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Projects Ended 2024/25

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Principal Investigators
Dr Susana Mourato, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Davide Contu, CUD and Dr Ganga Shreedhar, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

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Principal Investigators
Dr Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Dr PJ Henry, NYU Abu Dhabi, Dr Tatiana Karabchuk, UAEU

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Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Women's Leadership in Sudan

Principal Investigator
Dr Souad Mohamed, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

  

Projects Ended 2023/24
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Researching the Quality of Employment in the Middle East

Principal Investigators
Professor Kirsten Sehnbruch, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Dr Azhar Hussein, University of Sharjah and Dr Samer Atallah, American University in Cairo

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The Climate Change Risk Reduction Trap: Low Carbon Spatial Economic Restructuring and Disaster Risk in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Swenja Surminski, Dr Viktor Rözer, Dr Sara Mehryar, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Dr Mohammad M. Alsahli, KU

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Consociationalism and Civil Resistance in Lebanon

Principal Investigator
Dr Jinan Al-Habbal, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

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Greening Systems by Greening Religion: Eco-Islamic Values and Water-Energy-Nature Nexus Policies in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Ganga Shreedhar, Davide Contu, Patricia Freitag, Susana Mourato, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Aseel Takshe, CUD

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Urbanity in the Time of Pandemic: A Study of Infrastructures of Care in Palestine during the C-19 Crisis

Principal Investigators
Dr Haneen Naamneh, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Dr Suzi Hall, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Abaher El-Sakka, Birzeit University

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Palestinian Attitude Change in Response to Conflict in the Palestinian Territories

Principal Investigators
Dr Ben Groom, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Guy Burton, MBRSG 
Dr Elisa Cavatorta, KCL

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Arab News Futures

Principal Investigators
Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Abeer Al-Najjar, AUS

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Surveying Kuwaiti Worldviews to Promote Science Culture in Kuwait

Principal Investigators
Martin W. Bauer, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Mohammad Sartawi, KU

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Explaining the Middle Eastern Health Inequality Paradox

Principal Investigator
Dr Joan Cost-Font, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

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Roads as Tools for (Dis)connecting Cities and Neighbourhoods: A Socio-Spatial Study of Abu Dhabi

Principal Investigators
Dr Alexandra Gomes, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Apostolos Kyriazis, ADU

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Neoliberal Visions: Exploring Gendered Adverts and Identities in the Palestinian West Bank

Principal Investigators
Dr Polly Withers, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Rema Hammami, Birzeit University

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Empowering Democratic Citizenship through Education

Principal Investigators:
Sam Mejias, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Rania Al-Nakib, Gulf University of Science & Technology

Projects Ended 2022/23
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Social Movements and Popular Mobilisation (SMPM) in the MENA

Research Network Lead
Prof John Chalcraft, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

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Beyond Oil: Trade Diversification and Economic Growth in Kuwait

Principal Investigators
Athanasia Kalaitzi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Ahmad Al-Awadhi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

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Principal Investigators
Dr Deen Sharp, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr May Farhat, USEK 

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Breaking the Internal Combustion Engine Reign: A Mixed-Methods Study of Attitudes Towards Using and Purchasing Electric Vehicles in Kuwait

Principal Investigators
Andri Ottesen, Australian University Kuwait

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The Kurdistan Region of Iraq Post-ISIS: Youth, Art and Gender

Principal Investigators
Dr Isbabel Käser, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ 
Dr Bayar M. Sevdeen, UKH
Houzan Mahmoud, Culture Project

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Principal Investigators
Dr Athanasia Kalaitzi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Samer Kherfi, AUS

Projects Ended 2021/22
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Principal Investigators
Dr Courtney Freer, Emory University
Dr Spyros A. Sofos, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

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Mapping Memories of Resistance: The Untold Story of the Occupation of the Golan Heights

Principal Investigators
Dr Michael Mason, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Munir Fakher Eldin, BZU

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Principal Investigator
Dr Walaa Alqaisiya, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Projects Ended 2020/21
Ms Marvel

