Major Career 

• Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum
• Former Research Fellow, Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Former Consultant, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade

Research Achievements 

•  Islamic Constitutions and Democracy, with M. Gouda, Political Research Quarterly, 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1065912921991241) (SSCI)
•  Does Democracy or Personal Freedom affect the Flow and Return of IS Foreign Fighters? with M. Gouda, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 2021. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-021-09499-y) (SSCI)
• Sectoral FDI, Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth – Empirical Evidence from Egyptian Governorates, with M. Marktanner, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 28(1), 57-81, 2019. (SSCI)
• Voting Islamist or Voting Secular? An Empirical Analysis of Voting Outcomes in Egypt's Arab Spring, with M. Elsayyad, Public Choice, 160, 109-130, 2014. (SSCI)