GRM 2027 : Gulf Research Meeting

THE GULF RESEARCH MEETING

Call for Papers

17th Gulf Research Meeting
20–22 July 2027

📅 20–22 July 2027 📍 University of Cambridge, UK

About GRM

The Gulf Research Meeting (GRM) offers a unique environment to explore matters of key importance to the Gulf region and provides a platform for discussion and dissemination of research in a wide variety of Gulf-related fields, including economic and financial issues, international relations, security, environment, energy and renewable energy, as well as education, labour and social issues.

Committed to a high-level academic standard, the GRM's objective is to help generate solutions to many of the region's pressing challenges.

Workshops

This year’s GRM workshops cover a wide range of topics in the fields of politics, economics, energy, security and the wider social sciences as they relate to the wider Gulf region (GCC countries in addition to Iraq and Yemen). You can click on each workshop to read its full description.

Prof. Dr. Asmat Nizam

Abdul Talib

Professor, Department of International Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia Associate Professor, Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia

Dr. Pinar

Akpinar

Assistant Professor of Gulf Studies and graduate faculty in the Department of International Affairs and the Gulf Studies Program at the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University

Dr. Hanan

Al-Buflasa

Assistant Professor of Renewable Energy in the Department of Physics, University of Bahrain

Dr. Ahmed

Al-Maweri

Associate Professor of Practice of Public Administration at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar Director of the Excellence Center for Training and Consulting at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar

Ahlam

Al-Moflhi

Director of the Women, Peace and Security Studies Program, Yemen and Gulf Center for Studies (YGCS)

Rashid

Al-Mohanadi

Vice President of the Center for International Policy Research, Qatar Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs

Dr. Norah

Al-Mubarak

Associate Professor of Finance and Investment at King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia Executive Advisor at the Al-Ahsa Development Authority Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bath School of Management in the United Kingdom

Nayef

Al-Nabet

Affiliate Faculty, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, USA Nonresident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs in Doha, Qatar

Dr. Mohammed

Al-Otaibi

Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) Guest Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Adjunct Professor at Alfaisal University, R

Sulaiman

Al-wadai

Researcher in Geopolitical and Social Dynamics at the Security Research Center of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS), Saudi Arabia

Dr. Bulent

Aras

Research Director and Professor of International Relations at the Center for International Policy Research in Doha, Qatar Research Professor at Keele University, Head of the Conflict Resolution and Mediation Stream at the Istanbul Policy Center

Dr. Sana

Arshad

Associate Professor of Marketing, De Montfort University, Dubai

Dr. Ali

Bakir

Research Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Security, and Defense, Ibn Khaldoun Center, Qatar University Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs

Dr. Javier

Bordon

Fellow and Project Coordinator with the Sectarianism, Proxies, De-Sectarianization (SEPAD) Project, Lancaster University, UK

Dr. Lanouar

Charfeddine

Full Professor of Economics at the College of Business and Economics, Qatar University

Dr. Philippe

De Lombaerde

Director of the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)

Dr. Ghassan

Elkahlout

Director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS), Doha, Qatar Associate Professor of Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar

Dr. Giovanni

Parente

Fulbright Schuman’s Visiting Scholar in Political Science, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Dr. Jessica

Simonds

Assistant Professor in Defense and Security, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi

Prof. Sheryl

Williams

Professor of Engineering Education Technology in the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University, United Kingdom