Events
The Gulf Labour Markets, Migration and Population (GLMM) programme organizes round table expert meetings, public conferences, panels and workshops in major international academic meetings, and webinars.
GLMM Webinars
Speakers
Nasra M. Shah, Scientific Director of GLMM, Professor of Migration and Development, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
Neha Vora, Professor of Anthropology, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Gennaro Errichiello, SOAS University of London, UK
Musaab Alkhatib, Research Associate at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, Qatar
Areej Jamal, University College London, Social Research Institute, UK
Nadeen Dakkak, Lecturer in World and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Exeter, UK
The Gulf Labour Markets, Migration and Population (GLMM) programme organizes round table expert meetings, public conferences, panels and workshops in major international academic meetings, and webinars.
GLMM Webinars
27 November 2023 – 2pm-3:30pm CET: The Future of Labour Demand in the Gulf States: What Skills?
Speakers
Nejla Ben Mimoune, Research Associate and Programs Manager, Middle East Council for Global Affairs, Doha
Khalil Bohazza, Manager of Labour Affairs in the Executive Bureau of the Council of Ministers of Labour in the GCC States, Bahrain
Steffen Hertog, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Magdalena Karolak, Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University, Dubai
Froilan Malit, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, American University Dubai, Ph.D. Politics Candidate, University of Glasgow
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
Ms. 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
Registration
https://grc-net.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zzpBL5lVT_uALEV8qx-jAw
Gulf Research Meeting (GRM)
GLMM organizes workshops in the Gulf Research Meeting which is an annual meeting organized by the Gulf Research Center in Cambridge (UK) and has become the most important global meeting where original papers are presented on all major aspects of the Gulf.
2023: “Recent Labour and Migration Reforms and Policies in the Gulf: Impact on Economies and Societies”
2021: “The COVID-19 Health and Socio-economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf” (10 papers)
2018: “The Future of Population and Migration in the Gulf” (18 papers)
2017: “Migration Policies in the Gulf: Continuity and Change” (15 papers)
2016: “The Economics of Migration to the Gulf: Perspectives from Countries of Origin and Destination” (15 papers)
2015: “The Role of Legislation, Policies, and Practices in Irregular Migration to the Gulf” (19 papers)
2014: “Determinants of Future Migration in the Gulf” (15 papers)
2012: “Social Impacts of GCC Migration” (9 papers)
2011: “Migration in the Gulf” (12 papers)
2010: “The Impact of Migration on Gulf Development and Stability” (13 papers)
2010: “Population, Labor Markets and National Identity” (12 papers)
Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA)
GLMM has organised panels in the Annual Meeting Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA):
2014: “Arab Gulf Labour Markets and Migration: Challenges, Data, Policies” (4 papers)
2013: “Arab Gulf Migration: Practices, Data and Policies” (4 papers)
2012: “Migration and (Non-)Citizenship in Arab Gulf States: Policies, Practices, and Negotiation” (4 papers)
2011: “Gulf Migration: Assessing the Impact of Policies” (5 papers)
Round Table / Seminars
On 8 April 2019 in Beirut, the GLMM organized in cooperation with the ILO Regional Office for Arab State a meeting of practitioners & policy researchers on the “Comprehensive Knowledge Base for GCC Labour Migration – State of the Art, Needs, and Ways Forward”.
On 9 and 10 March 2014 in Doha, the GLMM organized an invitation-only roundtable discussion on “Labour Migration in the Arab Gulf Countries: Issues, Data, Documents and Research” together with Qatar University’s Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) and Gulf Studies Program (GSP). The meeting was attended by governmental and academic experts from all six GCC countries and from elsewhere.