Dr Hussam Hussein is the Executive Director of Partnerships for Development at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) of Jordan, and a Research Associate in Water Diplomacy at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the role of discourses in shaping water policies in the Middle East, on transboundary water governance and critical hydropolitics, and on issues related to the political economy of water. Before joining RSS, Dr Hussein worked as a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, at the World Bank as a private sector development analyst, and at the European Parliament. He holds a PhD in international development from the University of East Anglia, studied Diplomacy and International Relations at the University of Trieste (Gorizia), Middle Eastern studies at SOAS – University of London, and European Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Europe.