Principal Investigators
Dr Jennifer Jackson-Preece, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Badreya Al-Jenaibi, UAEU

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Principal Investigators
Dr Bronwen Manby, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Dr Usha Natarajan, AUC
Mohamed Khachani and Malika Benradi, AMERM

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Principal Investigators
Dr Tiziana Leone, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Prof Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University

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Bridging the Micro-Macro Divide in Approaches to the Middle East

Principal Investigators
Dr Aula Hariri, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Yuting Wang

Projects Ended 2019/20
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Conflict Research Programme

Conflict Drivers within the KRI: The Role of Patronage Networks

Principal Investigators: 
Zmkan Ali Saleem and Mac Skelton

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Estimating the Burden of Diabetes in Kuwait

Principal Investigators: 
Zlatko Nikoloski, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Health
Fahd Al-Mulla, Dasman Diabetes Institute

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Egypt and Morocco's GVC Integration in a Changing Global Economy

Principal Investigators
Dr Shamel Azmeh, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Abeer Elshennawy, AUC

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Identit(ies) and Heritage in the UAE: Examining the Roles of Kinship, Family and the State

Principal Investigators
Dr Courtney Freer, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Rima Sabban, Zayed University

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Conflict Research Programme

Principal Investigator: 
Alexander Hamilton

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Just Below the Horizon' Israeli – Gulf Relations and Changing Middle Eastern Politics 

Principal Investigators
Dr Ian Black, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

 

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Principal Investigators
Dr Valeria Cetorelli, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Antelak Almutawakel, Sana'a University

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The Social Safety Net in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Steffen Hertog, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

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Utilising Applied Behavioural Research to Execute Subsidy Reform in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Hessah Al-Ojayan, Kuwait University

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Conflict Research Programme

Conflict, Gender and Violence in Iraq

Principal Investigator: 
Zeynep Kaya, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre 

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Conflict Research Programme

Payroll Expansion and the Political Marketplace in Iraq

Principal Investigator: 
Ali Al-Mawlawi

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Conflict Research Programme

Reforming Legal Responses to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region

Principal Investigator: 
Güley Bor 

Projects Ended 2018/19
IDP Camp in Kurdistan, Iraq

Principal Investigators
Dr Zeynep Kaya, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Deniz Gokalp, AUD

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Conflict Research Programme

Moral Populism and Satellite Sectarianisation

Principal Investigator: 
Jessica Watkins, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre 

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Building the ‘New Kuwait’: The Role of the Private Sector in the Post-Oil Economy

Principal Investigator
Dr Sophie Olver-Ellis

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Conflict Research Programme

Public Authority and Iraq's Disputed Territories

Principal Investigator: 
Mac Skelton

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Qabila in the 21st Century: The Role of Tribes in the Domestic Politics of the Gulf

Principal Investigator
Dr Courtney Freer

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Conflict Research Programme

'Pockets of Media Civicness' in a Conflictual Political Landscape: A Case Study of Iraqi Media

Principal Investigator
Dr Aida Al-Kaisy

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Principal Investigators
Professor Tim Dyson, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Nazar P. Shabila, Hawler Medical University

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Principal Investigators
Dr Berkay Ozcan, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Gina Poncini & Dr Wifag Adnan, Zayed University

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The Regulation of Palestinian Everyday Life

Principal Investigators
Professor Chetan Bhatt, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Dr Mudar Kassis, Birzeit University

Projects Ended 2017/18
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Conflict Research Programme

Reporting the Iraqi Federal Elections 

Principal Investigator: 
Christine van den Toorn 

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Spaces of Living: Urban Reflections of Kuwaiti Society

Principal Investigators
Sharifa Alshalfan, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, AGi Architects in Madrid

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Documenting Yazidi Victims of ISIS

Principal Investigators
Dr Valeria Cetorelli, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Sareta Ashraph, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

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Resource Urbanism: Natural Resources, Urban Form and Infrastructure in the Case of Asia's Diverging City Models

Principal Investigators
Dr Philipp Rode, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Cities
Dr Alexandra Gomes, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Cities
Dr Muhammad Adeel, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Cities

