Ø Contribution to Academic and Policy Research Projects (2002-2008)

Research Project in collaboration with the African Studies Centre (ASC) Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellowship Programme, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands “the impacts of ICT in transformation and production of knowledge in Africa: the case of Sudan”, ASC Thematic Research project on “Connections and transformations: linking technologies and society in Africa and beyond”, Subgroup 4: “connections in African knowledge” (forthcoming May 05, 2009- July 30, 2009).

  • African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Collaborative Research Project on Impact of China-Africa aid relations: Terms of Reference for In-Depth country case study of Sudan January- August 2009.
  • Research project in collaboration with the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grant Programme2007, OSSREA Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grant Research Project January 2008 – January 2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Contribution to Research Project entitled “The Impacts of Economic Blocks on Sudan’s Economy: The case of COMMESA” in collaboration with the Department of Economics-Faculty of Economics and Social Studies–University of Khartoum and Sudan’s Ministry of Finance and National Economy, April – June 2007.
  • “Technological Change and Skill Development: The case of the Gulf Countries”. Contribution to the United Nations University–Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH) Research Project on Designing the Knowledge Economy, 2000-2005. (English).
  • Research Project in collaboration with MERC- Center for the Study of Developing Countries (CICS)-Faculty of Economics and Political Science-Cairo University-Cairo– Egypt and the Ford Foundation, 2005-2006. (English).
  • Research Project in collaboration with the Economic Research Forum and Global Development Network 2003-2004.
  • Research Project “Innovation and Skill Formation: Evidence from the Gulf Countries” MERC Research Project- Lebanese Center for Policy Studies-LCPS-Beirut-Lebanon in collaboration with Ford Foundation,2003-2004 English
  • Contribution to The United Nations University (UNU) – World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) Research Project “Information Technology and Global Economic Development,” 2002. (English).

 

 

  • Presentation at Workshops and Conferences (2001-2008)
  • Impact of China-Africa aid relations: Terms of Reference for In-Depth country case study of Sudan” Paper presented at the inception workshop of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Collaborative Research Project on “Impact of China-Africa Economic Relations”, held in Mombasa, Kenya, January 25th– 29th, 2009.
  • “The use and impacts of ICT at the Macro-Micro Levels in the Arab Region,” Paper prepared for and presented at the GLOBELICS Academy (2008): Ph.D. School on National Systems of Innovation and Economic Development, GLOBELICS Academy 2008, organized jointly by the Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS) and the Unit for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (TaSTI), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, June 06, 2008.
  • The Seminar of Distance Learning Course of Training of Trainers Program in Intellectual Property organized jointly between the University of Khartoum and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) WIPO World Wide Academy, Distance Learning Lecture Hall, Khartoum, Sudan, March 20, 2008.
  • Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grant Programme 2007, Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grant Winner’s Workshop January 14, 2008 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • ERF- GDN Fourth Research Competition Final Project Report Workshop, Kuwait, AFESD, December 15, 2006.
  • ERF 12th annual Conference Cairo, Egypt, December 20, 2005.
  • ERF- GDN Fourth Research Competition Project Progress Report Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, December 18, 2005.
  • Ph.D. Thesis Defense Ceremony Presentation, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, November 10, 2005.
  • DRUID Winter 2005 PhD Conference, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, January 28, 2005.
  • UNU-INTECH and MERIT PhD students workshop presentation of ongoing research work, UNU-INTECH, Maastricht, the Netherlands, January 19, 2005
  • MERC Project Progress Report Workshop, CICS – Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, December 18, 2003.
  • ETIC European Doctoral Training Programme, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October 24, 2003.
  • UNU- WIDER Summer Intern seminar on thesis progress, Helsinki, Finland, June 24, 2002.
  • UNU-WIDER conference on the New Economy in Development, Helsinki, Finland May 10, 2002
  • UNU-INTECH First Thesis workshop, Maastricht, March 01, 2001.