Mhamed Biygautane is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the School of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on public management reform within the Gulf-Cooperation Council (GCC) and Middle Eastern countries. He has published several peer-reviewed studies on public-private partnerships, privatization, modernization and reform of public sector organizations. His work has appeared in several international academic journals such as Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, International Journal of Project Management, Public Management Review, Thunderbird International Business Review, and Research in the Sociology of Organizations, among others.