Gulf Research Meeting
GRM 2026 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.
The Economic Architecture and Diplomacy of Climate Change in the Gulf: Financing the Transition
Digital Media, Strategic Communication, and Soft Power in the Gulf: Public Diplomacy in a Transforming Region
GCC-Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Relations: Energy, Mining, Infrastructure, and Food Security
Overlapping Ambitions: State-Led Economic Diversification and Mounting Intra-GCC Competition
Emerging Technologies and Defense Industrialization in the GCC: Navigating the Localization–Outsourcing Dilemma in the AI Era
The GCC–EU Economic Bilateral Partnership: Strategic Opportunities and Economic Diplomacy
Mobilizing Diasporas and Gulf Private Investors for the Reconstruction of Syria and Lebanon
The GCC and Infrastructure Connectivity in the Changing Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Landscape
About Workshops
Useful Information
- January 5, 2025 : Deadline to apply as a paper presenter
- May 31, 2025 : Deadline paper submission
- July 22-24, 2025: Gulf Research Meeting (GRM)
- Note there is no deadline to register as a listening participant. However, seats are limited in each workshop and registration for non-paper presenters will be allowed on a space available basis.
Workshop
Directors
This year’s GRM workshop directors come from a variety
of esteemed institutions from both within and outside the Gulf.
See the
Programme
Each workshop has its individual agenda, which run concurrently
alongside the main conference programme.