Mohammad Hammoud
Postdocotral Research Fellow, Lebanese American University
Mohammad Hammoud is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Lebanese American University and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Lebanese Studies. He previously held a British Academy Fellowship jointly based at the Centre for Lebanese Studies and the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, where he worked on the British Academy Programme on Education in Conflict and Crisis. He received his Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His recent work focuses on public procurement in Lebanon, particularly governance arrangements, implementation practices, compliance, procurement openness, and supplier concentration. His broader research interests include education, migration, economic development, political participation, and governance. His previous research examined refugee education across Lebanon, Turkey, and Australia using comparative longitudinal data. He uses mixed-methods research, combining quantitative and qualitative data, empirical modelling, and a range of econometric estimation techniques.
Areas of Interest:
- Development economics
- Education
- Political participation
- Governance
Education:
- Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2024
- M.A. in Economics, University of Lethbridge – Lethbridge, Canada, 2018
- B.S. in Economics, Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon, 2016
Experience:
- Postdocotral Research Fellow, Lebanese American University, 2026 - Present
- Research Fellow, at Cambridge University and Centre for Lebanese Studies, 2023-2026
- Senior Researcher & Project Manager at Centre for Lebanese Studies, 2020-2023
- Research Statistician at Centre for Lebanese Studies, 2019-2020
- Economics Instructor & Coordinator at Lebanese International University, 2019-2020
- Survey Data Expert Consultant at European Training Foundation, 2019-2020
Latest Publications:
- Hammoud, M., Al Samhoury, O., Shuayb, M. & Crul., M. (2025). Determinants of Refugee Children’s Language Comprehension Difficulties: Evidence from Lebanon, Türkiye and Australia. International Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-024-10115-4
- Hammoud, M. (2024). Pathways to Integration and Language Acquisition: A Comparative Analysis of Refugee Children's Social Integration and Foreign Language Difficulty in Lebanon and Australia. Journal of International Migration and Integration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-024-01201-5
- Hammoud, M. (2024). Navigating New Worlds: The Impact of Emergency versus Long-Term Education Settings on Language and Social Integration of Refugee Children. [PhD-Thesis - Research and graduation internal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]. https://doi.org/10.5463/thesis.940
