Dr. Annika Kropf

GRM 2014 Workshop: Employed, yet Underemployed and Underestimated: Leadership, Ownership and Work Motivation in the Gulf

Director of Research, Faris SPM - Vienna Research Associate University of Erlangen-Nuernberg Department of Oriental Languages and Islamic Studies

Dr. Annika Kropf Annika Kropf holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Vienna. Her research interests are Lebanon, Syria and the Arab Gulf States with a focus on political economy and sectarian divisions. In her doctoral thesis entitled “Economic Diversification in the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council. An Evaluation and Systematic Comparison” she also focused on quantitative and qualitative research methodology. Currently, she holds a postdoctoral position at the Department for Oriental Languages and Islamic Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg and is Director of Research at FARIS Strategic Political Management, an international consultancy firm advising on projects related to the Middle East.