Meet our staff

Dr. Crystal Ennis

Crystal Ennis is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. Her research examines the political economy of dependency on hydrocarbon revenue and foreign labour in Gulf economies. With a regional focus on the Arabian peninsula, her areas of expertise include international political economy, development planning, labour markets, migration governance, innovation, and entrepreneurship. View her full profile here.

Dr. Christian Henderson

Christian Henderson a scholar of political economy and development in the Middle East. His research focuses on the Arab region, with a particular focus on Gulf investment in the states of North Africa and the Levant, rural development and business politics. View his full profile here.

Dr. Jonathan London

Jonathan D. London is Associate Professor of Global Political Economy - Asia at the Leiden Institute of Area Studies. His research interests span the fields of comparative political economy, development studies, and the political economy of welfare and inequality. View his full profile here.

Dr. Rizal Shidiq

Rizal Shidiq is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. His research interests lie in development economics and monetary theory, and he is also interested in public choice. View his full profile here.

Dr. Kayhan Valadbaygi

Kayhan Valadbaygi is a Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). His research focuses on the trajectories of capitalist restructuring and state formation in modern and contemporary Iran and the non-Eurocentric historiography of capitalism. View his full profile here.

Dr. Jue Wang

Jue Wang is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. She is a scholar of international political economy, with focuses on China’s political economy, its external economic relationship and its role in regional and global economic governance. View her full profile here.