Ibrahim Jouhari is a data-driven governance, migration, and electoral affairs expert with significant experience working with various NGOs, universities, and think tanks, such as DRI, NDI, FNF, IRI, UN Women, USJ, AUB, LAU, and UNDP.

As the project manager of a pioneering irregular migration monitoring project with FNF Madrid, Ibrahim Jouhari has been instrumental in collecting first-hand data on irregular migration by sea out of Lebanon. His leadership in this role has led to the drafting and publication of a comprehensive report on the migration trends from Lebanon since 2019, underscoring the need for increased cooperation with the EU due to the rapidly rising number of Lebanese migrants. Previously, as Lead Advisor at Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy (IFI) at AUB, he spearheaded a team of researchers in producing qualitative and quantitative analyses, research, and reports on the recent elections, while also advocating for the importance of open public data.

Mr. Jouhari’s role as the lead Advisor of the Electoral Lab is another testament to his expertise. Under his guidance, the lab published two research papers on the expatriates and the Sunni community voting trends in the 2022 elections, in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Issam Fares Institute. He also oversees the Data Liberation Project, which aims to convert, cross-link, and publicly publish the previous Lebanese parliamentary election results in a machine-readable format.

Mr. Jouhari is also an instructor of migration, international affairs, diplomacy, and US foreign policy at USJ and LAU. He holds an MA in Political Studies from the American University of Beirut and a BA in Journalism from the Lebanese American University. In 2019, he completed a postgraduate US security and foreign policy program with the State Department of Study of US Institutions.