#0. Profiling the Alternative Dialogues

This episode discusses the objectives of the podcast, which are: making the process of producing knowledge more accessible to the Arab world and discussing the importance of investments in integrative networks & interrelations among researchers and knowledge production institutions on the regional and global levels.

Speakers:

Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).

Bassam Haddad: Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
Omar Dahi: Professor of economics at Hampshire college in the USA and the project director of Security in Context.
Episode Producers:

Adriana Qubaiova, Houda Fansa Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.