Publications
SESRI’s research team primarily employs computer-assisted personal interviewing techniques. The institute houses state-of-the-art call centers through which investigators conduct telephone interviews with respondents.
SESRI’s Policy unit complement’s the research efforts by synthesizing, probing more deeply, and analyzing from a different perspective the Institute’s expansive inventory of survey data. All projects and results can be found below.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Al-Ghanim, K., Gardner, A., & Lari, N. 2023. Contemporary Women in Qatar: An Ethnographic Study of Their Challenges in Terms of Traditional Applications and Modern Requirements. SAGE Open, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231196030
Y. Selvamani, P. Arokiasamy, Mamta Chaudhary. 2023. Association between food insecurity and quality of life among older adults (60+) in six low and middle-income countries, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 114, 2023, 105079, ISSN 0167-4943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2023.105079
Abusin, S.; Al-Emadi, N.; Mandikiana, B. An Evaluation of the Alignment of Surplus Food Recovery and Redistribution Technologies with the Circular Economy. Sustainability. 2023, 15, 12355. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612355
The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium (authors listed. 2023. Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. New England Journal of Medicine. August 26, 2023. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2206916. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206916?query=featured_home
Lari, N. (2023), "Adopting a gender quota policy in Qatar: a path to gender equity", Gender in Management . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-04-2022-0114
Lari, Noora & Maryam Al-Thani. (2021). Divorce Legislation in the Arab Gulf: Trends and Educational Differentials, Journal of Arabian Studies, 11:2, 289-313. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21534764.2021.2039354
Lari, N. (2023). Ambivalent Sexism in the State of Qatar: Gender Roles and Patriarchal Attitudes, Hawwa: Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World . v. 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15692086-12341396
Ghamrawi, N., Shal, T., & Ghamrawi, N. A. (2023). The Rise and Fall of Teacher Leadership: A Post-Pandemic Phenomenological Study. Leadership and Policy in Schools , 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2023.2197045
Lari, N. 2023. Perceived parenting styles and child personality: A Qatari perspective, Cogent Social Sciences , Vol. 9 No. 1., DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2203549
Michael Ewers, Abdoulaye Diop, Kien Trung Le & Lina Bader (2023). Resilience and Sustainability in the Gulf Migration Regimes: Kafāla in the Era of Covid-19 , Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 21:1, 28-44, DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2022.2128496
Abusin, S., Ebaidalla, E.M., Al-Thani, M.F. (2023). Contribution of Non-profit Organizations to Food Security and Sustainability in the State of Qatar. In: Cochrane, L., Al-Hababi, R. (eds) Sustainable Qatar. Gulf Studies, vol 9. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7398-7_12
Policy Brief section
Policy Brief 1: Labor Reforms: Adopting Part-Time Work in Government Entities (EN |AR )
Policy Brief 2: Post Pandemic Future Adopting a Work from home model (EN |AR )
Policy Brief 3: Fostering Qatari Youth Civic Engagement and Empowerment (EN |AR )
Policy Brief 4: Economic Welfare Spending and Saving Patterns in the Qatari Context (EN |AR )
Policy Brief 5: Public Opinion on Academic Fraud and Higher Education Certificates Forgeries (EN |AR )
Policy Report: Qatar Semi-Annual Survey Results (QSAS 17) (EN |AR )
Policy Brief 6: Enviromental Sustainability Standards Implemented during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (EN |AR )
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Sana Abusin; Noor Al-Thani; Noor Al-Emadi and Catalina Petcu (2022). Health Impact of Indoor Air Pollution in the Gulf region: A Review. World journal of advanced research and reviews Volume 16 - Issue 2 (November 2022). https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1138
Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla & Sana Abusin 2022: The effect of ICT on CO2 emissions in the GCC countries: Does globalization matter? International Journal of Energy Economic and Policy 2022, 12(6), 1-11. 13499- ISSN: 2146-4553.DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep
Abusin, S.; Mandikiana, B.W.; Al Emadi, N.; Al-Boinin, F. Socioeconomic Drivers of Fish Consumption in Qatar. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10921. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710921
Lari, N., Amal Awadalla, Mohammad Al-Ansari & Engi Elmaghraby (2022). Determinants of female labor force participation: implications for policy in Qatar, Cogent Social Sciences, 8:1, 2130223, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2130223
Lari, Noora. (2022). Toward Marriage Sustainability: Impacts of Delayed Marriages in Qatar, Cogent Social Sciences, 8:1, 2083480, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2083480
Lari N, Al-Thani N. 2022. Patterns of compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures among the public in Qatar and Kuwait. Global Social Policy . doi:10.1177/14680181221092682
Lari, N. , Al-Ansari, M. and El-Maghraby, E. (2022), "Challenging gender norms: women’s leadership, political authority, and autonomy", Gender in Management https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-06-2021-0159
El-Kassem, R.C. , Lari, N. Al Naimi, M. Al-Thani, M.F. Al Khulaifi, B. Al-Thani, N.K. Journal of Family Business Management - Emerald Insight . https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFBM-10-2021-0116/full/html?skipTracking=true
El-Kassem, R. C., Elawad, E. F. E., Al-Emadi, N. A., Al-Thani, M. F., Al-Thani, N. K., & Al-Naimi, M. M. (2022). A Path Analytic Investigation of Non-Qatari Mothers’ Perceived Adjustment to Blended Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Specialusis Ugdymas, 1(43), 6073-6087. https://www.sumc.lt/index.php/se/article/view/770
Abdoulaye Diop, Šemsia Jatić, John Lee Holmes, Kien Le Trung, Engi El Maghraby & Maitha Al Naimi (2022) Interest in volunteering for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: a nationally representative study of motivations, Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, DOI: 10.1080/19407963.2022.2125521
Policy Brief section
Policy Brief 1: Public Awareness, Perceptions And Engagement With Emerging Mobile Media Technologies. (EN | AR )
Policy Brief 2: E-Government Adoption In The State Of Qatar (EN | AR )
Policy Brief 3: Using Innovative Technology In The Management Of Food Waste In Qatar (EN | AR )
Policy Brief 4: Urbanization & Sustainable Cities in Qatar: The Need for Evidence-Based Urban Policy Agenda (EN | AR )
Briefs & Reports
Policy report: Social Attitudes, Behavior, and Consequences surrounding COVID-19 in Qatar
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lari, N., Al-Emadi, N. (2021). Measuring Parental Involvement in Dual-Earner Qatari Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02183-z
Lari, N. (2021), "Predictors of job performance in Qatar labor market: a micro-level model", International Journal of Social Economics https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-02-2021-0112 .
El-Kassem, R. C., Lari , N., Al-Thani, M.F., Al-Khelaifi, B. (2021). A Path Analytic Investigation of Teleworking Challenges During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Qatar. Academia Letters , Article 2616. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL2616.
Khaled, S. M., Petcu, C., Bader, L., Amro, I., Al-Hamadi, A. M. H. A., Al Assi, M., Ali, A. A. M., et al. (2021). Prevalence and Potential Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance in Qatar: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey of Qatari Nationals and Migrants between December 2020 and January 2021. Vaccines , 9 (5), 471. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050471
El-Kassem, R.C., Lari, N., Al-Khelaifi, B. A. and Al-Thani, M. F., (June 2021), A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding the Causes of Psychological Distress during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Qatar. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education. Vol. 12, Issue. 13, pp: 557-570.
Lari, N. (2021). Fertility Transitions in Qatar: The Dynamics between Women’s Socioeconomic Status and Fertility. Int J Cur Res Rev| Vol, 13(09), 46.
