Projects Ended 2024/25

Incentivising Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation Measures in the GCC

Principal Investigators
Dr Susana Mourato, LSE
Dr Davide Contu, CUD and Dr Ganga Shreedhar, LSE

Global Identity in an Uncertain World: A Study of Social Attitudes at an International UAE University

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

Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Women's Leadership in Sudan

Principal Investigator
Dr Souad Mohamed, LSE

Researching the Quality of Employment in the Middle East

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

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, LSE, Dr Mohammad M. Alsahli, KU

Consociationalism and Civil Resistance in Lebanon

Principal Investigator
Dr Jinan Al-Habbal, LSE

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, LSE, Aseel Takshe, CUD

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Haneen Naamneh, LSE, Dr Suzi Hall, LSE
Dr Abaher El-Sakka, Birzeit University

Palestinian Attitude Change in Response to Conflict in the Palestinian Territories

Principal Investigators
Dr Ben Groom, LSE
Dr Guy Burton, MBRSG
Dr Elisa Cavatorta, KCL

Arab News Futures

Principal Investigators
Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi, LSE
Dr Abeer Al-Najjar, AUS

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Surveying Kuwaiti Worldviews to Promote Science Culture in Kuwait

Principal Investigators
Martin W. Bauer, LSE
Mohammad Sartawi, KU

Explaining the Middle Eastern Health Inequality Paradox

Principal Investigator
Dr Joan Cost-Font, LSE

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Alexandra Gomes, LSE
Dr Apostolos Kyriazis, ADU

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Polly Withers, LSE
Dr Rema Hammami, Birzeit University

Empowering Democratic Citizenship through Education

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

Social Movements and Popular Mobilisation (SMPM) in the MENA

Research Network Lead
Prof John Chalcraft, LSE

Beyond Oil: Trade Diversification and Economic Growth in Kuwait

Principal Investigators
Athanasia Kalaitzi, LSE
Ahmad Al-Awadhi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

Lebanon Unsettled

Principal Investigators
Dr Deen Sharp, LSE
Dr May Farhat, USEK

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

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Isbabel Käser, LSE
Dr Bayar M. Sevdeen, UKH
Houzan Mahmoud, Culture Project

Export Composition and Economic Growth in the UAE

Principal Investigators
Dr Athanasia Kalaitzi, LSE
Dr Samer Kherfi, AUS

Fragmentation of Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: Non-Western Dynamics of Peace and Transition Management

Principal Investigators
Dr Courtney Freer, Emory University
Dr Spyros A. Sofos, LSE

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Michael Mason, LSE
Dr Munir Fakher Eldin, BZU

Queer(y)ing Palestine's Future

Principal Investigator
Dr Walaa Alqaisiya, LSE

(Re)imagining Young Muslim Women? Comparing Public Responses to Ms Marvel in non-Muslim and Muslim Societies

Principal Investigators
Dr Jennifer Jackson-Preece, LSE
Dr Badreya Al-Jenaibi, UAEU

Preventing Statelessness among Migrants and Refugees in North Africa

Principal Investigators
Dr Bronwen Manby, LSE, Dr Usha Natarajan, AUC
Mohamed Khachani and Malika Benradi, AMERM

Re-Conceptualising Health in Wars and Conflicts: A New Focus on Deprivation and Suffering

Principal Investigators
Dr Tiziana Leone, LSE
Prof Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Aula Hariri, LSE
Dr Yuting Wang

Conflict Research Programme

Conflict Drivers within the KRI: The Role of Patronage Networks

Principal Investigators:
Zmkan Ali Saleem and Mac Skelton

Estimating the Burden of Diabetes in Kuwait

Principal Investigators:
Zlatko Nikoloski, LSE Health
Fahd Al-Mulla, Dasman Diabetes Institute

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Shamel Azmeh, LSE
Dr Abeer Elshennawy, AUC

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Courtney Freer, LSE
Dr Rima Sabban, Zayed University

Conflict Research Programme

The Political Economy of Economic Policy in Iraq

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, LSE

Shedding Light on Yemen's Forgotten Crisis: A Nationally Representative Survey

Principal Investigators
Dr Valeria Cetorelli, LSE
Dr Antelak Almutawakel, Sana'a University

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The Social Safety Net in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Steffen Hertog, LSE

