WASHINGTON, September 18, 2023 – The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington is pleased to announce that Marie van den Bosch has joined the institute as a visiting scholar. 

Her research currently focuses on green energy and democratization, the effect of climate change on regime survival, and energy transition in the Gulf. She is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where she teaches classes on oil and authoritarian politics and literature and politics in the Department of Government. From 2018-19, she was the Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Before her doctoral studies, she was a researcher for the chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, a consultant in Qatar for BCG, and a consultant in Yemen for the European Commission. Van den Bosch received her PhD in politics (comparative politics) from Princeton University and holds an MA from Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. She completed her undergraduate degree in classics at UCLouvain in Belgium, where she is from. 

Van den Bosch commented, “I am thrilled to be joining AGSIW as a visiting scholar this year. My focus on the effect of climate change on Gulf states aligns perfectly with the institute’s research priorities, and the professional environment at AGSIW will give me the opportunity to work with eminent Gulf experts, thus enriching my political science research with invaluable regional depth.” 

AGSIW Executive Vice President William Roebuck said, “We are delighted to welcome Alienor as a Visiting Scholar. Her focus on the geopolitics of oil and the political issues related to energy diversification in the Gulf could not be more timely or relevant for AGSIW, as the global community gears up for COP28 later this year.” 

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The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) is an independent, nonprofit institution dedicated to highlighting the importance of the relationship between the United States and the Gulf region through free and open exchange of multiple points of view on issues that concern the Gulf. 

AGSIW strives to support this goal by: 

• Providing expert analysis and thoughtful debate on the economic, energy, environmental, security, social, cultural, and political dimensions of the Gulf Arab states as well as their relations with the United States and other countries. 
• Informing a global audience of policymakers, legislators, businesspeople, academics, media, youth, and others as the foundation for strategic decisions regarding this important region. 

• Employing multiple avenues to inform public understanding of the importance of the relationship between the United States and the Gulf Arab states. 
• Encouraging strong academic coverage by developing scholars who concentrate on the study of the region.