Owain Lawson is a researcher on environment, technology, and society in the modern Middle East. He is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and History at Lehigh University and Co-Editor of Arab Studies Journal. He received his PhD in History from Columbia University in 2021, and holds degrees from the American University of Cairo and Concordia University (Montréal). His scholarly work has been published in Past & Present, Environment and Planning E: Nature & Space, and Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.