Sally Shamieh is the Research Project Manager at the CRED Research Center of the ESA Business School in Beirut, Lebanon. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sally runs several consultancy projects on issues related to human rights, women’s issues and sustainable development in disruptive, crisis and conflict contexts of developing countries. With an educational background in public administration and over 15 years of experience in the private sector, she is able to collate the public as well as the private perspectives, bringing in a multi-disciplinary outlook to bridging the gap between academia and practice.