Saeed is Lecturer in International Law at the University of Reading, School of Law where he has also served as a Postdoctoral Research from 2019-2021. Prior to this, he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute from 2017-2019. He was also a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University (Summer 2018), a visiting lecturer at the University College London (UCL) (Spring 2018), and a visiting scholar at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University Law School (Spring 2018).
Saeed has held visiting positions, including Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (Summer 2018), Visiting Lecturer at the University College London (Spring 2018), and Visiting Fellow at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University Law School (Spring 2018). Prior to his postdoctoral positions, he was an Assistant Professor at Akdeniz University from 2015-2017.
Saeed is a member of the Global Law at Reading (GLAR) grouping, and a member of the British Branch of the International Law Association, and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). He has served as a peer reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals, including International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford journals), Journal of Peacebuilding & Development (SAGE journals), and Journal on the Use of Force and International Law (Routledge journals).