This is the third webinar in the newly launched MENASP Webinar Series: Knowledge, Social Policy and People.

In this webinar, Dr Wali Aslam (University of Bath) hosts Dr Ali Fakir (Lebanese American University).

Guest Speaker: Ali Fakih

Ali Fakih is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair of the Department of Economics at the Lebanese American University. He is also a Fellow at the Economic Research Forum (ERF), IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO), and Global Labor Organization (GLO). He received his PhD in Economics in 2011 from HEC Montréal, the business school affiliated with l’Université de Montréal. His research interests include Labor Economics, Development Economics, Finance-Growth Nexus, Political Transformations, MENA Economies. His articles have appeared in international journals such as Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Defence and Peace Economics, Tourism Economics, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Industrial Relations, Social Indicators Research, and International Migration among others.