AUC President Ahmed Dallal Opens Inaugural PEMENA Conference
AUC President Ahmad S. Dallal inaugurated the conference at AUC Tahrir Square, emphasizing the need to revisit development paradigms that ha...
Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices From MENA Project
Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices From MENA is a research program based in The American University in Cairo (AUC). The program is hosted by the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP). It is on a five-year Ford Foundation grant (2022-2027).
About the Program
Our AUC-based program is part of a larger project involving universities in India, South Africa, Colombia, and Mexico. The AUC program focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).
The core mission of our program is to contribute to changing the narrative of the economy in academia and policy circles, and subsequently to how the economy is related to politics, going beyond the predominant neoliberal paradigm. Conversely, we aim at depicting the theoretical contours of an alternative accumulation model that is more equitable and sustainable. The notion of an "accumulation model" we adopt, considers the production of economic value as a social process. This challenges the economistic approach to the market as an autonomous area of formally rational economic agents, which is inherent in neoclassicism and neoliberalism.
Publications
Our publications are academic knowledge-production and research-dissemination efforts aimed at changing the narrative of the economy in academia and policy circles, and at demonstrating how the economy is moving beyond the neoliberal paradigm.
Our Programs
Fellowships
The Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism program offers fellowships to support students and researchers from Egypt and the Arab region.
Spring/Summer School Program
Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism holds an annual Summer Program for interested PhD candidates, early career researchers, and policy researchers.
Awards
Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism presents two annual awards, the Samer Soliman Book Award and the Critical Thinkers PhD Book Award. These awards recognize outstanding scholarly work that critically engages with the realities and effects of neoliberalism in the MENA region.
News
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AUC-Christ University Joint Summer Course
Christ University students in Bengaluru arrived at AUC for a comprehensive orientation and a campus tour before starting the course. The pro...
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Pathways Project Participates in Annual Emerging Political Economies (EPE) Network Meeting in London
The Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices from MENA team joined in the 2025 Emerging Political Economies (EPE) Network Annual Meeting.
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Building Sustainable Cities: AUC and BIAS-AME Host Spring School on Green Urbanism in the Arab World
The school was co-organized by The American University in Cairo's "Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism" project and the Built Environment Institut...
AUC President Ahmed Dallal Opens Inaugural PEMENA Conference
AUC President Ahmad S. Dallal inaugurated the conference at AUC Tahrir Square, emphasizing the need to revisit development paradigms that ha...
AUC-Christ University Joint Summer Course
Christ University students in Bengaluru arrived at AUC for a comprehensive orientation and a campus tour before starting the course. The pro...
Pathways Project Participates in Annual Emerging Political Economies (EPE) Network Meeting in London
The Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices from MENA team joined in the 2025 Emerging Political Economies (EPE) Network Annual Meeting.
Building Sustainable Cities: AUC and BIAS-AME Host Spring School on Green Urbanism in the Arab World
The school was co-organized by The American University in Cairo's "Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism" project and the Built Environment Institut...
Oral History Sessions
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Egypt's Economy from Closure to Openness and Back Again: A Conversation with Abul Qumsan on the Shifts in Egypt's Trade Policy
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Interview with Mona Yassin on the Competition Protection and Anti-Monopoly Authority
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Interview with Egyptian Ambassador Saad al-Fararji on the New Global Economic Order
Project in Motion
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Interview with Prof. Robert H. Wade - Keynote Speaker of the PEMENA Conference
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"Exploring Alternatives: The Pathways Research Journey on Neoliberalism"
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Political Economy of the Global South Conference
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"Global South Political Economy Conference: Key Insights by Professor Amr Adly"
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New International Economic Order Workshop " Day 2"
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Interview with Alfredo Saad-Filho at the New International Economic Order Workshop
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Interview with Mariangela Parra-Lancourt at the New International Economic Order Workshop
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Cooperative Movement in the Middle East and North Africa Towards Alternative Paths to Economic Development
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Beyond Neoliberalism: Exploring Alternatives
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Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism Podcast
Pathways Conferences
The Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices From MENA Program hold annual conference between September-November of each year. We have successfuly concluded two conferenes :Political Economy of the Global South in September 2024, and Political Economy of the Middle East & North Africa Conference in November 2025.
Contact Us |
Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices From MENA AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74 |