This year's GRM workshop directors come from a variety of esteemed institutions from both within and outside the Gulf.
Dr. Don
Babai
Lecturer and Research Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies - Harvard University
Dr. Don
Babai
Dr. John
Sfakianakis
Senior Scholar, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge - Chief Economist, Gulf Research Center
Dr. John
Sfakianakis
Talmiz
Ahmad
Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies / Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE - Symbiosis International University, Pune
Talmiz
Ahmad
Professor Tim
Niblock
Emeritus Professor of Middle East Politics Middle East Politics University of Exeter/Tsinghua University
Professor Tim
Niblock
Nasra
M. Shah
Professor of Migration and Development at the Lahore School of Economics, Scientific Director, Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme - -
Nasra
M. Shah
Françoise
De Bel-Air
Senior Fellow Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme
Françoise
De Bel-Air
Dr. Haila
Al-Mekaimi
Professor of Political Science - Kuwait University - College of Social Sciences
Dr. Haila
Al-Mekaimi
Dr. Robert
Mason
Non-Resident Fellow - The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Dr. Robert
Mason
Dr. Naji
Abi-Aad
COO - Petroleb
Dr. Naji
Abi-Aad
Prof. Mehmet
Asutay
Director of the Durham Centre in Islamic Economics and Finance - Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance at the Durham University Business School
Prof. Mehmet
Asutay
Hanaa
AlMoaibed
Visiting Research Fellow - LSE Middle East Centre
Hanaa
AlMoaibed
Dr. Amr
Al Azm
Associate Professor - Qatar University
Dr. Amr
Al Azm
Dr. Nikolay
Kozhanov
Research Associate Professor - Qatar University
Dr. Nikolay
Kozhanov
Antoine
Dagher
Editor-in-Chief - East Med Energy
Antoine
Dagher
Dr. Khalaf
Al’Abri
Associate Professor of Higher Education at the College of Education - Sultan Qaboos University
Dr. Khalaf
Al’Abri
Dr. Elizabeth
Buckner
Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - University of Toronto
Dr. Elizabeth
Buckner
Clive
Jones
Professor of Regional Security (Middle East) - Durham University and NTNU
Clive
Jones
Elie
Podeh
Professor in the History of the Muslim Peoples in the Department of Islamic and Middle East Studies - University of Jerusalem
Elie
Podeh
Prof. Malcolm
Sawyer
Emeritus Professor at University of Leeds, and Principal Investigator at EU funded project Financialisation Economy Society and Sustainable Development. - University of Leeds
Prof. Malcolm
Sawyer
Dr. Vasiliki
Kynourgiopoulou
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - Georgetown University Qatar
Dr. Vasiliki
Kynourgiopoulou
Dr. Eleni
Polymenopoulou
Associate Professor - Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Dr. Eleni
Polymenopoulou
Bader
Al-Saif
Assistant Professor of History - Kuwait University
Bader
Al-Saif
Sumaiya
Al-Wahaibi
PhD Candidate in Politics - University of Otago
Sumaiya
Al-Wahaibi
Dr. Dalal
Aassouli
Assistant Professor of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development at College of Islamic Studies - Hamad bin Khalifa University