Ewers, M. C., Gengler, J., & Shockley, B. (2021). Bargaining Power: A Framework for Understanding Varieties of Migration Experience. International Migration Review https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211007076
Mandikiana, B. W. (2021). Choice and expenditure: A double hurdle model of private tutoring in qatar. Economic Analysis and Policy, 71, 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.eap.2021.04.001
Justin Gengler (2020) Society and State in Post-Blockade Qatar: Lessons for the Arab Gulf Region, Journal of Arabian Studies, 10:2, 238-255, DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2020.1828023
Khaled, S. M., Petcu, C., Al-Thani, M. A., Al-Hamadi, A. M., Daher-Nashif, S., Zolezzi, M., & Woodruff, P. (2021). Prevalence and associated factors of DSM-5 insomnia disorder in the general population of Qatar. BMC Psychiatry, 21 (84). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-03035-8.
Gengler, Justin J. ; Bethany Shockley; and Michael C. Ewers, “ Refinancing the Rentier State: Welfare, Inequality, and Citizen Preferences toward Fiscal Reform in the Gulf Oil Monarchies ”, Comparative Politics ( 2020 )
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Executive Summary
Oman Fertility Report
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Briefs & Reports
Attitudes towards Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar
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Fertility Transitions: Implications for Future Demographic Trends in the State of Qatar
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Central Municipality Council Elections in Qatar: Public Engagement, Knowledge and Perceptions
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الجمعيات والتبرعات الخيرية
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Socio-economic and Environmental Aspects of Fish Consumption in Qatar
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Fish Processing Policies and Development of Fisheries in the State of Qatar
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Fish Processing Policies and Development of Fisheries in the State of Qatar Snapshot AR | EN
Parental Involvement in Education: Findings and implications from Qatar Education Survey 2018
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Al-Moslih, Ayad & Howaidi, Abdul & Tlayib, Shafa & Carr, Alison & Nilsson, Helene & Elawad, Elmogiera. (2021). Evaluating preparedness of emergency trainees to triage victims of mass casualty incidents. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care. 2020.
DOI: 10.5339/jemtac.2020.qhc.3
Shockley, B., Lari, N., Al Ansari, M. & Almagrabi, E. (2020). Social Media Usage and Support for Women in Community Leadership: Evidence from Qatar. Women’s Studies International Forum. (81),102374.
Lari, N. A. (2020). The Impact of Work-Family Conflict on Job Satisfaction: A Qatari Perspective. In Lansford, J.E., Badahdah, A.M., & Ben Brik, A. (Eds.). Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region (1st ed.). Routledge.
Diop A., Mustafa S.A, Al Ansari M.H., and Le T. K: “Social Capital and Sense of Neighbourhood Belonging among Qatari Nationals”, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, July 2020.
Ewers M.C., Diop A., Le T. K., and Bader L.: “Migrant Worker Well-Being and Its Determinants: The Case of Qatar”, Social Indicators Research, July 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02427-3
Diop, A., Al Ansari, M. H., Al Ali Mustafa, S., & Kien, L. (2020). Social capital and sense of neighbourhood belonging among Qatari nationals. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1-14.
Diop, A., Al‐Ali Mustafa, S., Ewers, M. and Le, T.K. (2020), Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar. Int Migr.
Sana Abusin; Noor Al-Emadi; Engi Magharaby (2020) Determinants of fish consumption in the state of Qatar: post blockade. African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 16(11), pp. 1496-1502. ISSN: 1991-637X.
Macro Johann Sebastian Bejarano, Thiago Sabatinelli Rodrigues, Columba Marcelli Sánchez, Kaltham Al-Ghanim, Mohammad Al-Saidi. 2020. Promoting sustainable businesses for strong local communities: Qatar’s wild herbal plants industry, Energy Reports 6(8): 80-86 ISSN 2352-4847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2020.10.058 .
