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Middle East Centre Tower 1, 10th Floor London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE
The MEC conducts and facilitates original research on the politics, societies and economics of the region. Research is conducted by Centre staff, academics based in other LSE departments and by Visiting Fellows. Through the Emirates PhD Awards programme, the MEC also offers financial assistance to LSE PhD students in their final year, supporting fieldwork and original research.
Egypt’s and Morocco’s GVC Integration in a Changing Global Economy
Principal Investigators Dr Shamel Azmeh (Middle East Centre, LSE) Dr. Abeer Elshennawy (American University in Cairo)
(Re) imagining young Muslim women? Comparing public responses to Ms Marvel in non-Muslim (UK) and Muslim (UAE) societies
Principal Investigators Dr Jennifer Jackson-Preece (European Institute, LSE) Dr Badreya Al-Jenaibi (United Arab Emirates University)
The Regulation of Palestinian Everyday Life
Principal Investigators Professor Chetan Bhatt (Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE) Dr Mudar Kassis (Birzeit University)
The Complexity of Humanitarian Response to IDPs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Principal Investigators Dr Zeynep Kaya (Middle East Centre, LSE) Dr Deniz Gokalp (American University in Dubai)
Mortality and Health Survey among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Principal Investigators Professor Tim Dyson (Department of International Development, LSE) Dr Nazar Shabila (Hawler Medical University)
Advancing research and teaching in political economy in the oPt
Principal Investigators Dr Mandy Turner (Middle East Centre, LSE) Dr AbdelKarim Barghouti (Birzeit University)
Ideas, Identity and Migration: Connectivity in Security and State Building in the GCC
Principal Investigators Dr Karen Young (Middle East Centre, LSE) Dr Robert Stewart (National Defense College in Abu Dhabi)
Personalized Media and Participatory Culture
Principal Investigators Dr Shakuntala Banaji (Department of Media and Communications, LSE) Dr Mohammed Ibahrine (American University of Sharjah)
Policy Mobilities, Urban Politics and Assemblage: A View from Lebanon
Principal Investigators Dr Romola Sanyal (Department of Geography and Environment, LSE) Dr Mona Harb (American University of Beirut) Dr Mona Fawaz (American University of Beirut)
Mapping Foreign Policy in the GCC: Resources, Recipients and Regional Effects
Principal Investigators Professor Toby Dodge (Department of International Relations, LSE) 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 (Department of Media and Communications, LSE) Dr Bradley Freeman (American University in Dubai)
Capacity Building in International Relations Didactics: Addressing the Educational Gap in Tunisia
Principal Investigators Dr Filippo Dionigi (Middle East Centre, LSE) Dr Corinna Mullin (Tunis Business School, University of Tunis)
Examining Emirati Female Labor Force Participation and Entrepreneurship in the UAE: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Principal Investigators Dr Berkay Ozcan (Department of Social Policy, LSE) Dr Gina Poncini (Zayed University) Dr Wifag Adnan (Zayed University)
Trust, Constitution and the Process of Subjectification among Tunisian Youth
Principal Investigators Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre, LSE) Dr James Sater (American University of Sharjah)
Women’s Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt): Inclusion and Exclusion
Principal Investigators Dr Ernestina Coast (Department of Social Policy, LSE) Professor Rita Giacaman (Birzeit University)
Gentrification and Neighbourhood Change in Ras Beirut
Principal Investigators Dr Fran Tonkiss (Department of Sociology, LSE) Dr Cynthia Myntti (American University of Beirut)
Understanding the Role of International Actors in Enhancing Women’s Rights after a Foreign Military Intervention: A Case Study of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Contemporary Challenges Resulting from the Demographic Profile of GCC States: Labour Markets, Migration, and National Identity
Principal Investigator Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Middle East Centre, LSE)
Transboundary Climate Security: Climate Vulnerability and Human Security in the Jordan River Basin
Principal Investigators Dr Michael Mason (Department of Geography and Environment. LSE) Dr Ziad Mimi (Birzeit University)
The Palimpsest of Agrarian Change
Principal Investigators Dr Martha Mundy (Department of Anthropology, LSE) Dr Rami Zurayk (American University of Beirut)
LSE Academic Collaboration with the American University of Sharjah
Principal Investigators Professor Fawaz Gerges (Department of International Relations, LSE) Dr Mark Rush (American University of Sharjah)
Women's Political Participation across the Arab Region: Mapping of Existing and New Emerging Forces in the Region
Principal Investigator Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre, LSE)
Egypt in the Arab Spring: Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives
Principal Investigators Dr Jasmine Gani (Department of International Relations, LSE) Dr Ola El Khawaga (Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences (FEPS), Cairo University)