Omneia Helmy

Vice-Dean for Post Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University

Vice-Dean for Post Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University. Previously Dr. Helmy held the position of Director of the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies at FEPS. She was the Acting Executive Director and Director of Research at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). Dr. Helmy is also a visiting professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain; in addition to her appointment as affiliate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA. Dr. Helmy is a founding member of the Egyptian Center for Global Governance and Development. She is a member of Egypt’s Scientific Research Academy; the Egyptian Society for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation, and the Arab Society for Economic Research. She is a policy affiliate at the Economic Research Forum (ERF). Her areas of interest include international economics, trade policy, institutional economics, pension reform, in addition to macro- and microeconomic analysis. Dr. Helmy earned her Ph.D. in economics from Cairo University.