Al-Ghanim KA.2020. Consanguineous marriage in the Arab societies. J Psychol Clin Psychiatry,11(6):166‒168. DOI: 10.15406/jpcpy.2020.11.00692
Ibrahim MA, Al-Ghanim KA, Eltohami AA, et al. 2020. Consanguinity and psychiatric disorders: Qatar case study. J Psychol Clin Psychiatry. ,11(6):153‒158. DOI: 10.15406/jpcpy.2020.11.00690
Al-Ghanim, K. (2020). Why do we need to integrate the Indigenous culture to achieve Holistic Sustainability? , Archives of Agriculture Research and Technology (AART), 1(3):1012.
AL-GHANIM, Kaltham; WATSON, Janet C.E.(2020). Language and Nature in Southern and Eastern Arabia. European Journal of Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 8-14, ISSN 2601-8640.
El-Kassem, R.C., 2020, A Structural Equation Model of Perceived University Image In Qatar: Student Perspective. International Journal of Management (IJM).Volume:11,Issue:8,Pages:721-730
El-Kassem, R.C., Al-Kubaisi, A. S., Al-Naimi M., Al-Hamadi A. & Al-Rakeb, N. (June 2020), Path Analytic Investigation of the Intention to Adopt E-government Services through Mobile Applications in Qatar (TAM Revisited), International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 11(06), 2020, pp. 127-142.
Abusin, S. A., & Mandikiana, B. W. (2020). Towards sustainable food production systems in Qatar: Assessment of the viability of aquaponics. Global Food Security, 25, 100349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100349
Abusin, S., Lari, N., Khaled, S., & Al Emadi, N. (2020). Effective policies to mitigate food waste in Qatar. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 15(3), 343-350 . https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2019.14381
Gengler, J. (2020). Sectarianism from the Top Down or Bottom Up? Explaining the Middle East’s Unlikely De-sectarianization after the Arab Spring. The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 18(1), 109-113. doi: 10.1080/15570274.2020.172952 6 https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2020.1729526
El-Kassem, R. C. (May 2020), Factors Influencing Reading News on the Mobile Devices in Qatar in Light of Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR), International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 11(5), 2020, pp. 74-83.
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Executive Summary
Qatar Fertility Report
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Guest Workers' Welfare Index
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Briefs & Reports
انتخابات المجلس البلدي المركزي 2019 و 2015 في دولة قطر: المعرفة العامة، والتوجهات، والمشاركة
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مشروع خيام رمضانية صديقة للبيئة
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Blockade on Business
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Peer Reviewed Publications
Benmansour, N. A., Lari, N. A., & Shockley, B. (2019). Exploring Local Governance and E-Services in Qatar. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), 6(4), 1-13.
Lari, N. A. (2019). Qatari Female Managers in a World of Patriarchy. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 7(5), 215-225. DOI: 10.18510/hssr.2019.7527
Diop A., Mustafa S.A, Ewers, M.C., and Le T. K.: “Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar”, International Migration, November 2019, DOI: 10.1111/imig.12667
Le T. Kien, Stacy Pancratz, and Abdoulaye Diop: “Labor Camp Surveys in GCC Countries: Group Quarter Subsampling”, Field Methods, January 2019, vol. 31(1) 76-91.
Tawfeq Ben –Omran, Al-Ghanim, K. and others (2019) Effects of Consanguinity in a Cohort of Subjects with Certain Genetic Disorders in Qatar, Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, Wiley. DOI:10.1002/mgg3.1051. Impact factor: 2.448. Online ISSN: 2324-9269 © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Al-Ghanim, K. (2019) Perceptions of Women’s Roles between Traditionalism and Modernity in Qatar, Journal of Arabian Studies , 9:1, 52-74, Pages 52-74 DOI:. ISSN: 2153-4764 (Print) 2153-4780
Gengler, J. (2019). The Meaning of Public Opinion Research in the Arab World. APSA MENA Politics Newsletter, 2(2), 9-13.
Gengler, J. (2019). Concern over Finances, Not Iran, Will End Qatar Crisis. Al-Monitor. 3 Dec.
