The Workshops

1. Natural Resources, Accountability and Democracy
   Directors: Richard Youngs, FRIDE
   Gerd Nonneman, University of Exeter
2. Formal and Informal Mechanisms of Political Participation
   Directors: Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University
   Ghanim al-Najjar, Kuwait University
3. The Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Economic and Political Reform
   Directors: Giacomo Luciani, Gulf Research Center Foundation
   Bassma Kodmani, Arab Reform Initiative
4. The GCC Banking and Financial Sector
   Directors: Eckart Woertz, Gulf Research Center
   Hatem Al-Shanfari, Sultan Qaboos University
5. Population, Labor Markets and National Identity
   Directors: Steffen Hertog, Sciences-Po, Paris
   Rola Dashti, Kuwait Economic Society
6. The Impact of Migration on Gulf Development and Stability
   Directors: Philippe Fargues, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute
   Prof. Nasra Shah, Kuwait University
7. Developing an Agenda for Security Studies in the Gulf
   Directors: Mustafa Alani, Gulf Research Center
   Salih Al-Mani, King Saud University
8. The Governance of Higher Education in the Gulf Cooperation Region
   Directors: Ronald G. Sultana, Director, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for
   Educational Research, University of Malta
   André Mazawi, University of British Columbia
9. Environmental Policies in the Gulf
   Directors: Mohammad Raouf, Gulf Research Center
   Walid Zubairi, Arabian Gulf University
10. EU-GCC Relations
    Directors: Abdullah Baabood, GRCF at Cambridge
    Geoffrey Edwards, University of Cambridge
11. Gulf-China Relations
    Directors: Tim Niblock, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University
    Mei Zhang, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Dept. of Western Asian and African Studies
12. Islamic Politics in the Gulf
    Directors: Stephane Lacroix, Sciences Po
    Saud Al-Sarhan, University of Exeter