Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Network in Social Policy
This recently established network will provide a first port of call for online information on social policy and social welfare-related topics in the MENA. It will seek to promote the following:
- Academic research in relation to social policy in MENA
- Information on social welfare issue for use by the wider public
- Academic resources for university-level students in the subject areas of social policy and social welfare in MENA
The work of the network will include:
- A core group of globally based academic experts who specialise in social policy topics in the Arab region
- A programme of events, round tables and ESRC funded conferences
- A virtual library for key relevant academic publications, policy briefs and working papers
- Country-based profiles of the welfare systems of the Arab countries
- A blog by Dr Rana Jawad and other interested research collaborators
- A link to the jiscmail Middle East and North Africa Social Policy group MENASP@jismcial.ac.uk
Main network participants:
The main participants in the network will be a core group of established social policy academics covering the countries selected for this project.
Current members include:
- Dr Dima Dabbous, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
- Dr Nidhal Benchick, Centre de Recherches et des Études Sociales,Tunisia
- Dr Dina Kiwan, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Dr Zaid Eyadat, University of Jordan, Jordan
- Dr Samia Al-Botmeh, Bir Zeit University, Palestine
- Dr Hayat Touchan, Aleppo University, Syria
- Dr Mohammad AlMbaid, Youth Foundation, Palestine
- Dr Hania Sholkamy, Social Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
- Dr Ali Saeidi, Tehran University, Iran
- Dr Burcu Yakut-Cakar, Kocaeli University, Turkey
