Webinars
GLMM organizes webinars on key issues:
8. 20 January 2026 – 3:00-4:30pm CET: From Transit to Settlement? Mapping Secondary Mobility from Gulf States to Europe and North America and Its Policy Implications
Speakers
Mr Froilan Malit, Jr., PhD Politics and International Studies Candidate at SOAS University of London, Visiting Fellow at the American University in Dubai, and Fellow at GLMM
Dr Asma Atique, Research Fellow at the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University
Dr Françoise De Bel-Air, Senior Fellow, GLMM
Dr Michael Ewers, Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Moderator
Dr Richa Shivakoti, Research Lead on Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration and a Researcher with the Bridging Divides Program at Toronto Metropolitan University
7. 9 December 2025 – 3:00-4:30pm CET: Stepwise migration to the Gulf states and onwards: Highly skilled workers in the global competition for talents
Speakers
Mrs Anushka Bose, PhD Candidate in International Relations at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C.
Dr Areej Jamal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Alberta
Dr Ayat Jebril Nashwan, Full Professor of Sociology and Social work at Yarmouk University, Jordan and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Sharjah, UAE
Mr Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui, PhD Student in Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population Programme (GLMM)
Moderator
Dr Richa Shivakoti, Research Lead on Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration and a Researcher with the Bridging Divides Program at Toronto Metropolitan University
Speakers
Dr Justin Alexander, Economist at Khalij Economics, USA
Mr Badr Al Sharif, Managing Director of Smart Policy Lab, Saudi Arabia
Dr Mehmet Ali Soytas, Senior Advisor at the National Labor Observatory, Saudi Arabia
Dr Sylvain Côté, Economist and Public Policy Analyst, Saudi Arabia
Mr Froilan Malit, Jr., Visiting Fellow at the American University in Dubai, UAE
Moderator
Mr Imco Brouwer, Managing Director GLMM
Speakers
Dr Luca Maria Pesando, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYU-AD), UAE
Dr Idil Akıncı Perez, Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Dr Jessica T. Maluch, Director of Strategy, Research, and Impact at the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Dr Nasra M. Shah, Professor of Migration and Development at the Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan and Scientific Director of GLMM
Moderator
Mr Imco Brouwer, Managing Director GLMM
Speakers
Mr Lawrence Egulu – Commissioner for Employment Services, Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda
Mrs Aida Awel – Chief Technical Adviser, Labour Migration at International Labour Organisation (ILO), Addis Ababa
Mr Paul Odhiambo – Independent policy analyst, Nairobi
Dr Lahra Smith – Associate Professor and Director, African Studies Program, Georgetown University
Dr Kristian Alexander – Senior Fellow at the Rabdan Security & Defense Institute (RSDI), Abu Dhabi
Dr Françoise De Bel-Air – Senior Fellow, GLMM
Moderator
Mr Imco Brouwer, Managing Director GLMM
Speakers
Dr Nasra M. Shah, Scientific Director of GLMM, Professor of Migration and Development, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
Dr Neha Vora, Professor of Anthropology, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr Gennaro Errichiello, SOAS University of London, UK
Mr Musaab Alkhatib, Research Associate at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr Areej Jamal, University College London, Social Research Institute, UK
Dr Nadeen Dakkak, Lecturer in World and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Exeter, UK
Moderator
Dr Christian Koch, Director of Research GRC
2. 27 November 2023 – 2pm-3:30pm CET: The Future of Labour Demand in the Gulf States: What Skills?
Speakers
Mrs Nejla Ben Mimoune, Research Associate and Programs Manager, Middle East Council for Global Affairs, Doha
Mr Khalil Bohazza, Manager of Labour Affairs in the Executive Bureau of the Council of Ministers of Labour in the GCC States, Bahrain
Dr Steffen Hertog, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Magdalena Karolak, Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University, Dubai
Mr. Froilan Malit, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, American University Dubai, Ph.D. Politics Candidate, University of Glasgow
Moderator
Dr Christian Koch, Director of Research GRC
1. 14 June 2023 – 1pm-2:30pm CET: GCC Data for Evidence-based Policymaking
Speakers
Mr Yusif Al Riyami, Director General for National Statistics, National Centre for Statistics and Information, Muscat
Mrs Mona Al Daas,Assistant Under-Secretary (formerly), Central Statistical Bureau of Kuwait, Kuwait
Dr Ismail Lubbad, Senior Statistician, Statistical Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut
Dr Nader Kabbani, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha
Dr Georges Naufal, Associate Research Scientist, Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University, Austin
Moderator
Dr Christian Koch, Director of Research GRC