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15th Gulf Research Meeting: July 22-24, 2025

15th Gulf Research Meeting: July 22-24, 2025

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About GRM

The Gulf Research Meeting (GRM) offers a unique environment to explore matters of key importance to the Gulf region and provides a platform for discussion and dissemination of research in a wide variety of Gulf-related fields, including economic and financial issues, international relations, security, environment, energy and renewable energy, as well as education, labour and social issues. Committed to a high-level academic standard, the GRM's objective is to help generate solutions to many of the region's pressing challenges.

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14

Years

1950

Hours

45

Institutions

3895

Participants

150

Workshops

65

Publications
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GRM 2025

Workshops

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GCC 2030 and Beyond: National Visions, Fintech, and the Future of Finance

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Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism Strategies in the Gulf after COVID-19

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Nature-Based Solutions for a Circular Economy Transformation in the GCC Countries

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Net Zero Gulf Cities: Innovations and Sustainable Strategies

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Great Power Competition in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges for Gulf Economic and Political Interests

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GCC States and Non-Arab Regional Middle Powers: Opportunities and Challenges Amidst Shifting Regional Balances

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Power Relations Between the GCC and the Horn of Africa in an Uncertain World

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Digital and Social Media Influencers Impact on Developing Country Image in Light of GCC National Visions

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GCC Futurescapes: Past and Present

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Internationalization of Higher Education in the Gulf: Reality or Fantasy?

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Highly Skilled Migrants and the GCC countries Drivers, Perceptions, Policies, and New Dynamics

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GRM 2025 Workshop

Directors

This year's GRM workshop directors come from a variety of esteemed institutions from both within and outside the Gulf.


Associate Professor of Marketing Communication and the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at the Faculty of Communication and Media at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia


Virtual Reality (VR) Initiator at United Arab Emirates University


Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the UAE, and Chair Professor, Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India


Assistant Professor, History Department, Kuwait University



Associate Professor of Political Science - Kuwait University


Ali

Senior Research and Policy Associate at Earthna: Center for a Sustainable Future at Qatar Foundation


Lecturer, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Muscat, Oman


Lecturer in Politics and International Relations of the Arabic Speaking World, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, The Australian National University



Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Hamad Bin Khalifa University


Researcher at the Gulf Studies Center - Qatar University


Senior Fellow with the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration and Population programme (GLMM) of the Gulf Research Center


Associate Professor at the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi



Ha

Professor of Research Excellence in the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA, and Founding-Editor-in-Chief of the Online Media and Global Communication journal


Dean of the College of Architecture & Design at Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Professor of Urban Development at the College of Architecture and Design at Effat University.


Professor in the College of Communication and Media Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE


Chair Professor in the Institute for International and Area Studies at Tsinghua University, and Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the University of Exeter



Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Australia


Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi


Professor and Dean of the City Graduate School, City University Malaysia


Director, Laboratory of Environmental Engineering and Management, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece President, International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland



Sun

Professor of Political Science at the Institute of International Studies, and Director of Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China


Head of Global Digital Transformation Advisory and Implementation at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)


Associate Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University


15th GRM 2025 Programme

Tuesday, 22 July, 2025

  • GRM 2025 Opening at the West Road Music Concert Hall (http://www.westroad.org) (4pm to 6pm)
  • GRM 2025 Group Picture at King’s College (6.30pm)
  • Reception and Gala Dinner at King’s College (6:45pm to 9pm)

Wednesday 23 July, 2025

  • Full day participation in your workshop (8:30am to 6pm)
  • Lunch at King’s College (1pm to 2:15pm)

Thursday 24 July, 2025

  • Full day participation in your workshop (8:30am to 6pm)
  • Lunch at Workshop venues (1pm to 2:15pm)
  • Closing Dinner at King’s College (7pm to 9pm)

GRM 2024 photo gallery

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GRM

Publications


Publisher: Springer

Saudi Youth Policies and Practices

This book series, indexed in Scopus, serves the growing scho...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

National Employment, Migration and Education in the GCC

n most important regards, the economies of the GCC have been...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

GCC Financial Markets The World’s New Money Centers

Spurred by high oil revenues, credit growth and economic div...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

The GCC in the Global Economy

Changing geopolitical realities have seen the Gulf region tu...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

Security Dynamics of East Asia in the Gulf Region

There is now little doubt that the Gulf region’s primary eco...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

State-Society Relations In the Arab Gulf States

We would like to thank Georgetown University in Qatar and Ge...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

A New Gulf Security Architecture: Prospects and Challenges for an Asian Role

In 2011, the world witnessed a tide of political changes in...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

The United States and the Gulf: Shifting Pressures, Strategies and Alignments

Security issues in the Gulf region have been of critical imp...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

Rebuilding Yemen: Political, Economic and Social Challenges

The chapters in this book were selected from papers presente...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

Employment and Career Motivation in the Arab Gulf States: The Rentier Mentality Revisited

This book is the outcome of the workshop that was held at th...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

The Changing Energy Landscape in the Gulf: Strategic Implications

Most of the contributors to this volume attended a workshop...


Publisher: Gerlach Press

Sustainable Development Challenges in the Arab States of the Gulf

We are delighted and honored to have edited Sustainable Deve...


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