NHDr. Nizar Hariri

Research axis B

Cultural & Creative Industries (CCI / ICC) & Economic Development

Putting a number on culture: measuring what creative work contributes to the economy, and what it takes to make it employable.

Illustrative ceramic artisan workspace and creative production
  1. Visitors in a museum painting gallery
    01

    Groundbreaking economic valuation of Cultural and Creative Industries in Lebanon and the Mediterranean region.

  2. Performers on a theater stage
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    Lead Author & Expert for the national study La Contribution Économique des Industries Culturelles et Créatives au Liban (IOF, French Embassy in Lebanon, AFD, 2020–2021), showing CCIs account for ~5% of Lebanese GDP.

  3. Craftsman at work in his workshop
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    Author of EU Med Culture's regional study on employability in the cultural and creative sectors in Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco (2015).

Other axes

Illustrative Beirut repair workshop and neighborhood livelihoods
A

Labor & Precariousness

Illustrative rooftop water tanks and urban access to public goods
C

Poverty & Social Protection

Illustrative community discussion about shared concerns
D

Social Capital & Governance