Dr. Samir Sweida-Metwally

| ON THE JOB MARKET 2027-2028

Samir

Sweida-Metwally

Postdoctoral Researcher at New York University Abu Dhabi

Labor Markets, Organizations and Public Policy

Advanced Quantitative Methods | Job Quality and Inequality | Causal Inference and Experimental Research | Survey Design and Data Collection

Research

My research sits at the intersection of labor markets, organizations and public policy. I study how institutions and organizational processes shape employment and job quality outcomes, using advanced quantitative and experimental methods for causal inference.

My research program has developed from documenting differential labor market and job quality outcomes, to identifying the organizational and managerial mechanisms that produce them, and now to examining how job quality should be conceptualized and measured across different institutional contexts.

Across this program, I generate rigorous evidence to inform organizational and public policy decision making.

My research has been supported by approximately USD 232,665 in competitive doctoral, postdoctoral, and collaborative research funding.

Policy Engagement and Advisory

Alongside my academic research, I bring substantial international policy and strategic advisory experience.

In the UAE, I worked on economic development, international engagement, and strategy initiatives for senior government and semi-government stakeholders, including efforts to strengthen cross-country institutional and commercial ties, while also producing economic and policy analysis, briefs, and recommendations for C-suite executives of multinational companies.
In the UK, I gained government and applied policy research experience at the Department for Work and Pensions and, internationally, through work with UNHCR.
In Australia, I was invited to brief the country’s first Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia and his team, and to contribute to higher education policy guidance for the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. This work will also inform a report being submitted to the United Nations.

I continue to advise public sector institutions and multinational corporations, using data science to develop evidence-based policy solutions.

I am trilingual in English, Arabic, and French.

Publications

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CURRENT RESEARCH

Primary Working Paper / Job Market Paper (Draft available upon request)

"Religion at Work: A Theory of Organizational Inequality" [First Author, with Makovi K., and Frimpong, J.A. - PREPARING FOR SUBMISSION]

Under Review

"Workplace Voice and Bullying Disclosure: Race and Gender Differences in Disclosure Behavior" [First Author, with Makovi K., Shepherd H., and Frimpong, J.A.]
"Muslim Women and Job Autonomy in Britain: Religion, Gender and Workplace Inequality" [First Author, with Cheung, SY.]

Work in Progress

"Manager Responses to Workplace Accommodation Requests: Experimental Evidence on Political Ideology in the United States" [First Author, with Makovi K., and Frimpong, J.A. - DATA ANALYSIS]
"Access, Stability, and Mobility: Muslim Employment Disadvantage in Britain, 2009–2024" [Single Author - DATA ANALYSIS]
"Who Enforces Transparency at Work? Status, Disclosure, and Unequal Production of Workplace Transparency" [Second Author, with Kawashima, T., Makovi K., and Frimpong, J.A. - DATA ANALYSIS]

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2025

"Beyond Racism: Re-centering Religious Hostility in the Conceptualization of Islamophobia", Ethnicities

Policy impact: Research prompted a briefing with Australia’s first Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia and informed higher education guidance for TEQSA, with related work also contributing to a report being submitted to the United Nations.