In this podcast, Noor Alabbas, our ECR Representative, speaks to Radwa Abo Shady, a Senior Economic researcher. Radwa speaks about her work research titled: the impact of transport on Egyptian women’s participation in the job market. Transportation is an important dimension in relation to access to different opportunities such as work. Radwa will be discussing the challenges that women face when using public transportation in Egypt. Radwa also explains her research methods and policy recommendations for employers and policymakers. __________________________________ Radwa Abo Shady is a Senior ..read more

In this podcast, Noor Alabbas, our ECR Representative, speaks to Berj Dekramanjian, a Pre-doctoral researcher at DEMOSOC and a PhD fellow for AGAUR. Berj speaks about the human mosquito interaction project and explains why this project is relevant to the MENA region and how social policy relates to it, taking into account the climate change challenges and human mobility dimension as well. In this project, Berj focuses on citizens' science by studying why people participate in the mosquito interaction project and what drives citizens to be part of such a project. _______________________________ ..read more

This is the fourth and last part of our recent ECR webinar "The Role of Social Policy in Promoting Human Security in the MENA region" took place, in collaboration with the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA), on the 26th of May 2021 at 13:00 UK time | 14:00 CET via Zoom.  This podcast sought to explore the concept of human security within the MENA region through inputs from a panel of distinguished speakers. Our guest in this Part 4 of 4 is Dr Nathalie Bouche, RBAS Regional Hub, Amman, United Nations Development Programme - UNDP. The podcast was moderated by our ..read more

This is the third part of 4 of our recent ECR webinar "The Role of Social Policy in Promoting Human Security in the MENA region" took place, in collaboration with the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA), on the 26th of May 2021 at 13:00 UK time | 14:00 CET via Zoom.  This podcast sought to explore the concept of human security within the MENA region through inputs from a panel of distinguished speakers. Our guest in this Part 3 of 4 is Dr Wali Aslam, University of Bath. The podcast was moderated by our ECR Representative Tamara A. Kool, United Nations-University ..read more