Research. Reform. Partnerships. Political dialogue.
Across MENA and Europe, complex ideas are turned into projects designed to move beyond the page.
From a research paper in Beirut to a policy conversation in Berlin. From an entrepreneurship programme in Syria to a debate on energy security in Europe.
The work moves across borders, institutions and disciplines — connecting research with the people who can use it, and ideas with the structures that can carry them forward.
At the centre: democracy, economic reform, political transition, migration, energy and regional cooperation.
Stronger institutions, political leadership, civil society and spaces for meaningful participation — particularly where political systems are being rebuilt or reimagined.
Economic reform, entrepreneurship, private-sector development and the policies needed to move from crisis toward more sustainable growth.
Building bridges between regional realities and European policy conversations — particularly around Germany, Lebanon, Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Migration, refugee return, human rights and security-sector reform, with attention to how political decisions ultimately shape everyday lives.
Building Syria’s Startup Ecosystem and Social Market Economy
What could entrepreneurship look like in a country rebuilding its economy?
A multi-layer programme connecting ecosystem research, regulatory reform, startup development, stakeholder dialogue and long-term institutional sustainability.
Opportunities and Challenges
Who will shape Syria’s reconstruction — and under what rules?
Two complementary studies examine governance, regulation, investment conditions and the emerging economic landscape, with particular attention to European and German engagement.
A Parliamentary Initiative for Sustainable Economic Governance
How can better economic understanding lead to better political decisions?
A long-term initiative bringing economic evidence into Lebanon’s parliamentary ecosystem through policy dialogue on taxation, public finance, investment, social protection and reform.
Enabling Lebanon’s Digital & AI-Based Services Economy
What if talent could move without people having to leave?
A Lebanon–Germany initiative exploring how digital skills, remote work and better regulation could connect Lebanese talent with international labour demand.
The most interesting work tends to happen between categories.
Between research and implementation.
Between politics and economics.
Between local knowledge and international policy.
Between institutions that rarely sit at the same table.
That is where much of this portfolio lives.
Lebanon and Syria sit at the heart of the portfolio, with growing links to Germany, Europe and the wider Eastern Mediterranean.
The goal is not simply to bring European conversations to the region — but also to make sure regional realities, expertise and perspectives travel in the other direction.
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A publication should not be the end of the conversation.
Research across the portfolio is designed to feed into something larger: a policy brief, a programme, a roundtable, a conference, a reform proposal or a conversation with decision-makers.
A career built across Lebanon, Syria, Germany and the wider MENA–Europe space, with experience spanning programme management, policy research, democratic governance and international cooperation.
Less interested in policy as an abstract exercise. More interested in what happens when evidence, institutions and people actually meet.
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