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  • Dr. Karl Widerquist
    Faculty

    Book Launch Features New Publication on Universal Basic Income

    Georgetown University in Qatar hosted a Book Launch event for Associate Professor Karl Widerquist’s book, A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens on April 9,…

  • Shilpa Aggarwal
    Faculty

    Faculty Seminar Series:”Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania”

    Shilpa Aggarwal, an assistant professor at the Indian School of Business, presented her research paper titled  “Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania,” which quantifies the…

  • Grace Ji-Sun Kim
    Faculty

    Faculty Research Seminar: “Intersectional Theology”

    Grace Ji-Sun Kim, an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana (U.S.A.), shared her work on the application of the concepts of intersectionality to the…

  • Phoebe Musandu
    Faculty

    CIRS Lunch Talk: A Local East African Newspaper v. The State and Market Forces

    On Monday, March 11, 2019, Phoebe Musandu, an Assistant Professor and scholar of African history at GU-Q, was invited to deliver a CIRS Lunch Talk on her research into the…

  • Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at  Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
    Research

    CIRS Talk: Prospects for a Peaceful Democratic Transition in Sudan

    Since late last year, the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has been facing an unprecedented wave of public protests and the greatest challenge to his rule since he took power…

  • Mohammed Al-Jaberi (SFS’19)
    Research

    Georgetown Student’s Original Research on Yemen Uncovers Factors for a Stable Future

    At a CIRS Lunch Talk on April 3, 2019, student Mohammed Al-Jaberi (SFS’19), presented a summary of his thesis titled “The Marib Puzzle: A Case of Stability and Economic Activity…

  • 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference (AURC)
    Research

    Student Research Conference Brings The World’s Top Young Scholars to Doha

    Some of the world’s top scholars can be found teaching and conducting research at Georgetown  University in Qatar. But on March 28th, 2019, it was some of the world’s top…

  • Jibin George Koshy
    Students

    Georgetown Kicks Off Planet Georgetown After School Program

    A select group of youth in Qatar experienced a taste of college life when they took part in GU-Q’s Planet Georgetown after-school program March 24th through the 28th, 2019, as…

  • His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
    Students

    The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Discusses Qatar’s Foreign Policy at Georgetown

    Georgetown University in Qatar hosted the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, for a public discussion on the ongoing Gulf crisis,…

  • Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
    Faculty

    Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Attends Celebration Shining the Spotlight on Georgetown University in Qatar’s Research Impact

    Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), attended Georgetown University in Qatar’s “GU-Q 100: A Celebration of Knowledge”, a gala to commemorate more than one hundred…