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Personalised Media and Participatory Culture

Principal Investigators
Dr Shakuntala Banaji, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Media and Communications
Dr Mohammed Ibahrine, American University of Sharjah

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Advancing Research and Teaching in Political Economy in the oPt

Principal Investigators
Dr Mandy Turner, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Lourdes Habash, Birzeit University

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Prevalence of Cardiocascular Risk Factors and Access to, Utilisation of and Satisfaction with Healthcare Services in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Zlatko Nikoloski, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Health and Social Care

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The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on Arab Statehood

Principal Investigator
Dr Filippo Dionigi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

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Examining Emirati Female Labour Force Participation and Entrepreneurship in the UAE

Principal Investigators
Dr Berkay Ozcan, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Social Policy
Dr Gina Poncini, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
Dr Wifag Adnan, New York University Abu Dhabi

Projects Ended 2016/17
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The Comparative Political Economy of the MENA Region

Principal Investigators
Dr Steffen Hertog, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Government
Dr Ferdinand Eibl, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

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Policy Mobilities, International Aid and Planning: Regionalism and Refugee Policies in Lebanon

Principal Investigators
Dr Romola Sanyal, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Geography
Dr Mona Harb, American University of Beirut
Dr Mona Fawaz, American University of Beirut

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Ideas, Identity and Migration: Connectivity in Security and State Building in the GCC

Principal Investigators
Dr Karen Young, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Robert Stewart, National Defense College in Abu Dhabi

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Mapping Foreign Policy in the GCC: Resources, Recipients and Regional Effects

Principal Investigators
Professor Toby Dodge, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Khalid Almezaini, Qatar University
Dr Line Khatib, American University of Sharjah

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Arab National Media and Politics: Democracy Revisited

Principal Investigators
Dr Fatima El-Issawi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Bradley Freeman, American University in Dubai

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Divine Politics: Saudi Islamist Mutations

Principal Investigator
Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

Projects Ended 2015/16
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The Long-Term Challenges of Forced Migration: Perspectives from Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq

Principal Investigator
Dr Filippo Dionigi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

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Analytical Support to Unpack Key Dimensions of GCC Politics, Economy and Foreign Policy for UNICEF

Principal Investigators
Dr Steffen Hertog, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Courtney Freer, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

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Trust, Constitution and the Process of Subjectification among Tunisian Youth

Principal Investigators
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr James Sater, American University of Sharjah

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The Palimpsest of Agrarian Change

Principal Investigators
Professor Martha Mundy, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Anthropology
Professor Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut

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Capacity Building in International Relations Didactics: Addressing the Educational Gap in Tunisia

Principal Investigators
Dr Filippo Dionigi, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Corinna Mullin, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis

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Women’s Health in Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt): Inclusion and Exclusion

Principal Investigators
Dr Ernestina Coast, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Social Policy
Professor Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University

Projects Ended 2014/15
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Understanding the Role of International Actors in Enhancing Women’s Rights after a Foreign Military Intervention

Principal Investigators
Dr Zeynep Kaya, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre
Dr Deniz Gokalp, American University in Dubai

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Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change in Ras Beirut

Principal Investigators
Dr Fran Tonkiss, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Sociology
Professor Cynthia Myntti, American University of Beirut

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Women's Political Participation across the Arab Region

Principal Investigator
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre

Projects Ended 2013/14
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Demographic Profile of GCC States: Labour Markets, Migration, and National Identity

Principal Investigator
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Kuwait Programme

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Egypt in the Arab Spring: Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives

Principal Investigators
Dr Marco Pinfari, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Government
Dr Ola El Khawaja, Cairo University

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Transboundary Climate Security: Climate Vulnerability and Human Security in the Jordan River Basin

Principal Investigators
Dr Michael Mason, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Geography and Environment
Dr Ziad Mimi, Birzeit University

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ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Academic Collaboration with the American University of Sharjah

Principal Investigators
Professor Fawaz Gerges, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of International Relations
Dr Mark Rush, American University of Sharjah

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