Matthew Hedges

Exeter, United Kingdom United Kingdom

PhD Candidate at Durham University

Education

Having worked in the UAE for five years I am now a PhD candidate at Durham University where I am researching post-Arab spring governance strategy in the GCC. I am particularly interested in public-private partnerships (PPPs) that are attempting to diversify the economies of the GCC states, and the evolving national security debate within the GCC. I am an advisor at Gulf State Analytics and an associate fellow at Durham University's Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS). I also continue to undertake freelance consultancy work in the fields of financial investigations and research; predominantly in regards to public sector developments.