Associate Professor
Public Policy and Administration
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Hamid E. Ali is associate professor and chair of the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the American University in Cairo (AUC), one of the founders of the public policy program and former Director of Master of Global Affairs at AUC. Prior to joining AUC, Ali taught at Southern Methodist University and Texas State University. Ali obtained his PhD degree in economics and public policy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004. In 2008, Ali was appointed as assistant professor of economics and public policy at AUC’s Department of Public Policy and Administration. In 2013, Ali was promoted to Associate Professor at AUC’s Department of Public Policy and Administration. In 2013, he was appointed as the chair of the department.
Defense and peace economics, Inequality, economic development, Water and Energy in Nile Basin countries