Hassan Hakimian | Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Hamad Bin Khalifa University

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Dr. Hassan Hakimian

Dr. Hassan Hakimian


Professor and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Department
Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Biography

Dr. Hassan Hakimian is Professor of Economics and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD) at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. During 2010-19, he was Director of the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) and Reader in the Economics Department at SOAS University of London. Prior to that, he was an Associate Dean at Cass Business School, London, where he was responsible for Executive MBA Programs and set up pioneering EMBA programs in Shanghai and Dubai. 

His research focuses on MENA economies, specifically labor markets, economic sanctions, inclusive growth and the economics of Arab uprisings. He is the author of "Labour Transfer and Economic Development” (1990), co-editor of “The State and Global Change” (2000 with Ziba Moshaver), “Trade Policy and Economic Integration in MENA” (2003 with Jeff Nugent), “Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions” (2014 with Parvin Alizadeh) and “Environmental Challenges in the MENAS Region” (2019 with Hamid Pouran). His latest work is the edited volume “The Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy” (2021).

Dr. Hakimian is a Founding Member and a past President of the International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA), a Research Fellow and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in Cairo. He is the Founder and Series Editor for the “Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa,” which he launched in 2003.

One of the programmes he directed at SOAS at the Centre for International Education in Economics (CIEE), won the Queen’s Prize for Higher and Further Education in 1996.

 


Research Interests

  • Economic Development and Growth in the MENA Region
  • Inclusive Growth in the MENA Region
  • Economics of the Arab Uprisings
  • Human Resources and Labour Markets in the Middle East
  • Economic Sanctions in the MENA Context

Experience

Director

London Middle East Institute (LMEI); Reader, Economics Department, SOAS (University of London): Leadership and oversight of LMEI, an interdisciplinary, renowned, specialist institute promoting understanding of the Middle East.

2010 - 2019
  • Associate Dean

    Cass Business School, City University London.

    2003 - 2007
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics

    Faculty of Finance, Cass Business School, City University London.

    2002 - 2010
  • Senior Lecturer in Economics

    SOAS, University of London.

    1995 - 2002
  • Director

    Centre for International Education in Economics (CIEE), SOAS, University of London.

    1994 - 1997
  • Lecturer in Economics

    SOAS

    1993 - 1995
  • Lecturer in Agricultural Development

    Wye College (University of London).

    1989 - 1993
  • Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Economics,

    North Staffordshire Polytechnic.

    1987 - 1989
  • Visiting Lecturer in Economics

    Business Management Department, Brighton University.

    1982 - 1987

Education

DPhil

University of Sussex, UK

1979 - 1987
  • MPhil (Development Studies)

    University of Sussex, UK

    1977 - 1979
  • BSc (Econ)

    London School of Economics, University of London.

    1974 - 1977

Selected Publications