Barrak Algharabali is an Associate Professor at the College of Business Administration, Kuwait University. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration, with a concentration in Governmental Budgeting and Public Financial Management, from the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky. He also earned a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA), with a focus on Public Management and Finance, from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

Dr. Algharabali has authored and co-authored over ten peer-reviewed research papers published in international academic journals. His research interests include governmental budgeting, economic policy uncertainty, taxation, the natural resource curse, and debt management.

Outside academia, Dr. Algharabali has served as a consultant to several ministers across various governments and ministries, including the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Justice. He has also participated in numerous governmental committees, including those affiliated with the Kuwait Investment Authority, Civil Service Commission, Insurance Regulatory Unit, Competition Protection Agency, Kuwait Ports Authority, and Zakat House, among others.