Al-Azzawi, Shireen

Shireen Al-Azzawi

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Shireen AlAzzawi is a Teaching Professor in the Economics Department, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, USA and a Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum, Egypt. She is Associate Editor of Middle East Development Journal. 

Professor AlAzzawi teaches courses in international economics and economic development. 

Professor AlAzzawi’s research lies at the intersection of labor and welfare economics, examining issues of poverty, inequality, and labor market dynamics. Her research addresses topics such as occupational segregation, informality, labor market transitions, migration, and welfare, as well as the impacts of climate shocks and AI on employment and vulnerability, with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa. She has published her work in Social Indicators Research, the Journal of African Economies, the Review of Income and Wealth, the International Journal of Manpower, the Journal of Income Distribution, Economic Development and Cultural Change and The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, among other scholarly journals.

Shireen received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Davis and has Masters degrees from Stanford University and the American University in Cairo. Before joining Santa Clara, Professor AlAzzawi was an Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo.  She has also taught at San Jose State University and at the University of California, Davis.