Teaching & Supervision

I currently lead both Leiden University's MA International Relations Global Political Economy specialisation, and the Economy Track of the BA International Studies.

Courses Designed & Taught

PhD Courses

  • Themes in Global Political Economy
  • Global Political Economy: Reading Histories of Capitalism

MA courses

  • The Middle East in International Political Economy
  • Theories and Methods of Middle Eastern Studies
  • Power, Class, Mobilities: The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula
  • Global Political Economy (Core Course)

BA International Studies

  • Introduction to Economics (Lecture / 500+ students)
  • Emerging Economies (Seminar)
  • Economics: Middle East (Lecture / 50+ students)
  • Global Political Economy (Lecture / 500+ students)
  • BA thesis seminar

BA Middle Eastern Studies

  • Economies of the Middle East (Lecture)

BA Political Science

  • Middle East Politics (3rd year lecture, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2013)
  • The State in Economic Life (4th year seminar, University of Waterloo, 2011)

PhD Supervision

  • Ranwa Alamsi, "Between the Cracks: Statelessness in the International System." (2024 - present)
  • Youssef Cherif: "A contested sphere of influence: Understanding the relationship between the Gulf and Europe in the Maghreb" (2021 - present)
  • Yunnan Ye: "Chinese Labour Migration and Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: 1970s to present" (2021 - present)

I have served as External Examiner on the following dissertations:

  • Zeineb Al-Sabeehg, "Performative Citizenship in the Gulf States: Women's Struggles to End Inequality in the Citizenship Laws." PhD, Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh (9 December 2025)
  • Fahad Al-Jahwari, "Exploring Evidence for Omani Graduates and Migrant Graduates Employment and Employability in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Oman," Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK (17 June 2021)

I have served on three examination committees at Leiden University

  • M. Stella Morgana, “”Precarize” and Divide: Iranian Workers from the 1979 Revolution to the 2009 Green Movement.” (2021)
  • Aditi Mukherjee, “In the Shadow of Displaceability: Refugees and Migrants in Suburban Calcutta” (2021)
  • Sami Al-Daghistani, "The Making of Islamic Economics: Epistemological Inquiry into Islam's Economic Teachings, Legal Discourse, and Islamization Process" (2017)

MA Supervision

I have supervised four students in the Research MA Middle Eastern and Asian Studies, and approximately 66 students between the MA International Relations and MA Middle Eastern Studies.

BA Supervision

I have supervised 57 student theses in the BA International Studies.