Anis Ben Brik
Biographic Data
| ID | 698661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anis Ben Brik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anis Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Brik |
| SIGNATURE | BEN BRIK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hamad bin Khalifa University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5409-4693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Oxford Handbook of Social Welfare in the Global South
This volume comprehensively explores social protection in the Global South, covering historical foundations, developmental trajectories, and contemporary challenges. It evaluates responses to global development goals, examining achievements, coverage gaps, and the need for increased investments. The book dissects social protection systems in various countries, including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, highlighting their st…
Measuring Governance or Wealth? Construct Validation of AI Readiness Indices
Many are the promises of artificial intelligence and the indices claiming to measure government readiness for it. This study provides the first construct validity investigation of the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index, the Tortoise Global AI Index, and the IMF AI Preparedness Index, using a nine‐test battery and drawing on confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), income saturation analysis, sigma convergence analysis, architectural sensiti…
The Governance Paradox: Modernization and Institutional Resilience in Rentier States
This study investigates the governance paradox confronting rentier states as they pursue modernization while preserving institutional resilience. Drawing on the policy arrangement approach, this study examines higher education governance in Qatar from 1971 to 2024 through mixed-methods analysis. Findings reveal an adaptive governance model that includes a state-orchestrated narrative reconciling cultural preservation with global demands, formaliz…
Policy sequencing and the capability trap: AI governance instrument design across Asian developing countries
Does the order in which developing Asian countries adopt AI policy instruments shape governance capacity outcomes? Existing AI governance scholarship, anchored in advanced-economy experience, assumes that regulatory frameworks should precede or accompany other policy instruments. This article tests that assumption against evidence from 29 developing Asian countries observed annually from 2020 to 2025 through the Government AI Readiness Index. Seq…
Multiple Pathways to Effectiveness: A Configurational Analysis of Cash Transfer Implementation in the Mena Region
Whilst extensive research examines cash transfer design features, the role of implementation in shaping effectiveness remains undertheorised, particularly within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This systematic review of 270 studies, combined with fuzzy‐set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 15 major programmes, analyses implementation challenges and their influence upon outcomes. Implementation quality varies more significantly t…
Resilient Étatism in Welfare Governance: Adaptation, Authority, and Modernisation in a Rentier State
This study examines welfare governance in rentier states as an adaptive system. The system reconciles centralised control with selective modernisation. The empirical base is 143 policy documents from 1971 to 2024. The framework draws on the Policy Arrangement Approach, with assemblage theory and Foucauldian governmentality as supplementary lenses. Three questions guide the analysis. How does the rentier state calibrate welfare provision to sustai…
Governance thresholds and the causes of education policy reform: A global analysis 1789–2024
Public Policy Evaluation in the Middle East and North Africa
Social Welfare in Qatar: Historical Context, Policy Development, and Future Imperatives
Factors influencing parental adaptation: A double ABC ‐X model approach
Family resources, resilience beliefs, and parental adaptation: A moderated mediation analysis
Despite the extensive body of evidence documenting how pandemic‐related stressors (e.g., disruptions in daily routine) impact individuals' mental health, research examining family mechanisms through which stressors impact parental stress remains insufficient. The present study aims to address this gap by exploring a moderated mediation model that predicts parental stress resulting from the accumulation of pandemic‐related stressors. Specifically,…
Exploring the factors contributing to parent stress symptoms during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Europe: An ABC‐X model approach
The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health and well‐being of families worldwide, with parents particularly at risk for stress and other psychological symptoms. In this study, we sought to understand the factors contributing to parent stress symptoms during the early stages of the pandemic in 23 European countries ( N = 40,138) using the double ABC‐X model. We examined whether the relationship between stressor pile‐up …
A Critical Review of Conceptualisation and Measurement of Social Inclusion: Directions for Conceptual Clarity
We apply a synthesis review to revisit the concept, measurement, and operationalisation of social inclusion and exclusion in the context of comparative social policy, integrating the vast literature on the concepts, with the aim of elucidating a clearer understanding of the concepts for use by scholars and policymakers around the planet. In turn, we outline the conceptual development of the concepts, how they have been operationalised through soc…
Assessing the Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Socioeconomic Outcomes in the Mena Region: A Systematic Review
Cash transfer programmes have achieved widespread adoption across developing countries, yet evidence on their effectiveness in the Middle East and North Africa remains comparatively limited. This systematic review examines four central questions: whether transfer effectiveness shows threshold effects whereby modest amounts alter behaviour while substantial poverty reduction requires larger transfers; how supply-side service capacity constraints m…
Temporary Measures or Lasting Reform? Examining Gulf States’ Evolving Welfare Policies in Response to the Global Health Crisis
The global health crisis prompted Arabian Gulf states to implement extensive social protection measures to address public health and economic challenges. This study critically examines welfare reforms enacted by six Gulf countries – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman – through the theoretical lenses of Welfare Regime Theory and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory. Initially, governments temporarily expanded exclusion-based welfare syst…
