He is Board of Trustees Member of the Bahrain Institute for Political Development since 2015, and the Bahrain Centre for International, Strategic and Energy Studies since 2017. He holds a PhD in Philosophy of Law and an LLM in International Law from the University of Leeds, UK, in addition to an LLB from the University of Bahrain. Dr. Khalifa has published numerous articles about Bahraini and GCC current affairs in international media outlets and his current academic interests are in the fields of contemporary political philosophy and international human rights, asn well as International Law.