Invited author Dr. Li-Chen Sim will talk about her book and discuss her writing experience.
Dr. Sim has published three books within 5 years, including Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge), where she authored a chapter on stakeholders in the UAE’s nuclear energy. Join us as she shares the highs and lows of reading, researching, writing, and balancing work and personal life.
About Dr. Li-Chen Sim
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Non-resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute, Washington DC, USA\
Dr. Li-Chen Sim is a specialist on Russian and Gulf energy and its intersection with international relations. Her interests include the political economy of hydrocarbon and low carbon energy in the Middle East, Gulf-Asia exchanges, and Russia-Middle East interactions.
Her most recently published books include Asian Perceptions of Gulf Security (Routledge, 2023), External Powers and the Gulf Monarchies (Routledge, 2018) and Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North Africa (Palgrave 2021). Her articles have appeared in leading academic journals such as Russian Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Energy Research & Social Science, Journal of Contemporary China, and Asian Security; on forums hosted by the Atlantic Council and Harvard University’s Belfer Center; and in popular media like the South China Morning Post and Al-Monitor.
She is active on the speaking circuit, having been a guest at Chatham House London, Middle East Institute Singapore, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington DC, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies & Research, Foreign Service Institute in Washington DC, and National Defense College Abu Dhabi among others.