Demographers Without Borders (DWB)

Ayman Zohry, Ph.D.

Founder of DWB

The idea of founding an e-mail group for demographers was born in my mind may years ago. While studying demography as a post graduate student at Cairo Demographic Center (started in January 1992) I realized that demographers should rely on communication technology in networking worldwide. In 1999 I founded this e-mail group to get benefit of information technology for demographers to communicate and share their ideas with colleagues freely.

Demographers Without Borders (DWB) e-group is an international network of demographers working together to close the global divide and strengthen the links between south and north. This group is a discussion group for professional demographers in the developing and developed countries to exchange ideas and resources.

Now .. about me. I'm an Egyptian demographer with about 17 years of successive experience in the fields of population and development, and demography. I have a mixture of academic and practical experience in these fields. Regarding my academic record, I have a Master of Philosophy (Demography) earned from Cairo Demographic Center 1995 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Human Geography) earned from the University of Sussex at Brighton (The United Kingdom). In addition I have published more than 20 research papers and presented in international conferences and seminars.

My work experience started in 1987 in the National Population Council (Egypt) as a junior demographer, then as a lecturer assistant and lecturer at Cairo demographic Center. In 1997 I joined the United States Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) as a Medical Data Analyst. From 1998 till 2001 I used to work for the Academy for Educational Development (AED) as "Research and Evaluation Manager" then as "Director of Monitoring and Evaluation" in an educational project implemented in Egypt.

Since 2001 I work as a consultant to many national, regional, and international organizations including The League of Arab States, The International Organization for Migration (IMIS Project), Cairo Demographic Center, and Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program in the American University in Cairo (AUC). For the timebeing, I'm a visiting assistant professor (demography) in the American University of Beirut (AUB). in addition I'm a member of many research teams and international organizations related to the study of population including IUSSP.

For more info goto my personal homepage

www.zohry.com

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Biography