Bilal Barakat
Guest Research Scholar
Multidimensional Demographic Modeling Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Bilal Barakat joined the World Population Program in February 2008 to support with the definition of scenarios for global education trends for the purpose of human capital projections. After having studied mathematics at Cambridge and Oxford Universities for undergraduate and graduate degrees, he obtained his doctorate from Oxford University's Department of Education.Dr. Barakat's current research interest focuses on educational modeling and planning, especially in developing countries. He has worked as a consultant on various aspects of international and UK educational development including higher education quality assurance, education in post-conflict settings, teacher training and recruitment, for UNDP, UNESCO, the World Bank, and for national agencies in the UK.
Last update: 04 MAR 2010
Publications
Barakat, B., Bengtsson, S., Muttarak, R. , & Kebede, E. (2016). Modelling SDG scenarios for Educational Attainment and
Development. CESDEG: Education for all Global Monitoring Report (EFA-GMR). Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU)
Barakat, B. (2016). Projections of Educational Attainment And Its Development Impacts For Scenarios Of Full and Partial Progress Towards Universal Upper Secondary Schooling. A Report for
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity. IIASA Report. Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital / International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Barakat, B. (2015). A 'recipe for depopulation'? School closures and local population decline in Saxony. Population, Space and Place 21 (8) 735-753. 10.1002/ps.1853.
Barakat, B. & Durham, R. (2014). Future education trends. In: World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-first Century. Eds. Lutz, W , Butz, WP, & KC, S, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198703163
Barakat, B. & Durham, R.E. (2013). Future Education Trends. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-13-014