Ahmed Ajil

Ahmed Ajil is a criminologist, writer, athlete, and coach based in Switzerland. He holds a doctorate in criminology and is an incoming Assistant Professor in Behavioural Sciences at the University of Lucerne.

His academic work explores the intersection of violence, identity, and embodied experience — examining how structures of power and meaning shape both conflict and its prevention. He is the author of Politico-ideological Violence and Mobilisation in the Arab World: All In (Routledge, 2023).

Outside of academia, Ahmed is a lifelong athlete. He competed in triathlon as a junior in Switzerland, trained in parkour, and found his way to functional fitness and CrossFit — where he also coaches. The discipline of physical training — its immediacy, its demand for presence — runs as an undercurrent through much of his thinking.

He is also a creative writer, drawn to the places where language meets experience and falls short. His writing explores exile, identity, rage, and stillness.

POV:Zero brings these threads together — the contemplative, the philosophical, the embodied. It is an exploration of suffering, identity, and liberation through the lens of nondual wisdom traditions, informed by years of personal practice and inquiry.