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The Bourse & Bazaar Foundation is a think tank committed to economic development, economic diplomacy, and economic justice in the Middle East and Central Asia. Established in October 2020 as a non-profit entity in the United Kingdom, the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation began as a blog website of the same name in 2015. Between 2016 and 2020, Bourse & Bazaar operated as a media company, publishing original research and organising events and meetings focused on Iran’s economy. Among these events was the Europe-Iran Forum, a conference held in London (2014), Geneva (2015), and Zurich (2016 and 2017) that became the leading annual gathering for business leaders and policymakers active in trade and investment between Europe and Iran. Over time, Bourse & Bazaar’s research and related events became more policy oriented, as government officials and business leaders in Iran, Europe, and the United States sought to understand Iran’s economy and its place in the wider region in more detail. Beginning in 2019, work began to structure Bourse & Bazaar as a think tank—a process that culminated in the creation of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation. The foundation is unique in its efforts to foreground economic issues in policymaking in the Middle East and Central Asia.
We believe that it is important for those reading and engaging with our work to understand how that work has been funded. To learn more about how the work of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation is funded, please visit the Our Funding page.
Our leadership and policy fellows oversee the think tank’s development and are responsible for research and advocacy conducted in collaboration with analysts and researchers from around the world.
Our board includes leaders with a depth of practical experience in issues of economic development, economic diplomacy, and economic justice in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Our visiting fellows are talented scholars and analysts who advance the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation’s research and advocacy. Visiting fellows receive funding to enable them to conduct a major research project while also producing articles and participating in events that help increase the understanding of policymakers and the general public on issues of economic diplomacy, economic development, and economic justice in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Bourse & Bazaar Foundation provides financial support to early career scholars and analysts undertaking novel research. This funding usually results in the publication of a special report, an article series, or a multimedia output that helps make this research accessible for a wide range of audiences.
