Research:

(1) Political Economy of and Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): The interaction among state, development and social policy; gender and social and economic policies; neoliberal globalization and transformation of the state and social and economic policies in the region.

(2) Political Economy, History of Economic Thought, Macroeconomics and Money:Real-financial sector connection; Classical-Keynesian monetary analysis of market economies; effective demand and circulation of money; theories of production and money in Marx, Keynes, and Kalecki's writings.

(3) Health Economics, Social Policy, and Development Economics: Social determinants of and inequities in health;  organizational and financial aspects of health care systems; globalization,  development and macroeconomics of social policy (especially health care and pensions).

(4) Teaching Economics: Developing a heterodox curriculum for undergraduate teaching of economics; integration of previous research areas into undergraduate and graduate level teaching economics.