8 May 1991.

Joel Hayward went on to pursue a PhD degree, at University of Canterbury, again under the supervision of Vincent Orange.

Joel Hayward's topic was an analysis of German air operations during the eastern campaigns of World War II, based on unpublished German archival sources.

Joel Hayward subsequently received a research fellowship from the Federal Government of Germany which enabled him to conduct primary research in the German Military Archives in Freiburg, Germany.

In June 1996 Joel Hayward joined the History Department of Massey University as a lecturer in defence and strategic studies, receiving promotion to Senior Lecturer in August 1999.

Joel Hayward specialized in the theoretical and conceptual aspects of modern warfare, airpower, joint doctrines, and manoeuvre warfare.

Joel Hayward was made Head of the Defence and Strategic Studies program.

Joel Hayward wrote academic articles for defence and strategic studies publications.

Joel Hayward lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2012 first teaching strategy and operational art at the Joint Services Command and Staff College.

Joel Hayward was appointed Dean of the RAF College, Cranwell in April 2007.

Joel Hayward was a Director of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies, the Air Force's national thinktank.

Joel Hayward is a member of the editorial advisory boards of the academic journals, Air Power Review and Global War Studies.

Joel Hayward taught on air power concepts at various staff colleges and universities throughout Europe and in 2007 taught a course on "Air Power and Ethics" in Trondheim, Norway, to the Norwegian Air Force.

In November 2012, Joel Hayward became full Professor of International and Civil Security in Khalifa University's Institute for International and Civil Security and in 2013 he became Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Khalifa.

Joel Hayward serves there as the Director of the Institute of International and Civil Security.

Joel Hayward converted to Islam in 2005 and has lectured at anti-extremism workshops.

Joel Hayward supports Muslims serving in the British armed forces and is a member of the UK Armed Forces Muslim Association.

Joel Hayward worked with an international Muslim human rights and welfare group called Minhaj-ul-Quran and was appointed as strategic advisor to Tahir ul-Qadri and contributed to several of the group's anti-radicalisation workshops.

Joel Hayward has earned ijazat in several Islamic sciences.

When it became available, Joel Hayward was accused of advancing arguments which gave credence to Holocaust deniers.

The report found that Joel Hayward's thesis showed significant industry and no evidence of dishonesty but was "seriously flawed".