El-Kassem, R.C, Sellami, A. & Al Qassass, H. (November 2019), “ Determinants of Parental Child’s School Preferences in Qatar. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews , Vol. 7. pp. 309-319. DOI https://doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2019.7656
El-Kassem, R.C(2019) “ Servant Leadership and Perceived Challenges in STEM Classes: The Reinforcing Role of Problems and Management Techniques. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews , Vol. 7. pp. 423-432.
Qutteina Y, Nasrallah C, Kimmel LG, Khaled SM. Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar. Journal of Health and Social Sciences. January 2019. DOI: 10.19204/2019/rltn7
Khaled SM. Prevalence and potential determinants of subthreshold and major depression in the general population of Qatar. Journal of Affective Disorders, 252 (2019) 382-393.DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.056
Khaled SM, Wilkins S, Woodruff P. Lifetime Prevalence and Potential Determinants of Psychotic Experiences in the General Population of Qatar. Psychological Medicine. April 9, 2019. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719000977
Khaled SM, Gray R. Depression in migrant workers and nationals of Qatar: An exploratory cross-cultural study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. May 26, 2019.
El-Kassem, R.C ( 2019) “ Antecedents and Consequences of Work-Family Conflict in Qatar.” The Journal of Social Sciences Research , Academic Research Publishing Group, Vol. 5. Issue.6, pp. 1010-1019.
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Briefs & Reports
School Facilities Report
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Peer Reviewed Publications
Le T. Kien, Martha McRoy, and Abdoulaye Diop: “Randomization in Surveys with the Halton Sequence”, Survey Research Methods 2018, Vol. 12 N0. 3 pp. 247-257, doi:10.18148/srm/2018.v12i3.7283
Laurent A. Lambert, Jordan Lee, Nudging greywater acceptability in a Muslim country: Comparisons of different greywater reuse framings in Qatar, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 89, 2018 : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.07.015
Al-Emadi A., Theodorakis N.D., Pastore D., Sellami A., and Diop A., “Attitudes Toward the Coaching Profession: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Study in Qatar”, International Sport Coaching Journal 2018, vol.5 (1) 37-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2017-0034
Diop A., Al-Emadi A., Kaplanidou K., Diop A., Sagas M., Elmaghraby E., Qutteina Y., “Examining the cross-cultural attitudes of Qataris and Expatriates in Qatar, the host country of the 2022 World Cup, International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2018, 9(3) DOI: 10.1108/IJEFM-09-2017-0058
Diop A., Johnston T., and Le T. K. “Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafāla” in the volume: Migration to the Gulf: Policies in Sending and Receiving Countries edited by Philippe Fargues and Nasra M. Shah, Gulf Research Centre, Cambridge 2018.
Al-Ali Mustafa, S., Sellami, A., Elmaghraby, E. A., & Al-Qassass, H. B. (2018). Determinants of College and University Choice for High-School Students in Qatar. International Journal of Higher Education, 7(3), 1.
Lambert L.A., (2018). Book Review – Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East, by Eckart Woertz. Oxford University Press. Review of Middle East Studies (ROMES), Cambridge University Press, Vol. 52: 2, pp. 435-437.
El-Kassem, R.C., Sellami, A. & Elawad, E.F.E.( 13 November 2018), “Antecedents and consequences of perceived student employability in Qatar: parental perspective”. International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Volume 15 PP: 1–15
El-Kassem, R. C. (2018). “Work-Life-Balance in Qatar: Implementing TOWS Analysis as a Variant of the Classic Strategic Tool, SWOT.” Journal of WEI Business and Economics (JWEIBE).
Alimukhamedov, F., Lambert, L.A. Bin Hashim, H., 2018. Ethical Commitment and Raison D’Etat in Rentier States: Asylum-Seeker Policies in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Central Asian Republics During the Refugee Crisis, Alternatif Politika, 10: 3, pp. 406-426.
