Senior Research Analyst Abdullah is a senior research analyst in the Markets and Industrial Development program, with a focus on oil markets and… Abdullah is a senior research analyst in the Markets and Industrial Development program, with a focus on oil markets and energy policies. He holds a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

Expertise

• Oil Markets and Energy Policies

Research Associate AlJawhara is a research associate in the Policy and Decision Science program, with a focus on international affairs and public…

AlJawhara is a research associate in the Policy and Decision Science program, with a focus on international affairs and public policy. She coordinated the Think 20 (T20) task force on COVID-19 in 2020. This was a multidisciplinary effort which produced policy solutions to a wide range of challenges presented by the pandemic. Prior to joining KAPSARC, she was an intern at KPMG’s Deal Advisory unit. Aljawhara holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Alfaisal University and also holds the Public Leadership Credential from Harvard Kennedy School.

 

Expertise

• International Affairs and Public Policy

Visiting Researcher Dr. Considine is a KAPSARC visiting researcher and a senior research fellow at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral… Dr. Considine is a KAPSARC visiting researcher and a senior research fellow at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) in Dundee, Scotland.  Previously, she led a number of projects involving options pricing, real options valuations of physical assets including electricity generation facilities, storage companies, and natural gas pipelines and contracts, risk management and hedging techniques, and trading strategies for a variety of commodities including natural gas, electricity and crude oil. Dr. Considine has worked with a number of international energy companies including Ecopetrol, TransCanada Pipelines, Westcoast Energy, Coastal Corporation, Duke Energy, and ANR Pipeline Company. She is currently chief editor of Energy Politics, an energy newsletter dealing with commercial strategies and strategic planning in the global energy industry.  Dr. Considine is a former member of the Board of Directors for Canada Post, and founding member of a number of initiatives to promote Scottish-Canadian relations including the Canadian Friends of Scotland.

Expertise

• World oil and inventories
• Commodity trading and technology
• Russian oil industry
• Econometrics options pricing
• Commercial strategies.

Research Fellow Emre Hatipoglu’s research connects political science to the study of energy markets. Before joining KAPSARC as a research fellow, he… Emre Hatipoglu’s research connects political science to the study of energy markets. Before joining KAPSARC as a research fellow, he was associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul, where he was the program coordinator of the International Studies (B.A.), Conflict Analysis and Resolution (M.A.) and European Studies (M.A.) programs between 2013-2017. Dr. Hatipoglu served on the advisory board of the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies at Columbia University between 2016-2019, where he was also a Visiting Fulbright Scholar during the 2017-2018 academic year. Dr. Hatipoglu’s research has been published in the Journal of Politics, Energy Research and Social Science, and Foreign Policy Analysis, among others. Dr. Hatipoglu is the editor-in-chief of the journal Energy Transitions and the co-host of the KAPSARC Global Energy Relations Dataset Project. Dr. Hatipoglu obtained his Ph.D. from Penn State University.      

Expertise

• Political Economy of Energy; Global Governance of Energy; International Trade; Economic Sanctions