Kuwait Program
The Kuwait Program at Harvard Kennedy School is generously supported by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). The Kuwait Program, housed at the Middle East Initiative, serves current and emerging leaders and decision-makers of various institutions in Kuwait, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the wider Arab world through unique opportunities for cooperation on advanced research, teaching, training and outreach on critical issues of importance to Kuwait and the region.
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The Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholars Program
The Middle East Initiative hosts senior policymakers and academics to engage with students and faculty as a visiting scholar for one semester as part of the Kuwait Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Applications from scholars working on contemporary issues of policy relevance to the Middle East, and the Arabian Gulf in particular, in the disciplines of political science, economics, history, and sociology are especially welcome. All visiting scholars are expected to either:
Conduct a research project preferably with a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member; or
Lead a not-for credit eight week study group on a topic relevant to policy and development in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Former Visiting Scholars
Meet the former Kuwait Program Visiting Scholars
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Abbas Al-Mejren
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Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
Kuwait Visiting Research Fellowship
As part of the Kuwait Program at Harvard Kennedy School, the Middle East Initiative hosts an academic from Kuwait each spring. The Kuwait Visiting Research Fellow is expected to either conduct a research project resulting in an article-length working paper, preferably with a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member, or to lead a study group on a topic relevant to policy and development in the Middle East and North Africa. Research fellows are expected to attend the Middle East Initiative’s research seminars and to participate in other program activities as appropriate.
Eligible candidates include researchers and faculty ranging from the postdoctoral to senior level. Applicants must be either a Kuwaiti national or current residents in Kuwait.
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