Salma M. Khaled ,Bethany Shockley ,Yara Qutteina ,Linda Kimmel , Kien T. Le. Testing Western Media Icons Influence on Arab Women’s Body Size and Shape Ideals: An Experimental Approach. Social Sciences. 2018; 7(9): 142
Maryam A. Al-Thani, Salma M. Khaled. “Toxic pleasures”: A study of eating out behavior in Arab female university students and its associations with psychological distress and disordered eating, Eating Behaviors, Volume 31, 2018, Pages 125-130
Franziska V. I. Saller & Salma M. Khaled. Potential psychosocial influences on gender differences in physical activity among Qatari adolescents: a first insight through descriptive observation. International Journal of Adolescent and Youth. October 3, 2018. Pages 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1515087
Laurent A. Lambert and Hisham Bin Hashim. 2017. “A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture”. The Arab World Geographer
Salma M. Khaled, Linda Kimmel, and Kien Le Trung. 2018. “Assessing the factor structure andmeasurement invariance of the eatingattitude test (EAT-26) across languageand BMI in young Arab women”. Journal of Eating Disorders.
Laurent A. Lambert et Luc Descroix. 2018. “CHANGEMENTS CLIMATIQUES ET ESSOR DJIHADISTE AU SAHEL: UNE APPROCHE CRITIQUE POUR DES SOLUTIONS PLUS ADAPTÉES”. Conseil québécois d'études géopolitiques.
Descroix L, Guichard F, Grippa M, Lambert LA, Panthou G, et al. Evolution of Surface Hydrology in the Sahelo-Sudanian Strip: An Updated Review. Water. 2018; 10(6):748.
Lambert, L.A. and Lee, J., 2018. Nudging Greywater Acceptability in a Muslim Country: Comparisons of different greywater reuse framings in Qatar. Environmental Science & Policy, 89, pp. 93-99.
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Qatar Against The Blockade - قطر في مواجهة الحصار
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From the "Fareej" to Metropolis:
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Briefs & Reports
Policy Brief 12: Greywater for Qatar’s Water & Food Security
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Policy Brief 11: Public awareness and perceptions of taxation in a changing Gulf economy
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Policy Brief 10: Needs, Preferences, and Recommendations of Charity Executives and Experts
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Policy Brief 8: Education in Qatar: the complex reality of citizen satisfaction
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Policy Brief 9: Public Spending Priorities in Qatar
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Peer Reviewed Publications
Al-Ghanim, K., Gardner, A., El-Menshawy A. (2017) The Relation Between Spaces and Cultural change: Supermalls and Cultural Change in Qatari Society, Scientific Culture , 3(2).21-32. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.438184 .
Al-Ghanim, K.(2017) Transitional society and participation of women in the public sphere: A survey of Qatar society, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research,3(2). 51-63. ISSN: 2455-2070
Al-Ghanim, K.A. & Badahdah, A.M, (2017). Gender Roles in the Arab World: Development and Psychometric Properties of the Arab Adolescents Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Sex Role: A Journal of Research, Springer , Vol: 77, Issue 3–4, pp 169–177. ISSN: 0360-0025 (Print) . 2.724 (2019)Five year impact factor doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0722-y
Laurent A. Lambert and Hisham Bin Hashim. 2017. “A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture”. The Arab World Geographer
Ewers, M.C., R. Dicce, J.P.H. Poon, Y.W. Chow & J. Gengler (2017). Creating and Sustaining Islamic Financial Centers: Bahrain in the Wake of Financial and Political Crises. Urban Geography . Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/02723638.2016.1268436
Poon, J.P.H., J. Pollard, Y.W. Chow, and M. Ewers (2017). The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier. Regional Studies . Volume 51, Issue 10, pages 1443-1453. doi:10.1080/00343404.2016.1214254
Murphy, T., C. Brannstrom, M. Fry, and M. Ewers (2017). Economic development stakeholder perspectives on boomtown dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas. Geographical Review . Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/gere.12226
Diop, A., K.T. Le, and M.C. Ewers, (2017). Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC. In S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed.), India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration (pp. 75-89). New York: Routledge.
