Biography
Google ScholarDr. Aseel Takshe holds a B.S. in Environmental Health from the American University of Beirut, an M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the American University of Beirut, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and Management from the University of York, United Kingdom. Following the completion of her Ph.D. degree, Aseel held a Postdoctoral Research post at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. Her research investigated the effectiveness of environmental legislation and policy during times of conflict. Her primary research interest is the effect of conflict on the environment in the Middle East, Gulf, and North Africa. Environmental impacts and hardships that were imposed on the region during conflict endure long after conflicts end. Secondarily, Takshe is interested in the long-term health consequences of observed environmental changes. The environment, ecosystem, and atmosphere were victims, and humans suffer indirectly from those environmental consequences of wars. Moreover, Aseel has streamlined and led devising and executing process of QHSE programmes based on emerging comprehensive research/conditions to ensure occupational health/safety of employees and workplace in both private and public institutions.
Areas of specialization
Environmental Law & Legislations, Occupational Health & Safety
Academic Publications
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Takshe, A. A., El Khatib, R., Sadeghi, M., Ibrahim, H., Alauddin, S., & Al Bizri, A. (2026). From concern to comprehension: Exploring awareness of direct & indirect climate health impacts among UAE university students. World Development Sustainability, 9, Article 100327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2026.100327
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Alwan, N., Salhab, R., Hussain, F., Takshe, A. A., & Ghach, W. (2025). Assessment of hand hygiene awareness and practice levels amid the COVID-19 period: A comparative study of the public in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. BMC Public Health, 25(1), Article 3397. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24554-7
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Alrubaie, M., Tarekegne, R. A., Rahman, S., Manikandan, P., Zeeshan, S., AlBada, M., Lang, T., Takshe, A. A., & Alkhaldi, M. (2025). Launching the Global Health Network Middle East and North Africa Regional Network: A Path to Promote the Region’s Global Health Research Presence and Build Unity and Collaboration Towards Tackling Regional Public Health Priorities. Healthcare, 13(12), 1360. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13121360
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Yousef, D., Calonge, D. S., Masri, T., & Takshe, A. A. (2025). Perceptions of student support professionals (SSPs) during and after the transition to online learning. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 12, 102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102230
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Ghach, W., Takshe, A. A., Rababa, M., Al-Rawashdeh, S., & Alwan, N. (2024). Evaluation of awareness and performance towards COVID-related disinfectant use: a comparative study between Jordan and United Arab Emirates. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1), 563. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09447-1
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Alrous, R. A., Zgheib, R., Mashnouq, A., Menon, P., Tamimi, R. A., & Takshe, A. (2024). Smart air-quality detection using regression models. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2024), 13–15 August 2024, Irbid, Jordan. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICS63486.2024.10638296
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Rashid, N. S. A., Mohamad Marzuki, M. F., Abdullah, N. N., Mohamad, M., Takshe, A. A., Mohd Yunus, R., & Chen, X. W. (2024). Supporting caregivers of people with dementia: Insights from Demensia KITA mobile application online content development. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 19302. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69947-7
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Takshe, A. A., Hennawi, M., Jebril, S. E., Alawi, S., AlZaidan, S., & Okasha, A. (2023). Investigating determinants of pro-environmental behaviors amongst UAE university students through Q-methodology. Discover Sustainability, 4(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00156-4
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Barkati, N., Ntefeh, N., Okasha, A., Takshe, A. A., ElKhatib, R., & Chelli, S. (2023). Robotic assisted surgery in the United Arab Emirates: healthcare experts’ perceptions. Journal of Robotic Surgery, 17(6), 2799–2806. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-023-01716-6
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Alkhaldi, M., Moonesar, I. A., Issa, S. T., Ghach, W., Okasha, A., Albada, M., Chelli, S. & Takshe, A. A. (2023). Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' contribution to the sustainable development goals with a focus on global health and climate change. International Journal of Health Governance. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-04-2023-0040
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Takshe, A. A., Hashi, Z., Mohammed, M., & Astari, A. (2023). Eco-anxiety: A Q method analysis towards eco-anxiety attitudes in the united arab emirates. Journal of Social Work Practice, 37(3), 283 - 295. doi:10.1080/02650533.2022.2137120
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Nurul Syaireen, A. R., Xin, W. C., Muhamad Fadhil, M. M., Takshe, A. A., Okasha, A., Maarof, F., & Raudah, M. Y. (2022). Development and Usability Assessment of a Mobile App (Demensia KITA) to Support Dementia Caregivers in Malaysia: A Study Protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 11880. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911880
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Alalawi, S., Issa, S. T., Takshe, A. A., & ElBarazi, I. (2022). A Review of the Environmental Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. Environmental Challenges, 8, 100561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100561
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Takshe, A. A., Khatib, R. E., Contu, D., Shehaiber, S. N., & Alkaabi, M. (2022). UAE university students’ dietary practices and lifestyles at times of covid-19: A cross sectional study. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 10(2), 647-656. https://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CRNFSJ.10.2.20
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Takshe, A. A., Lovett, J. C., Stenner, P., Contu, D., & Weber, N. (2022). Prioritising climate change actions post COVID-19 amongst university students; a Q methodology perspective in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Global Warming, 26(1), 120-139. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2022.120071
Academic Contributions
- R. A. Alrous, R. Zgheib, A. Mashnouq, P. Menon, R. A. Tamimi and A. Takshe, "Smart Air-Quality Detection Using Regression Models," 2024 15th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), Irbid, Jordan, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICICS63486.2024.10638296.
