Tinhinan El Kadi is a political economy researcher  whose research focuses on digital technologies, industrial and innovation policy, and China’s growing technological footprint in the Global South. She is a departmental Lecturer in Technology and International Development and a Research Associate at the Technology and Industrialisation for Development Centre (TIDE). 

During her postdoctoral research at TIDE, Tinhinan examined technology transfer and capability building in low-carbon industries and contributed to research on cutting-edge issues in industrial policy. Her PhD thesis at the London School of Economics investigated the developmental implications of China’s Digital Silk Road in North Africa, with a focus on technological upgrading in host economies.

Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including Global Policy, Development and Change, and The Information Society. Tinhinan is a member of the Second Cold War Observatory and serves on the editorial boards of Global China Pulse and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). She has advised governments and consulted for organisations including the World Bank, Chatham House, GIZ, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.