Koenraad Bogaert is assistant professor at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies and member of the Middle East and North Africa Research Group (MENARG) at Ghent University. His research is centered around the broader question of political change in the Arab World, more specifically Morocco, in relation to globalization, neoliberal urbanization, capitalist uneven development and social protest. His recent book, Globalized Authoritarianism. Megaprojects, Slums and Class relations in Urban Morocco, was published by University of Minnesota Press