Utilising Applied Behavioural Research to Execute Subsidy Reform in Kuwait

Principal Investigator
Dr Hessah Al-Ojayan, Kuwait University

Conflict Research Programme

Conflict, Gender and Violence in Iraq

Principal Investigator:
Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre

Conflict Research Programme

Payroll Expansion and the Political Marketplace in Iraq

Principal Investigator:
Ali Al-Mawlawi

Conflict Research Programme

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

Principal Investigator:
Güley Bor

Complexity of Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Principal Investigators
Dr Zeynep Kaya, LSE
Dr Deniz Gokalp, AUD

Conflict Research Programme

Moral Populism and Satellite Sectarianisation

Principal Investigator:
Jessica Watkins, LSE Middle East Centre

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

Principal Investigator
Dr Sophie Olver-Ellis

Conflict Research Programme

Public Authority and Iraq's Disputed Territories

Principal Investigator:
Mac Skelton

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

Principal Investigator
Dr Courtney Freer

Conflict Research Programme

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

Principal Investigator
Dr Aida Al-Kaisy

Mortality and Health Survey among IDPs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Principal Investigators
Professor Tim Dyson, LSE
Dr Nazar P. Shabila, Hawler Medical University

Examining Emirati Female Labour Force Participation and Entrepreneurship in the UAE

Principal Investigators
Dr Berkay Ozcan, LSE
Dr Gina Poncini & Dr Wifag Adnan, Zayed University

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The Regulation of Palestinian Everyday Life

Principal Investigators
Professor Chetan Bhatt, LSE
Dr Mudar Kassis, Birzeit University

Conflict Research Programme

Reporting the Iraqi Federal Elections

Principal Investigator:
Christine van den Toorn

Spaces of Living: Urban Reflections of Kuwaiti Society

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

Documenting Yazidi Victims of ISIS

Principal Investigators
Dr Valeria Cetorelli, LSE Middle East Centre
Sareta Ashraph, LSE Middle East Centre

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Philipp Rode, LSE Cities
Dr Alexandra Gomes, LSE Cities
Dr Muhammad Adeel, LSE Cities

Personalised Media and Participatory Culture

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

Advancing Research and Teaching in Political Economy in the oPt

Principal Investigators
Dr Mandy Turner, LSE Middle East Centre
Dr Lourdes Habash, Birzeit University

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

Principal Investigator
Dr Zlatko Nikoloski, LSE Health and Social Care

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The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on Arab Statehood

Principal Investigator
Dr Filippo Dionigi, LSE Middle East Centre

Examining Emirati Female Labour Force Participation and Entrepreneurship in the UAE

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

The Comparative Political Economy of the MENA Region

Principal Investigators
Dr Steffen Hertog, LSE Department of Government
Dr Ferdinand Eibl, LSE Middle East Centre

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Romola Sanyal, LSE Department of Geography
Dr Mona Harb, American University of Beirut
Dr Mona Fawaz, American University of Beirut

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

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

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

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

Arab National Media and Politics: Democracy Revisited

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

Divine Politics: Saudi Islamist Mutations

Principal Investigator
Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre

The Long-Term Challenges of Forced Migration: Perspectives from Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq

Principal Investigator
Dr Filippo Dionigi, LSE Middle East Centre

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Steffen Hertog, LSE Middle East Centre
Dr Courtney Freer, LSE Middle East Centre

Trust, Constitution and the Process of Subjectification among Tunisian Youth

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

The Palimpsest of Agrarian Change

Principal Investigators
Professor Martha Mundy, LSE Department of Anthropology
Professor Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut

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

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

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Ernestina Coast, LSE Department of Social Policy
Professor Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University

Understanding the Role of International Actors in Enhancing Women’s Rights after a Foreign Military Intervention

Principal Investigators
Dr Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre
Dr Deniz Gokalp, American University in Dubai

Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change in Ras Beirut

Principal Investigators
Dr Fran Tonkiss, LSE Department of Sociology
Professor Cynthia Myntti, American University of Beirut

Women's Political Participation across the Arab Region

Principal Investigator
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, LSE Middle East Centre

Demographic Profile of GCC States: Labour Markets, Migration, and National Identity

Principal Investigator
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, LSE Kuwait Programme

Egypt in the Arab Spring: Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives

Principal Investigators
Dr Marco Pinfari, LSE Department of Government
Dr Ola El Khawaja, Cairo University

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

Principal Investigators
Dr Michael Mason, LSE Department of Geography and Environment
Dr Ziad Mimi, Birzeit University

LSE Academic Collaboration with the American University of Sharjah

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

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Projects Ended 2024/25

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