Ewers, M.C. & Dicce, R. (2017). Expatriate mobility, firm recruitment and local context: Skilled international migration to the rapidly globalizing city of Dubai. In M. van Riemsdijk and Q. Wang (Eds.) Rethinking International Skilled Migration (pp. 194-208). New York: Routledge.
Diop, A., K. Le, T. Johnston & M. Ewers. (2017). Citizens’ attitudes towards migrant workers in Qatar. Migration and Development, 6:1, 144-160.
Ewers, M.C. (2017). International knowledge mobility and urban development in rapidly globalizing areas: Building global hubs for talent in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Urban Geography. 38:2, 291-314.
El-Kassem, R.C.(2017) Determinants of Banks’ Profitability: Panel Data from Qatar. Open Journal of Accounting , 6, 103-111.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Johnston T., and Le T. K.: Donating Time or Money? “The Effects of Religiosity and Social Capital on Civic Engagement in Qatar”, Social Indicators Research, 2017, pp 1-19.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Yaojun Li, Majed Mohammed H. A. Al-Ansari, and Kien T. Le: “Social Capital and Citizens’ Attitudes towards Migrant Workers”,
Nakkash, R., Qutteina, Y. , Nasrallah, C., Wright, K., El-Alti, L., Makhoul, J., & Alali, K. The Practice of Research Ethics in Lebanon and Qatar: Perspectives of Researchers on Informed Consent. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2017; doi:10.1177/1556264617730643
James-Hawkins, L., Qutteina, Y. , & Yount, K.M. The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women's Role Conflict in Qatar. Sex Roles, 2016; doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0708-9.
Sellami, Abdellatif, El-Kassem, Rima, Alqassass, H aneen, & Al-Rakeb, Noof. 2017. “A Path Analysis of Student Interest in STEM, with Specific Reference to Qatari Students.” Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (EJMSTE), 13(9): 6045-6067
Sellami, Abdellatif, Kimmel, Linda, Wittrock, Jill, Hunscher, Bryan, Cotter, Anna, Al-Emadi, Ahmed, & Al-Emadi, Darwish. 2017. “Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business, or Public Sectors Fields.” Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (EJMSTE), 13(10): 6491–6505 .
Lambert L.A., Hassan H., 2017, MOOCs and International Capacity Building in a UN Framework: Potential and Challenges. In: Leal Filho W., Mifsud M., Pace P. (eds) Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development. World Sustainability Series. Springer.
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Briefs & Reports
Policy Brief 7: Shadow Education: Private Tutoring and Education Reform
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Policy Snapshot 3: Subsidy Reduction and Trends among Lower Income Qatari Households
Policy Brief 6: Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and other Gulf Nationals
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Policy Snapshot 2: Climate Change and Temperature Warming in Qatar
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Policy Brief 1: Citizen and Resident Satisfaction with Public Services in Qatar
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Policy Brief 4: Public Acceptance of Taxation in Qatar
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Policy Snapshot 3: Subsidy Reduction and Relative Poverty Among Qatari Households
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Policy Brief 5: Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar
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Peer Reviewed Publications
Al-Emadi A, Kaplanidou K, Diop A, Sagas M, Le KT, Al-Ali Mustafa S. 2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents. Journal of Travel Research. 2017;56(5):678-694.
LARI, NOORA,AHMED (2016) GENDER AND EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE – A STUDY OF QATARI WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.
Abdelkader, Nada. 2017. "Patterns, Trends and Issues in Qatar’s Higher Education Sector.” Gulf Affairs, Spring 2017
Khaled, Salma M, Shockley, Bethany, Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. 2016. “The effects of citizenship status on service utilization and general satisfaction with healthcare: a cross-cultural study” International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2016, 1–8
Al Emadi, Ahmed, Kyriaki Kaplanidou, Abdoulaye Diop, Michael Sagas, Kien T. Le, and Semsia Al-Ali Mustafa. Forthcoming 2016. “2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents.” Journal of Travel Research.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Ashley E. Jardina, Mark Tessler, and Jill Wittrock. Forthcoming 2016. “Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar.” Journal of International Migration and Integration.
