Aweis Ahmed

Aweis Ahmed is the director of the SPA Policy Lab. He has worked as a researcher, lecturer, and project coordinator at various institutions in Somalia. He Holds a PhD in International Relations from Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University in Turkey. He holds an MA in the same field from Selçuk University in Turkey. Before that, he completed his bachelor’s degree in Public Administration at Mogadishu University and earned a diploma in law. Aweis’s research centers on politics and society in the Horn of Africa and focuses on Somalia’s public policies and services in particular. He is a blogger and frequently writes commentary about Somali politics and the Horn region.