Gulf Research Meeting
Prof. Giacomo Luciani
GRM 2013 Workshop: The Rentier State at 25: Dismissed, Revised, Upheld?
GRM 2012 Workshop: The Political Economy of Clean Energy Solutions in the GCC
GRM 2010 Workshop: The Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Economic and Political Reform
Prof. Giacomo Luciani leads the Master in International Energy at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; and is adjunct professor of interdisciplinary studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. In 2010-13 he was Princeton Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Near Eastern Studies. His work has focused on the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa, and the economic development of the Gulf countries. With Hazem Beblawi, he edited a book on “The Rentier State” (1987), which is frequently cited as one of the origins of the concept. More recently, he edited “Resources Blessed: Diversification and the Gulf Development Model”. His latest edited book, “Combining Economic and Political Development”, discusses economic policies to support democratic transitions and address popular expectations.
