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GU-Q faculty research reflects a wide variety of academic interests and issues of concern to Qatar and the wider region. Faculty engaged in multiple research collaborations that led to conferences, symposia, colloquia, publications, and research grants in 2018-2019.
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C O L L A B O R AT I VE C O NFE R E NC E S & C O LLO Q U IA CHRI S TIAN & MU SLIM PER SPECTIVE S ON PALLIATIVE CARE & END OF LIFE
RETURNING FOREIGN FIGHTER S : POLICIES & ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE THREAT & PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
CO-ORGANIZERS: GU-Q and the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life The conference, opened by Dean Ahmed Dallal and the president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, initiated a multidisciplinary exchange on the issues surrounding the treatment of patients facing life-threatening illness and death. The conference focused on opportunities and barriers to care in Qatar and the region.
V I S I T I N G S C H O LA R S Rajnaara Akhtar, De Montfort University (Scholar in Residence) Karim El Taki, Cambridge University Naosuke Mukoyama, Oxford University Zhanar B. Abdikadyrova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
CO-ORGANIZERS: The Soufan Center, GU-Q, Qatar University, and the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies The Soufan Center brought together international experts, policy-makers, and intelligence and counterterrorism officials to address the challenges posed by returning foreign fighters. GU-Q’s Rory Miller and Gerd Nonneman were panel presenters, and later took part in the launch of The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller, and including contributions from multiple Education City researchers.
