About

Previously, she was Academic Visitor at St Antony's College, the University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow and OIES-KFAS Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Doctoral Research & Tutor at the University of Western Australia, Research Assistant at Texas &M University. She served as the in-house expert for a mining and oil and gas services company, economist/consultant in consulting firms, and business public policy project manager.  With experience in both academia and the corporate and policy worlds across the globe, she advises governments, corporations (including Fortune 500 companies) and international institutions. She's a polyglot, who speaks fluent English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese (intermediate), and knows basic Hebrew and Italian.  She is cited and interviewed by various popular media outlets (such as TIME Magazine, Bloomberg, the ABC, the BBC, Al-Jazeera). She received various awards, honors, and grants.

Dr. Shehabi taught graduate and undergraduate courses of economics to economics students and non-specialists. She has extensive experience delivering training to poilcymakers globally.  She lived in 8 countries across 4 continents.  A polyglot, she speaks multiple languages including Arabic, French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese.  She enjoys being active-- running, boxing, and dancing-- and has been a volunteer yoga teacher to refugee women in Oxford.