Ameni Mehrez
@Ameni_Meh
Asst. Prof at @WilliamAndMary | fellow @MiddleEast_HKS @Kennedy_School. Formerly visiting fellow @bobstCenter @Princeton. @CEUpolsci PhD.
Thrilled to receive the Best Dissertation Award from @PolPsyISPP at #ISPP2025 in Prague! 🙌 Even more excited to share this moment with my amazing supervisor @littvay, who won the John L.Sullivan Mentorship Award! 🏆✨



How does #China collateralize its loans? After four years of research, this multidisciplinary team provides the answers (and a new dataset of loan contracts). China secures loans with liquid assets, not with ports or infrastructure. @global_wm, @wang_maya, @ChinaGSProject
💡In the first comprehensive study of how Chinese state-owned creditors secure their loans to emerging economies, researchers from @AidData at @williamandmary, @GeorgetownLaw, @kielinstitute , @UniofOxford, and @PIIE today released a landmark report aiddata.org/publications/h…
With the wonderful political scientist Ameni Mehrez @Ameni_Meh .
I had the pleasure to be in a panel with these wonderful scholars @ayatalantr @RoyaIzadi68 during my first ever @isanet conference. #ISA2025

Really looking forward to being part of this event as we contend with this enormous moment in Syria. Folks in the Boston area, it's open to the public!
#EVENTALERT: Join us on February 25 in MIT E25-111 at 4:30 PM for our first Starr Forum of the semester! Featuring @MarwaDaoudy (@georgetownsfs) and @rbkhoury (@IllinoisPolSci) and moderator Richard Nielsen (@MITPoliSci). Click to learn more and RSVP: bit.ly/SyriaMiddleEast
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📄: the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) at @Penn will be held for the fourth time this year! We welcome Ph.D. students, post-docs and early-career faculty to Philadelphia from June 30 to July 17 2025. Website: sicss.io/2025/penn
"I am very pleased to accept your manuscript entitled "Does God Know Our Future Sins?" for publication in Religious Studies." co-authored with Edouard Machery. Full article will be available soon 😉
My department is hiring in IR (broadly defined). The position offers a competitive package, including free on-campus housing, research bonuses, and RAs. And campus cats! 😺The courses are taught in English. The deadline is January 31. Feel free to reach out with questions.
We are hiring: come work with us! Multiple Positions - Assistant Professor in International Relations stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR202…
Thrilled to meet 5 amazing Tunisian innovators and hear their startup ideas during their visit to #Boston through the PROMISE program! Hosted by @tayporg and @mitlegatum #startup #Tunisia #innovation




Proud to be part of this forum #MEPS24 and a pleasure to talk to His Excellency Foreign Minister of Iraq, Fuad Hussein. 🙂
Dr. Ameni Mehrez @Ameni_Meh of @MiddleEast_HKS is chairing a high-level panel with Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.