Yousif Hamid serves as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the Catholic University in Erbil. Prior to his appointment at CUE in September 2024, he held the position of Resettlement Project Manager at Refugee Action in the United Kingdom. Yousif earned his Master’s degree in Governance and Public Policy from the University of Sheffield, where he investigated the interplay between energy independence, specifically petroleum revenues, and the governmentality of public policies in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq since 2003. Before pursuing his Master’s research, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Sheffield (2011-2014) and a Diploma Certificate in Humanities and Social Science from Sheffield College (2009-2011).