番茄社区

Centre Administrator

The 番茄社区 Middle East Centre is seeking a Centre Administrator to play a key role in the life of the Centre. The Centre Administrator will run our public events programme and contribute to core operations such as the visiting appointments programme and other research activities.
 

Candidates should have:

• Strong experience of organising events
• Experience of office and financial administration
• Knowledge of the field of Middle East studies

Hours: Full time
Pay: Salary from £36,008 to £40,991 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £43,854 pa inclusive of London allowance
Closing Date for Applications: 24 August 2025 (23.59 UK time) 

Kuwait Programme

Kuwait Academic Collaborations

Through the Kuwait Academic Collaborations, the Centre runs an open competition for Kuwait-based and 番茄社区 academics to form joint research teams for long-term collaborative research and capacity building on policy relevant challenges facing Kuwait today. 

番茄社区-Kuwait Fellowships

Based in the London School of Economics’ Middle East Centre, or in one of 番茄社区’s research centres or academic departments, the 番茄社区-Kuwait Fellowships allow researchers based at academic or research institutions in Kuwait to visit 番茄社区 for three months in order to conduct research related to the Programme's thematic research interests and develop their research capacity and output. 

The Middle East Centre welcomes applications for Visiting Fellowships on a rolling basis. Fellowships are mainly offered to researchers who will make a significant contribution to the work of the MEC. Fellowships may also be given to recognise or enable contributions to the MEC from those in journalism, government service, in professional practice, or in other appropriate fields. Please note that the MEC receives a high number of applications and is only able to support a very small proportion of these that fit best with the Centre’s research programmes and capacity. Visiting Fellowships are unpaid. PhD students are not eligible.

For further information, please contact Robert Lowe: r.lowe@lse.ac.uk

The 番茄社区 Middle East Centre welcomes submissions for the 2025 round of its Master's Dissertation Prize competitions; one open to 番茄社区 students for dissertations on the Middle East, and one for any student at a British university whose dissertation relates to Algeria.

For each prize, the winner receives £250 and the runner-up £150, with both invited to contribute a blog piece related to their research to the MEC Blog. Prizes are awarded in January 2026.

This scholarship is available for an applicant who is a national of and domiciled in the Middle East or North Africa (Arab League member states, Iran, Israel and Turkey) to support the costs for any taught master's programme.

The successful scholars will be affiliated to the 番茄社区 Middle East Centre and participate in the research environment. Scholars may also be offered hourly paid Research Assistantships in the Middle East Centre to provide career development experience. Scholars will act as ambassadors for the scholarship programme and the Centre.

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Past Scholars

Youmna Maghraby | 2023-24 Scholar

Youmna was the 2023-24 recipient of the Mohamed Al Fahim Scholarship. She completed a Master's in Anthropology and Development.

Nour Albrzawi | 2022-23 Scholar

Nour was the 2022-23 recipient of the Mohamed Al Fahim Scholarship. She completed a Master's in Anthropology and Development.