Louai Rahal

Louai Rahal

Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences
School of Public and Global Affairs

CONTACT INFORMATION

Courses

• Ethics and Public Values
• Theory and Practice of Administration
• Personnel Administration
• Employment Law and Labour Relations
• Research: Kantian Ethics
• Privacy Law
• Distance and Online Education
• The Moral Limits of Markets

Research

• Kantian Ethics
• Privacy Law
• Distance and Online Education
• The Moral Limits of Markets

Education

• BS, American University of Beirut
• MA, University of British Columbia MSc, University of Hertfordshire LL.M., University of Law
• PhD, University of British Columbia

Academic Profile

Louai Rahal is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public and Global Affairs. He joins FDU after more than a decade of teaching in Canadian and American higher education institutions. A millennial who grew up in a global and digital world, he developed a strong interest in globalization and digital technologies since his early youth. After completing a bachelor’s degree in computer science at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, he moved to Vancouver and completed a Masterâ?Ts degree and a Ph.D. in Human Development, Learning, and Culture at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Louai is an enthusiast of online learning, and he has completed two Master’s degrees via distance learning (one in Computer Science and one in Intellectual Property Law). His interdisciplinary background has allowed him to teach courses in multiple disciplines: He has taught Computer Science, Sociology, Psychology, Education, and Law.

Louai is currently pursuing two lines of research: one empirical and one philosophical. His empirical research examines digital technologies and their impact on society, with a particular focus on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and the legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of publicly available data in training AI systems. Louai’s philosophical research primarily focuses on ethics. Drawing on Kantian ethics, he investigates the moral limits of markets, ethical consumerism, and the relationship between freedom, reason, and emotions.

Louai holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada (CIPP/C) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).