hanaa

Dr Hanaa Almoaibed is an academic researcher and strategic sociocultural consultant, working with governments, the non-profit, academic and private sectors to conduct and activate research in the Arab Gulf States.

Her work focuses on education, skills and labor markets as well as youth, gender

and sustainability. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and a

Research Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. She is a

Consulting Fellow at Chatham House in London and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Hanaa holds the position of Vice President of Research at the Arab Institute for Women’s Empowerment and is the Education Pillar Chair at Johara Global. She has board-level experience in the energy sector and the education sector: she is a non-executive director of Rawabi Holding in Al Khobar and United Safety Ltd. in Canada. She is the Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the ZADK Culinary Academy and a Council Member of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. She holds a PhD from UCL and Msc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.