Faculty & Staff
Dr.Mahjoob Zweiri
Associate Professor - Director of Gulf Studies Center
Prof.Nikolay Kozhanov
Associate Professor
nikolay@qu.edu.qa +974 4403 4987 Nikolay Kozhanov is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Gulf Studies Center of Qatar University. He is also an Academy Associate with the Russia and Eurasia program of Chatham House and Associate Professor at the European University at St.Petersburg. His research focuses on the geopolitics of Gulf energy, Russian foreign policy in the Middle East as well as Iran’s economy and international relations. Nikolay holds his PhD in economics from St.Petersburg State University (2010). He also has an MA degree in Oriental Studies (2006, St.Petersburg State University) and MA degree in Middle Eastern Studies (2012, University of Exeter). From 2006–09, Nikolay served as an attaché in the political section of the Russian embassy in Tehran. After his tenure with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he became an independent political analyst and researcher focusing on the Middle Eastern affairs. Since then, he has been a Visiting Fellow at a number of leading international think tanks including Chatham House, WINEP and the Carnegie Moscow Center. Nikolay recent publications include Russia and the Syrian Conflict: Moscow’s Domestic, Regional and Strategic Interests (Gerlach Press 2016); Iran’s Strategic Thinking: The Evolution of Iran’s Foreign Policy 1979-2017. (London, Berlin: Gerlach Press, 2018) and Russian Policy across the Middle East: Motivations and Methods (Chatham House 2018). Download Resume
Dr.Md Mizanur Rahman
Associate Professor
Gulf migration, Social research methods, and Social theories mizan@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403 4951 Md Mizanur Rahman teaches migration studies, social theories, and research methods at the Gulf Studies Program. His areas of expertise include Gulf migration, diaspora engagement, migrant businesses, labor migration, migration policy and migrant remittances. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Gulf, East and Southeast Asia, South Asia, Europe and North America. He has published extensively on international migration issues in the Gulf and Asia. Four of his journal articles became the top ten cited and/or downloaded articles in ISI and Scopus ranked journals. Dr Rahman is a member of Migration Research Leaders Syndicate for the 2018 Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, spearheaded by the IOM – the UN Migration Agency - based in Geneva. Download Resume
Dr.Luciano Zaccara
Assistant Professor, Research Coordinator in Gulf Politics
Iranian politics and foreign policy; elections and political reform in GCC countries; international politics in the Persian Gulf luciano.zaccara@qu.edu.qa B05-144 Dr. Zaccara will be a visiting researcher at Princeton University, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies during the academic year 2019-2020. https://www.princeton.edu/iran/
Ms.Farah Al Qawasmi
Research Assistant
water and food security, economics, gender studies and conflict resolution farah.q@qu.edu.qa Farah Al Qawasmi received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in Doha with a degree in International Politics. She continued her studies at SOAS, the University of London, were she pursued a Masters of Science degree in Cooperate Globalization and Development. She recently joined the Gulf Studies Research Center at Qatar University.
