Jad Baghdadi

Jad Baghdadi is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Department of International Development. His research examines the interplay between Lebanon’s sectarian political class and the merchant class, and how these dynamics influence the state and shape private markets.

His research interests intersect with broader themes in political economy, including state formation, state-capital relations, market capture, and sectarianism.

Jad teaches Middle East Politics at Oxford and has worked as a research analyst at The Economist. He has held research roles at the LSE Middle East Centre and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. He has also contributed to various media outlets, covering political and economic developments in the Middle East. Jad holds an MSc in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford and a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics. His PhD is funded by the Rhodes Scholarship. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to pursue his doctoral studies.