Tina Zintl

Researcher, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Tina Zintl is Senior Researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), in Bonn, Germany. Her research interests focus on employment policies, state-society relations, and gender equality as well as digital transformation, with a focus on the Mashreq region, in particular Syria and Jordan. She has extensively published on social contracts in the MENA region and beyond, including “The social contract as a tool of analysis” (World Development, 2021, with M. Loewe, A. Houdret). Other publications include “Are cash-for-work programmes good for local economic growth? The case of donor-funded public works for refugees and nationals in Jordan” (Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2023, with M. Loewe) and “Syria from reform to revolt” (Syracuse University Press, 2015, co-ed. with R. Hinnebusch). Tina received her PhD from the University of St Andrews, Scotland.