End-of-Project Conference 2024: Strengthening Social Protection, Security And Welfare In MENA

Our End-of-Project Conference is a pivotal event for the Middle East and North Africa Social Policy (MENASP) Network and its AHRC-GCRF Research Network Project: Strengthening Social Protection, Security, and Welfare in the MENA Region (MENASP-CP). This conference is dedicated to sharing the key findings of our 5-year, international, and multi-disciplinary AHRC-GCRF project, which explores the connections between social policy, social welfare, and the promotion of human security in the MENA region. The event will bring together researchers, policymakers, civil society representatives, and other stakeholders to engage in meaningful dialogue, share research outputs and best practices, and foster collaboration.

We’ve Moved! The University of Birmingham Is Now the New Home of the MENASP Network

As of October 2023, the University of Birmingham is the new host of the MENASP Network, located at its School of Social Policy. The Network looks forward to building on its successful 10 years of activity and achieving a higher impact for the MENA region.

Bringing together policy makers and academics to advance social policy in the MENA region

The MENASP network was founded to advance, exchange and disseminate knowledge and policy expertise about social policy in the MENA region.

This includes providing: up-to-date policy analysis on the key social challenges facing the region; information on social welfare issues for use by the wider public; and resources for policy-makers, practitioners and academics.

The network aims to support quality research on crucial social policy issues and bridging the gap between policy-makers, researchers and the wider public.

MENASP Early Career Researchers

The MENASP’s Early Career Researchers (ECR) initiative works toward providing more exposure to researchers and academics who are in the early stages of their research career path. Championed by our ECR Representatives, the initiative aims to organise a series of mentoring sessions and webinars with the aim to contribute to enhancing the professional development of early-career researchers who are researching social policies in the MENA region. Join us!

MENASP Network Webinar Series

The MENASP Network Webinar Series is a monthly virtual webinar (the last Wednesday lunchtime of each month) that acts as a platform for speakers from within the network and external leading thinkers to present their research.

The MENASP Network Webinar Series aims to enable Network members and wider audiences to access new and ground-breaking research on social policy and conflict prevention.

Policy Labs

In 2019 the MENA Social Policy Network ran a Policy Lab in Cairo, bringing together policy-makers, researchers and practitioners from the field of social policy. Each roundtable of the Policy Lab focused on a different area of policy, from cash-transfer programs to the influence of gender in macro-economic policy design.