Areas of Interest:

• Political economy
• Reform
• Governance
• Power sharing arrangements

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics (Full-Time Scholarship Award from Irish Research Council) Dublin, Ireland Dublin City University, 2019
• Predoctoral Fellow / Researcher Beirut, Lebanon, American University of Beirut, Issam Fares Institute, 2019
• Research Fellow Cambridge, USA, Harvard University, Department of Government, 2018 M.Sc. in Int. Management (‘First Class Honours’ - Top 5% of Class) Dublin & Reims, France
• International Partnership of Business Schools (IPBS), NEOMA Business School (Reims) & Dublin City University, 2014

Experience:

• Economist/FCV Coordinator (Fragility, Conflict & Violence Group), The World Bank Lebanon, Washington DC, 2020 - Present
• Senior Researcher & Project Manager, The Policy Initiative Beirut, Lebanon, 2021 - 2023
• Senior Researcher & Project Manager, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Beirut, Lebanon, 2018 - 2021

Latest Publications:

• “Resource Allocation in Power-Sharing Arrangements – Evidence from Lebanon” with Sami Atallah and Wassim Maktabi, Third World Quarterly, 44(3), pp. 554-573, 2023
• “Breaking the Mold? Ministerial rotations, legislative production and political strategies in Lebanon”, with Sami Zoughaib, Governance, 35(4), pp. 1029-1048, 2022
• “Policy divergence across crises of a similar nature: The role of ideas in shaping 19th century famine relief policies” with Declan Curran, Review of International Political Economy, 28(3), pp. 712-738, 2021