Dr. Steven Wright is an Associate Professor of International Relations and an Associate Dean for Student Affairs. He previously served as an Associate Dean and the Head of the Department of International Affairs at Qatar University.
His area of research expertise relates to three main areas: US foreign policy toward the Gulf region, Energy Geopolitics, and the International Relations and Political Economy of the Arab Gulf states. He has written widely on these areas, and his work has been published in Arabic, Japanese, French, and Polish. He has also held research fellowships at the London School of Economics, Exeter University, and the University of Durham. He has been invited as a speaker at a wide range of events hosted by leading organizations such as the World Bank, various governments, and several multinational corporations.
He obtained his PhD in International Relations from the University of Durham.
International relations and political economy of the Arab Gulf states; energy geopolitics; U.S. foreign policy towards the Gulf region
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar).
2017-PresentCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar).
2017-PresentCollege of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University (Qatar).
2013-2017College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University (Qatar).
2012-2016Department of International Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University (Qatar).
2011-2012Department of International Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University (Qatar).
2010-2011Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University (United Kingdom).
2010-13(LSE) London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom).
2010College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University (Qatar).
2007-2013Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham (United Kingdom).
2006Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham (United Kingdom).
2005-2006School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle (United Kingdom).
2005-2006Hatfield College, University of Durham (United Kingdom).
2003-2005University of Durham (United Kingdom)
2001-2006University of Durham (United Kingdom)
2000-2001University of London, Royal Holloway College (United Kingdom)
1997-2000Qatar: The Context of a Hydrocarbon-funded Social Contract” in Overland, I. Public Brainpower: Civil Society and Natural Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan, New York
2018