Bessma Momani

Balsillie Schoool, Department of Political Science and History

Contact Information

Office Location:
Phone Number:  519.888.4567 x 32823
Email: bmomani@uwaterloo.ca

Education

Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2002
M.A., University of Guelph, 1996
B.A., University of Toronto, 1994

Areas of Specialization

SInternational Monetary Fund
International financial institutions
Foreign policy to the Middle East
Economic integration of the Middle East
Economic liberalization in the Middle East

Short Bio

Bessma Momani is both a Senior Fellow at CIGI and Associate Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Momani's current research examines International Monetary Fund reform through changing internal organizational behaviour and the history of IMF Executive Board seat allocation. In addition to specializing on the International Monetary Fund and its policies, Dr. Momani examines economic liberalization in the Middle East and has written on the U.S. Middle East Free Trade Area, Euro-Mediterranean trade initiatives, economic integration of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the future of petrodollars, and liberalization in Egypt.

Most recent scholarly publications

 
"Canada's IMF Executive Director: Autonomy and Agenda-Setting in Washington"  Canadian Public Administration (Forthcoming, March 2010).

"Challenge of Re-branding Progressive Countries in the Gulf and Middle East" w/ A. F. Cooper. in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy (May, 2009).

"Pursuing Geopolitical Stability through Interregional Trade: The EU's Motives for Negotiating with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with A. Antkiewicz. Journal of European Integration (March 2009).

"Proposing IMF Reforms for Low Income Countries" in Finance, Development, and the IMF. J. Boughton and D. Lombardi (Eds) OUP (2009)

"Oil Producing Gulf States, IMF, and the International Financial Crisis" World Economics (Mar, 2009)
 

Recent academic / professional awards

2007-2010 SSHRC Strategic Grant ($84,500)
2006-2007 SSHRC Seed Institutional Grant ($5,500)
Sept. 2005 SSHRC Travel Grant ($1200)
2004-2005 SSHRC Seed Institutional Grant ($5,500)

Courses Taught

Governance of the Global Economy, University of Waterloo