Rihab Bellakhal is an associate professor of quantitative methods at the University of Manouba. She holds a PhD in economics from the University of Tunis El Manar and the University Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne. She is a member of MASE, EMNES, and the Global Labor Organization. She is also affiliated with the Economic Research Forum and was a senior fellow of the WTO Chair from 2014 to 2018. Her research interests include economics of education, labor economics, migration, and international trade. Her research papers are published in scientific journals such as the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Economics Bulletin, and Energy Economics. She has also participated in several international research projects.