- Ghach, W., Takshe, A.A., Rababa, M. et al. Evaluation of awareness and performance towards COVID-related disinfectant use: a comparative study between Jordan and United Arab Emirates. BMC Infect Dis 24, 563 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09447-1
- Rashid, N.S.A., Mohamad Marzuki, M.F., Abdullah, N.N., Mohamad, M., Takshe, A.A., Yunus, R.M., Chen, X.W. Supporting caregivers of people with dementia: insights from Demensia KITA mobile application online content development. Sci Rep 14, 19302 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69947-7
- Al Jaghoub J., Suleiman A., Takshe A.A., Moussa S., Gilani S., Sheikh S., & Tantry, A. . (2024). The Role of Innovation in Waste Management for Enterprises: A Critical Review of the Worldwide Literature. In: El Khoury, R. (eds) Technology-Driven Business Innovation. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 223. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51997-0_38
- Shreedhar, Ganga , Contu, Davide, Freitag, Patricia, Takshe, Aseel and Mourato, Susana (2024) Greening systems by greening religion: eco-Islamic values and water-energy-nature nexus policies in Kuwait. LSE Middle East Centre Kuwait Programme Paper Series (24). LSE Middle East Centre, London, UK.
- Barkati N, Ntefeh N, Okasha A, Takshe AA, ElKhatib R, Chelli S. Robotic assisted surgery in the United Arab Emirates: healthcare experts' perceptions. J Robot Surg. 2023 Sep 21. doi: 10.1007/s11701-023-01716-6.
- Takshe, A.A., Hennawi, M., Jebril, S. et al. Investigating determinants of pro-environmental behaviors amongst UAE university students through Q-methodology. Discov Sustain 4, 38 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-023-00156-4
- Yousef, D., Takshe, A.A. and Contu, D. (2023), "Faculty perceptions of online presence: intercultural considerations", Journal for Multicultural Education, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-07-2022-0091
- Alkhaldi, M., Moonesar, I.A., Issa, S.T., Ghach, W., Okasha, A., Albada, M., Chelli, S. and Takshe, A.A. (2023), "Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' contribution to the sustainable development goals with a focus on global health and climate change", International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-04-2023-0040
- Issa ST, Takshe AA, Alwan NH and ElBarazi I (2023) Editorial: Pesticides exposure and public health. Front. Public Health 11:1211115. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1211115
- Aseel A. Takshe, Zahra Hashi, Marwa Mohammed & Annisa Astari (2022) Eco-anxiety: A Q method analysis towards eco-anxiety attitudes in the United Arab Emirates, Journal of Social Work Practice, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2022.2137120
- Rashid, N.S.A.; Chen, X.W.; Mohamad Marzuki, M.F.;Takshe, A.A.;, Okasha, A.; Maarof, F.; Yunus, R.M. Development and Usability Assessment of a Mobile App (Demensia KITA) to Support Dementia Caregivers in Malaysia: A Study Protocol. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11880.
- Takshe, A.A, Khatib R. E, Contu D, Shehaiber S. N, Alkaabi M. UAE University Students’ Dietary Practices and Lifestyles at times of COVID-19: A Cross Sectional Study. Curr Res Nutr Food Sci 2022; 10(2).
- Shaikha Alalawi, Sahar T. Issa, Takshe, A.A, Iffat ElBarazi, A Review of the Environmental Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, Environmental Challenges,2022
- Kamkar, F., Khawatmi, L., Arif, A., Hamed, H., Issa, S. T., Khatib, R. E., Takshe, Aseel A. & Karkain, R. M. (2022). Assessing climate change indicators in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Global Warming, 26(3), 247-268.
- Takshe, Aseel A.,, & Lovett, Jon C.; Stenner, Paul; Contu, Davide and Weber, Noelia (2022). Prioritising climate change actions post COVID-19 amongst university students; a Q methodology perspective in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Global Warming, 26(1) pp. 120–139.
- Lovett, J. C., Takshe, A. A., & Kamkar, F. (2021). Evaluation of Environmental Policy with Q Methodology. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Oxford University Press.
- Takshe, A. A., Lyra, D. A., Alkhani, F., Mendoza, N., & Talli, M. (2021). An Initial Reading into the UAE’s Food Security Response During COVID-19. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 18(2), 336-352.
- Abaido, G. M., & Takshe, A. A. (2020). COVID-19: Virus or viral conspiracy theories. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research, 8(2).
- Takshe A.A; Van der Molen, I.; and Lovett J.C. (2015).Can International Aid Contribute to Resilience? Perceptions of Aid Effectiveness Following the 2007 Nahr el Bared Crises. (Chapter 12). Book Contribution.
- Takshe A.A; Van der Molen, I.; and Lovett J.C. Examining the Lack of Legal Remedies for Environmental Damage in the 2006 Lebanon Israel War, Journal of Environmental Policy and Governance (2012), 2(1); p27-41.
- Takshe, A.A. The Silent Victim: War Crimes against the Environment. (2011). Kuwait: Al-Qabas Publishers. (Arabic).
- Takshe, A.A., et al., Dealing with pollution from conflict: Analysis of discourses around the 2006 Lebanon oil spill, Journal of Environmental Management (2010), 91(4); p887-896.
- Maritime Academic Conference & Expo 2015 in Dubai
Paper: Maritime Education & Training in the Arab World Challenges & Opportunities.