Authority and Accountability: Policy Innovation through Evaluation Institutionalization in Gulf States
Organisational determinants of evaluation maturity in the public sector: A resource-based perspective
This study examines the organisational determinants influencing evaluation maturity in the Jordanian public sector, focusing on the interplay of leadership, organisational culture, structure and resource allocation. Grounded in the Resource-Based View theory, the findings indicate that organisational culture is the most significant determinant of evaluation maturity, while resource allocation also plays a crucial role. Although leadership initial…
A Double ABC-X Model of Family Stress and Adaptation of Asian Parents
Controlled neo-corporatism in disability policy: Hybrid governance and institutional resilience in rentier states
Deconstructing Policy Evaluation in the Global South: Historical, Political, and Transnational Influences
Policy evaluation is crucial for effective governance and development in the Global South, yet its institutionalization is shaped by a complex interplay of historical, political, and transnational factors. This study examines how colonial legacies, domestic political dynamics, and external influences converge to influence policy evaluation practices across this diverse region, defined as countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America marked by colo…
Rethinking the inclusion-moderation hypothesis through gender politics: A comparison between the AKP in Turkey and the PJD in Morocco
International audience
Stressor pileup, family and couple relational well‐being, and parent stress during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Global Trends in Social Inclusion and Social Inclusion Policy: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
As pressures build, this study can serve as a guidepost for scholars and policymakers to learn from global trends in social inclusion and social inclusion policy. Our systematic review of global trends in social inclusion and social inclusion policy points to the general expansion and retrenchment of social inclusion policy amid increasing social exclusion associated with trends such as globalisation and neoliberalism. In the absence of recent, d…
Welfare regime typologies: The six worlds of social inclusion
This study bridges the study of social inclusion with welfare regime theory. By linking social inclusion with welfare regimes, we establish a novel analytical framework for assessing global trends and national divergences in social inclusion based on a multidimensional view of the concept. While scholars have developed typologies for social inclusion and welfare regimes independent of each other, limited insights exist on how social inclusion rel…
Retracted: Inclusive or exclusive? Examining the dynamics of social protection in Saudi Arabia
This article provides an analysis of social protection responses to the pandemic in Saudi Arabia with a focus on policies targeted at migrant workers. Using data from multiple pandemic-era policy tracking databases and other resources, we use a descriptive case study through the lens of comparative welfare regime theory to include a comprehensive set of social protection and labor market measures. We found that, in sum, the Saudi government expan…
Parental mental health and child anxiety during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Latin America
This study examined parents’ ( N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID‐19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS‐21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio‐economically d…
A Framework for Child Well-Being in the Gulf Countries
Family life and the demographic transition in Mena countries: Implications for Social Policy
This paper reviews recent demographic and familial changes in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA), which parallel the developments associated with the second demographic transition that has transformed population profiles and family life in the more developed OECD countries. The emerging needs for family-oriented policies are analysed in relation to these changes. And the current levels of social protection in the MENA region are a…
Organisational determinants of evaluation maturity in the public sector: A resource-based perspective
This study examines the organisational determinants influencing evaluation maturity in the Jordanian public sector, focusing on the interplay of leadership, organisational culture, structure and resource allocation. Grounded in the Resource-Based View theory, the findings indicate that organisational culture is the most significant determinant of evaluation maturity, while resource allocation also plays a crucial role. Although leadership initial…
A Double ABC-X Model of Family Stress and Adaptation of Asian Parents
A Framework for Child Well-Being in the Gulf Countries
Pediatric psychosocial care: Historical context and a theoretically informed practice model
Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region
Family-Sensitive Policy: Broadening the Conceptual Lens for Evaluating Social Protection
Preparation and Response to Covid-19: An Exploratory Analysis of Policy Response Spending and Health Expenditures in 20 OECD Countries
This article examines the comparative impact of COVID-19 in terms of the number of cases per capita and the per capita mortality rate and analyzes the relationships between these impact estimates and three policy measures in 20 OECD countries, controlling for the population over age 65. The policy measures involve public and private health expenditures prior to the pandemic onset and per capita fiscal expenditures devoted to policies designed to …
Relationship quality and support for family policy during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Covid-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa: Public Policy Responses
Family life and the demographic transition in Mena countries: Implications for Social Policy
This paper reviews recent demographic and familial changes in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA), which parallel the developments associated with the second demographic transition that has transformed population profiles and family life in the more developed OECD countries. The emerging needs for family-oriented policies are analysed in relation to these changes. And the current levels of social protection in the MENA region are a…
Stressor pileup, family and couple relational well‐being, and parent stress during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Global Trends in Social Inclusion and Social Inclusion Policy: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
