Culture and Diversity
The Culture and Diversity Cluster researches meaning-making, identities, and creative expression in culturally and religiously diverse societies and organisations. A key focus is on the impact of international migration and cultural globalisation on individual identity and group interactions in the GCC and further afield.
Affiliated Faculty and Postdoctoral Associates
Anju Paul
Cluster Director; Social Science Faculty Diversity Liaison; Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Wifag Adnan
Assistant Professor of Economics
Rana AlMutawa
Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Wisam Alshaibi
Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Bedoor AlShebli
Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science
Laure Assaf
Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, Anthropology and Social Research and Public Policy
Morgan Hardy
Associate Professor of Economics
Onoso Imoagene
Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Sophia Jeong
Associate Program Head of Business, Organizations and Society; Adjunct Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society
Jingoo Kang
Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society
Kangsan Lee
Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Samreen Malik
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs; Associate Professor of Economics
Monica Marks
Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies
Mario Molina
Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
John O'Brien
Associate Director of Faculty Development in the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Faculty Advancement (CFA); Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Zeynep Ozgen
Associate Program Head of Social Research and Public Policy; Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Christopher Paik
Program Head of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science
Minsu Park
Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Melina Platas
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ben Rosche
Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy and of Computational Social Science
Rahul Sagar
Associate Professor of Political Science
Alexander Travis Barron
Postdoctoral Associate
Tizie Bene
Postdoctoral Associate
Perry Carter
Postdoctoral Associate
Aashish Gupta
Postdoctoral Associate
Wonjeong Jeong
Postdoctoral Associate
Kurt Kuehne
Postdoctoral Associate
Georgia Michailidou
Research Scientist
Ashley Perry
Postdoctoral Associate
Yi Sheng
Postdoctoral Associate
Aditi Singh
Postdoctoral Associate
Samir Sweida-Metwally
Postdoctoral Associate
Yufeng Wu
Postdoctoral Associate
Contact Us
For inquiries, please reach out to Culture and Diversity Cluster Director Anju Paul.