Lori Speaks at Gulf Conference

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Noora Lori, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, gave a lecture as part of a conference panel that was held at the University of Chicago.

The conference was called “Exploring the Gulf Cooperation Council” and it was organized by that university’s Center for Middle East Studies. It took place April 10-11.

“I presented a paper on new forms of migrant policing, showing how the Gulf sits at the cutting edge of the adoption of new technologies in identity management,” said Lori.

Established in 1981, the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, is the economic and political union of six Gulf nations: Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. In the 33 years since its inception, the Council has formulated trade agreements, created a joint military organization and generally worked towards a greater financial and economic union.

Lori will be also giving a lecture at MIT next week at the Inter-University Committee for International Migration. The title of that lecture is “Migration, National Security, and New forms of Policing: Dubai and Abu Dhabi.”

Noora Lori’s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective. Learn more about her here.