The MENASP Network Webinar Series is a monthly virtual webinar (the last Wednesday at 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. The webinars encourage cross-regional research exchanges and policy learning hence, a Middle East focus is not essential though, where possible, reflection on this region or a MENA specific country is encouraged.
We’re very excited to share with you the agenda of our webinars for the Winter 2024 season below. (Listed updated regularly)
Upcoming Webinars
End of the Season!
Past Webinars
Rebuilding Communities Through Public Space Interventions: Co-Learning From Beirut’s Reconstruction After The 2020 Port Blast, with Prof Andrea Rigon (University College London) and Joana Dabaj (CatalyticAction)
Date: 24 January 2024
Time: 13.00 UK Time | 14.00 CEST | 15.00 Cairo Time
Platform: Zoom | Watch the recording.
The Political Risks of Subsidy Reform in the Middle East and North Africa, Moritz Schmoll (UM6P), Amir Abdul Reda (UM6P), and Thomas Richter (GIGA)
Date: 4 March 2024
Time: 14.00 UK Time | 15.00 CEST | 16.00 Cairo Time
Platform: Zoom | Watch the recording.
Social Protection for Migrant Workers in the Gulf Region: Adjusting to a Changing World, with Luca Pellerano and Lea Bou Khater (ILO)
Date: 19 March 2024
Time: 14.00 UK Time | 15.00 CEST | 16.00 Cairo Time
Platform: Zoom | Watch the recording.
Crisis and Intersectional Justice in Lebanon and Sri Lanka, with Lina Abou-Habib (Asfari Institute) and Waradas Thiyagaraja (University of Bath)
Date: 22 March 2024
Time: 11.00 UK Time | 12.00 CEST | 13.00 Lebanon Time | 16.30 Sri Lanka Time
Platform: Zoom | Watch the recording.
Livelihoods and Politics in Beirut (Lebanon), with Nikolay Mintchev (University College London / PROCOL Lebanon) and Mayssa Jallad (PROCOL Lebanon)
Date: 13 May 2024
Time: 11.00 UK Time | 12.00 CEST | 13.00 Lebanon Time
Platform: Zoom | Watch the recording.