Mohammad Al-Saidi is a Research Associate Professor at Qatar University, and currently working on issues ranging from development and the environment to water resources management, and sustainability transitions. He was involved in research projects on Yemen, the Gulf, East Africa, and Jordan. Previously, he worked in research and teaching at the Institute for Technology and Resources Management (ITT) at TH Köln within Arab-German graduate programs, and projects focusing on sustainability issues in the Middle East and Africa.