M. Evren Tok is an assistant professor of Public Policy in Hamad Bin Khalifa University. His research interests involve policy analysis, political economy, sustainability, entrepreneurship and its education. Prof Tok is Co-lead Project Investigator in a research grant on building a Qatari perspective on natural resource governance in Africa. He recently received a grant from the Qatar National Research Institute (QNRF) to organize a conference on public policy and entrepreneurship education, to take place in February, 2017.

Wijdan Tariq is an academic researcher at the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance, College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, a Member of the Qatar Foundation. He is also Adjunct Instructor at Georgetown University Qatar.