Professor Wadouda Badran is Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science, the British University in Egypt. She is on secondment from Cairo University, where she is a Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science. At Cairo University Professor Badran was the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, during the period (1995-2001). Her research related activities and publications include enhancing women participation in politics, American studies, the EEC and Egypt, middle east politics and research methods.

Professor Badran was the Egyptian Cultural Counsellor in the UK during the period (2001-2003). In this capacity she administrated the Egyptian educational missions programme and organised an annual Egyptian cultural programme in the UK, which included various events on ancient and modern Egypt.

During the period (2003-2013) Professor Badran was the first Director General of the Arab Women Organisation (an intergovernmental organisation under the umbrella of the League of Arab States). In her capacity as Director General she organised and supervised the organisation's annual programme which aimed at empowering Arab women and building their capacities to promote progress of Arab societies, raising awareness of the necessity of engaging women as equal partners in social development and coordinating Arab efforts in order to foster women empowerment and to elevate awareness of their vital role in society

In 2006 Professor Badran was decorated by H.E. Zen el- Abideen Bin Ali, the former President of Tunisia, and by Her Royal Highness Princess, Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa to honour her efforts to enhance the status of Arab Women.

In 2013, Professor Wadouda Badran became a Consultant to the Supreme Council of the Arab Women Organisation.