Assistant Professor
Public Policy & Administration
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Ghada Barsoum is assistant professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Her research focuses on issues of youth, gender, employment and poverty. She was recently the principal investigator of a study on informality in Egypt in collaboration with the UNDP regional office. Prior to joining AUC, She was research associate at the Population Council, West Asia and North Africa Office. Barsoum is the author of a book on the employment crisis of female graduates in Egypt and a number of papers in peer-reviewed journals
Youth inclusive policies, Employment and social protection, Youth employment programs, Evaluation research