GRM 2027 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 Gulf in the Age of AI: Geopolitics, Security, and Strategic Autonomy after Regional War
Geoeconomics and the Gulf’s New Economic Model: Sovereign Capital, Investment Policy, and Strategic Industries
Human Infrastructure of the Energy Transition: Research and Education for Sustainable Energy in the Gulf
Beyond the Single Security Guarantor? Emerging Polycentrism Across Scales, Multi-Alignments, and Securitization and Militarization in the Gulf
Yemen at the Gulf’s Crossroads: State Fragmentation, Regional Order, Peacebuilding, and the Future of Gulf-Yemen Relations
Rethinking GCC Regionalism: Interdependence, Shared Challenges and Cooperation in the Gulf
Mediating Alongside the System: Gulf States, the United Nations, and the Future of Conflict Diplomacy
From Procurement to Alliance: Mapping GCC- Türkiye Defense Industry and Armament Cooperation
About Workshops
Useful Information
- January 5, 2026 : Deadline to apply as a paper presenter
- May 31, 2026 : Deadline paper submission
- July 21-23, 2026: 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.