Dr. Musa Shteiwi is currently the Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research in the areas of Political Sociology, Human Rights, Development, and Gender. His experience includes advisory and consultancies with government, UN, the World Bank and other international organizations and research institutions and has provided technical support on social policies for Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Jordan. He received the state encouragement award for his research on gender and has more than 35 papers and published books covering development, social policies, poverty, unemployment, women, social classes, civil society, political parties, and youth