Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli

Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli is the President of Bahrain Economists Society. He is the acting director of studies and research at Derasat, as well as the director of economics and energy studies. He is an affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and an affiliated senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center. He previously served as a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Joint Advisory Board of Economists and a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. In the economics domain, his primary research interests are political economy, behavioral/experimental economics, the economics of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and the economics of science. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications in international journals, and his research has been covered in mainstream media outlets, such as the Economist magazine and the Newsweek blog.