Marwan Naser

Marwan Naser is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of International Development. Marwan is an economist specialising in the Middle East, especially the Arab World. He was a research fellow at CEREFI- University of Paul Cézanne- Aix Marseille III in France. He taught for a long while at Alazhar University and Alquds Open University in Gaza, University of Paul Cézanne in France and has been involved and taught in the Libyan Leadership Programme

He has worked and written extensively on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and policies, and has been involved in a research project on the Palestinian refugees, for which he is conducting fieldwork in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan.

He is currently researching the MENA’s Youth: A Demographic Opportunity Or A Challenge (Evidence from Arab World). The research aims to:

• Analyse the main underlying factors influencing the magnitude of regional variation of population change in the region and examines the implications of demographic change for regional growth, equity and environmental sustainability.

• Analyse the reason for slow improvement of educational level of population in the Arab world despite substantial investment on the education system in many of the Arab countries and the failure of the labour force market to absorb the increased number of unemployed youth.

• Analyse the security implications of the youth bulge in the region; and to find out whether there is direct casual link or an association between high proportions of youth in the population and a rise in political violence and civil unrest.

Education

• Ph.D University Paul Cézanne Aix – Marseille III, France (2004 — 2007)
• M.A Universsity of Sind Pakistan (1995 — 1997)
• University Certificate University of Sind Pakistan (1995 — 1996)
• B.A University of Sind Pakistan (1992 — 1995)

Companies

• Visiting Research Fellow The London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE (2010)
• Economics and International Affairs Consulting NASERCON-France (2011 — 2012)
• Assistant Professor Alazhar University of Gaza (2007 — 2010)
• Research Advisor Aix Group, University of Paul Cézanne-Aix Marseille (2006 — 2007)
• Research Advisor CEREFI, University of Paul Cézanne-Aix Marseille III (2005 — 2007)
• Director - Founder Al-Wifaq Institution for Economics studies and Researches (2001 — 2004)
• Project Director, Head of Administration & Coordination Unit Alazhar University of Gaza (2000 — 2004)
• Senior Lecturer Department of Economics Al-Quds Open University of Gaza (1999 — 2004)
• Senior Lecturer Department of Economics Alazhar University of Gaza (1998 — 2004)

Skills

• Social Media
• Event Planning
• Microsoft Excel

Other

Microsoft Word, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Microsoft Office, Strategic Planning, PowerPoint, Project Management, English, Public Speaking, Research, Teaching