GLMM organizes webinars on key issues:

11. 8 July 2026 – 2:00-3:30pm AST: Assessing Social Protection for South Asian Migrants in the GCC. Views from the Countries of Origin and Destination

Speakers

Irudaya Rajan is Chairman, International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Kerala, India

Tasneem Siddiqui is Executive Director, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) and Former Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jeevan Baniya is Deputy Director, Social Science Baha (SSB), Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM), Nepal

Bilesha Weeraratne is Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanization Policy Research Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) of Sri Lanka

Nasra M Shah is Professor of Migration and Development at the Lahore School of Economics (LSE), Pakistan and Scientific Director Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) programme

Luca Pellerano is Senior Technical Advisor on social protection at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and manager of the STREAM programme

Sarah Estermann is Senior Advisor and Knowledge Manager Migration at Caritas Switzerland

Moderator

Imco Brouwer, Executive Manager, GLMM

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10. 9 June 2026 – 2:00-3:30pm AST: The US-Israel-Iran war: Labour and Migration policy Outcomes in the Gulf states

Speakers

Justin Alexander is Director of Khalij Economics and a nonresident fellow at both the Arab Gulf States Institute and the Baker Institute for Public Policy

Nejla Ben Mimoune is a public policy professional and development economist

Meshal Alkhowaiter is an independent social scientist specializing in political economy, labor markets, and computational methods

Mehmet Ali Soytas is a senior advisor for labor markets and research, National Labor Observatory (NLO) of Saudi Arabia; Non-Resident Fellow, GLMM Programme, Gulf Research Center; Adjunct Faculty, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

Moderator

Imco Brouwer, Executive Manager, GLMM

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9. 2 June 2026 – 2:00-3:30pm AST: Socioeconomic Impact of the 2026 US–Israel–Iran War on Nationals and Migrants in the GCC States

Speakers

Nourah Shuaibi is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University, where she also serves as Head of the Women’s Research and Studies Center

Neha Vora is a Professor of Anthropology, Department of International Studies, American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates

William Gois is the Regional Coordinator of Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA)

Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and GLMM Non-Resident Fellow

Sharique Umar is a PhD candidate at Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Program and Center.

Moderator

Imco Brouwer, Executive Manager, GLMM

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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

Asma Atique, Research Fellow at the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University

Françoise De Bel-Air, Senior Fellow, GLMM

Michael Ewers, Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Moderator

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

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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

Anushka Bose, PhD Candidate in International Relations at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C.

Areej Jamal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Alberta

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

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

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

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6. 22 January 2025 – 12:00-1:30 pm CET: Highly Skilled Migration to Saudi Arabia: Labour Policy Reforms and the Global Competition for Talents – Co-organized with the Regional Programme Gulf States (RPG) of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)

Speakers

Justin Alexander, Economist at Khalij Economics, USA

Badr Al Sharif, Managing Director of Smart Policy Lab, Saudi Arabia

Mehmet Ali Soytas, Senior Advisor at the National Labor Observatory, Saudi Arabia

Sylvain Côté, Economist and Public Policy Analyst, Saudi Arabia

Froilan Malit, Jr., Visiting Fellow at the American University in Dubai, UAE

Moderator

Imco Brouwer, Executive Manager, GLMM

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5. 9 December 2024 – 2:00-2:30 pm CET: Aging in the Gulf Countries and Implications for Migration to the Region – Co-organized with the Center for Gulf and Arabian Studies (CGAPS), Kuwait University

Speakers

Luca Maria Pesando, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYU-AD), UAE

Idil Akıncı Perez, Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

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

Nasra M. Shah, Professor of Migration and Development at the Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan and Scientific Director of GLMM

Moderator

Imco Brouwer, Executive Manager, GLMM

4. 12 June 2024 – 12:00-1:30 pm CET: Emerging Trends in Sub-Sahara African Migration to the GCC Co-organized with the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) / Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q)

Speakers

Lawrence Egulu – Commissioner for Employment Services, Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda

Aida Awel – Chief Technical Adviser, Labour Migration at International Labour Organisation (ILO), Addis Ababa

Paul Odhiambo – Independent policy analyst, Nairobi

Lahra Smith – Associate Professor and Director, African Studies Program, Georgetown University

Kristian Alexander – Senior Fellow at the Rabdan Security & Defense Institute (RSDI), Abu Dhabi

Françoise De Bel-Air – Senior Fellow, GLMM

Moderator

Imco Brouwer, Executive Manager, GLMM

3. 17 January 2024 – 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm CET: Gulf-born, second and third generation foreign residents: a resource for Gulf states’ development process.

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

Moderator

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

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

Moderator

Christian Koch, Director of Research, GRC

1. 14 June 2023 – 1pm-2:30pm CET: GCC Data for Evidence-based Policymaking

Speakers

Yusif Al Riyami, Director General for National Statistics, National Centre for Statistics and Information, Muscat

Mona Al Daas,Assistant Under-Secretary (formerly), Central Statistical Bureau of Kuwait, Kuwait

Ismail Lubbad, Senior Statistician, Statistical Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut

Nader Kabbani, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha

Georges Naufal, Associate Research Scientist, Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University, Austin

Moderator

Christian Koch, Director of Research, GRC