As pressures build, this study can serve as a guidepost for scholars and policymakers to learn from global trends in social inclusion and social inclusion policy. Our systematic review of global trends in social inclusion and social inclusion policy points to the general expansion and retrenchment of social inclusion policy amid increasing social exclusion associated with trends such as globalisation and neoliberalism. In the absence of recent, d…
Welfare regime typologies: The six worlds of social inclusion
This study bridges the study of social inclusion with welfare regime theory. By linking social inclusion with welfare regimes, we establish a novel analytical framework for assessing global trends and national divergences in social inclusion based on a multidimensional view of the concept. While scholars have developed typologies for social inclusion and welfare regimes independent of each other, limited insights exist on how social inclusion rel…
Retracted: Inclusive or exclusive? Examining the dynamics of social protection in Saudi Arabia
This article provides an analysis of social protection responses to the pandemic in Saudi Arabia with a focus on policies targeted at migrant workers. Using data from multiple pandemic-era policy tracking databases and other resources, we use a descriptive case study through the lens of comparative welfare regime theory to include a comprehensive set of social protection and labor market measures. We found that, in sum, the Saudi government expan…
Retracted: Examining the Impact of Pandemic Stressors on Parental Stress in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Double ABC‐X and Moderated Mediation Model Analysis of Family Mechanisms
This study investigated family mechanisms through which pandemic stressors affect parental stress using the Double ABC‐X model of family stress and adaptation. Specifically, this study examines the moderated mediation effects to test the conditional indirect influence of a moderating variable (i.e., family resilience beliefs) on the relationship between a predictor (i.e., stressor pile‐up) and an outcome variable (i.e., stress) through potential …
Parental mental health and child anxiety during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Latin America
This study examined parents’ ( N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID‐19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS‐21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio‐economically d…
Parent–Child Relationship, Resilience Beliefs, Relationship Quality and Stress During the Pandemic in American Families: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
The study aims to investigate factors within the double ABC‐X model to explain parents' stress during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic, with a focus on adaptive resources (i.e., parent–child relationship and relationship quality) and the moderating effect of appraisal (i.e., family resilience beliefs). Drawing on a sample of 1386 American parents, this study examines the moderated mediation effects to test the conditional indirect influenc…
Public Policy Evaluation in the Middle East and North Africa
Social Welfare in Qatar: Historical Context, Policy Development, and Future Imperatives
Factors influencing parental adaptation: A double ABC ‐X model approach
Family resources, resilience beliefs, and parental adaptation: A moderated mediation analysis
Despite the extensive body of evidence documenting how pandemic‐related stressors (e.g., disruptions in daily routine) impact individuals' mental health, research examining family mechanisms through which stressors impact parental stress remains insufficient. The present study aims to address this gap by exploring a moderated mediation model that predicts parental stress resulting from the accumulation of pandemic‐related stressors. Specifically,…
Exploring the factors contributing to parent stress symptoms during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Europe: An ABC‐X model approach
The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health and well‐being of families worldwide, with parents particularly at risk for stress and other psychological symptoms. In this study, we sought to understand the factors contributing to parent stress symptoms during the early stages of the pandemic in 23 European countries ( N = 40,138) using the double ABC‐X model. We examined whether the relationship between stressor pile‐up …
A Critical Review of Conceptualisation and Measurement of Social Inclusion: Directions for Conceptual Clarity
We apply a synthesis review to revisit the concept, measurement, and operationalisation of social inclusion and exclusion in the context of comparative social policy, integrating the vast literature on the concepts, with the aim of elucidating a clearer understanding of the concepts for use by scholars and policymakers around the planet. In turn, we outline the conceptual development of the concepts, how they have been operationalised through soc…
Assessing the Impact of Cash Transfer Programmes on Socioeconomic Outcomes in the Mena Region: A Systematic Review
Cash transfer programmes have achieved widespread adoption across developing countries, yet evidence on their effectiveness in the Middle East and North Africa remains comparatively limited. This systematic review examines four central questions: whether transfer effectiveness shows threshold effects whereby modest amounts alter behaviour while substantial poverty reduction requires larger transfers; how supply-side service capacity constraints m…
Temporary Measures or Lasting Reform? Examining Gulf States’ Evolving Welfare Policies in Response to the Global Health Crisis
The global health crisis prompted Arabian Gulf states to implement extensive social protection measures to address public health and economic challenges. This study critically examines welfare reforms enacted by six Gulf countries – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman – through the theoretical lenses of Welfare Regime Theory and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory. Initially, governments temporarily expanded exclusion-based welfare syst…
Authority and Accountability: Policy Innovation through Evaluation Institutionalization in Gulf States
Organisational determinants of evaluation maturity in the public sector: A resource-based perspective
This study examines the organisational determinants influencing evaluation maturity in the Jordanian public sector, focusing on the interplay of leadership, organisational culture, structure and resource allocation. Grounded in the Resource-Based View theory, the findings indicate that organisational culture is the most significant determinant of evaluation maturity, while resource allocation also plays a crucial role. Although leadership initial…
Psychology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Pandemic (7 works) · Corporate governance (6 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (6 works)