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​Our Institute’s University and Associate Fellows constitute the intellectual network of academics, researchers, professionals, and practitioners, that gravitate around the Institute, contributing to its work, knowledge production and activities.

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Adnan El Amine
Associate Fellow ​
Areas of expertise: Higher Education, youth, social aspects of education
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Albert Kostanian
Associate Fellow ​
Areas of expertise: Economics, policy making, politics
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Ali Abboud
University Fellow 
Areas of expertise: Labor economics, inequality 
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Camille Ammoun
Associate Fellow ​
Areas of expertise: Urban development and environment, policy making, political economy. 
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Hesham Youssef
Associate Fellow ​
Areas of expertise: Middle East politics, US policy in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli conflict, regional security, and international and regional organizations.
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Ibrahim Jamali
University Fellow
Areas of expertise: Financial markets, monetary and macroeconomic analysis and policy
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Ishac Diwan
Associate Fellow ​
Areas of expertise: Economics, international finance, political economy 
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Jamil Mouawad
University Fellow
Areas of expertise: Politics, public policy, political economy
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Jihad Yazigi
Associate Fellow 
Areas of expertise: Political Economy, Syrian Economy
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John Waterbury
Distinguished Fellow
Areas of expertise: Politics and international affairs, public law and government, the politics of the Middle East, the political economy of public enterprise  ​
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Karim Makdisi
University Fellow
Areas of expertise: Global governance, International politics/affairs, United Nations, global environmental politics, Middle East politics, US policy in Middle East, Arab-Israeli conflict, Lebanon.
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Karma Ekmekji
Associate Fellow ​
Areas of expertise: Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda
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Maja Janmyr
Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Migration, refugees, United Nations, international law 
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Marc Ayoub
Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Energy policy, electricity planning, renewable energy, energy and political economy, techno-economic modelling 
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Maysa Baroud

Joint Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise: Refugee Rights, Migrant Rights, Social Policy, Labor Rights. 
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Mohamad Faour
University Fellow
Areas of expertise: Banking, corporate finance, sovereign wealth funds
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​Mona Sukkarieh
Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Energy, Geopolitics, Political Risk
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​Nassif Hitti
Associate Fellow 
Area of expertise: International affairs
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Rami G. Khouri
Distinguished Fellow
Areas of expertise: Palestine, poverty/inequality, and citizen-state relations
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Sahar Baassiri
Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Arab Affairs, Culture, and Media
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Sami Geadah
Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Economy, finance, political economy 
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Sumru Altug
Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Macroeconomics, financial economics, econometrics. 
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Tarek Mitri
Distinguished Fellow
Areas of expertise: Religion and politics, the history and sociology of Muslim-Christian relations, Christianity in the Arab region 
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​Wissam Saade 
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Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise: Political philosophy, Nationalism studies, Religion and Politics.
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