Ewers, Michael C. and Ryan Dicce. Forthcoming 2016. “Expatriate labor markets in rapidly globalizing cities: reproducing the migrant division of labor in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies .
Gengler, Justin and Jocelyn S. Mitchell. Forthcoming 2016. “A Hard Test of Individual Heterogeneity in Response Scale Usage: Evidence from Qatar.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research .
Seah, Kiat Ying, Eric Fesselmeyer, and Kien T. Le. Forthcoming 2016. “Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011.” Urban Studies . doi: 10.1177/0042098015619870
Abdelkader, Nada. 2016. “Public-Private Partnership in Tunisia: Enfidha Airport Assessment of an Infrastructure Achievement.” International Journal of Public Administration 39(7): 552–562
Badahdah, Abdallah and Kien T. Le. 2016. “Parenting Young Arab Children: Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Arabic Brief Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.” Child Psychiatry & Human Development 47(3): 486–493.
Elawad, Elmogiera, Abdoulaye Diop, Mohamed Agied, and Isam Abdelhameed. 2016. “Giving two answers to the same question: applying survey re-interview techniques.” African Journal of Science and Research 5(2): 35–37
Elawad, Elmogiera, Mohamed Agied, and John Lee Holmes. 2016. “Why do people participate in surveys in Qatar?” Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies 4(2): 125–131
Gengler, Justin and Laurent A. Lambert. 2016. “Renegotiating the Ruling Bargain: Selling Fiscal Reform in the GCC.” Middle East Journal 70(2): 321–329.
Kaplanidou, Kyriaki, Ahmed Al Emadi, Abdoulaye Diop, and Gerald Fritz. 2016. “Business legacy planning for mega events: The case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.” Journal of Business Research 69(10): 4103–4111.
Shockley, Bethany. 2016. “Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up.” Journal of Arabian Studies 6(1): 53–73
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Al-Ghanim, K. (2015). Kafala System Remains Resilient in the GCC. Oxford Gulf & Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum, (Autumn), 6-9.
Alice Ann Crandall, Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, and Karen M. Yount. 2015. “Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale among Qatari Young Women.” Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 21(12): 891–896.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Kien T. Le, and Mike Traugott. 2015. “Third Party Presence Effect with Propensity Score Matching.” Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 3(2): 193–215.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Trevor Johnston, and Kien T. Le. 2015. “Reform of the Kafāla System: A Survey Experiment from Qatar” Journal of Arabian Studies 5(2): 116-137.
Lambert, Laurent. 2015. “South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar in North Mozambique?” Journal of Business, Economics and Political Sciences : 4(7) 3–11.
Sayre, Edward, Nada Abdelkader, and Samantha Constant. 2015. “The Determinants of Youth Unemployment in Qatar.” Topics in Middle Eastern and African Economies 17(2): 216–249.
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Qatar Education Curriculum
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Qatari Attitudes Towards Foreign Workers Doha News: 30/05/2014
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Al-Ghanim, K., A. Al-Maadeed, M., & Al-Thani , N. (2014). Impact of Innovative Learning Environment Based on Research Activities on Secondary School Student's Attitude Towards Research and Their Self-Efficacy. European Journal of Educational Sciences , 1 (2).300-318. DOI: 10.19044/ejes.v1no2a23
Abdul Rahim, Hanan, Abla Sibai, Yousef Khader, et al. “Non-communicable Diseases in the Arab World.” Lancet 383(9914): 356–367.
Le, Kien T., Abdoulaye Diop, Jill Wittrock, Darwish Al Emadi, and Elmogiera Elawad. 2014. “Gender Pre-specified Sampling for Cost Control.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research 26(4): 441–452.
Makhoul, Jihad, Leila El-Alti, Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Carol Sakr, Rima Nakkash, and Khalid Alali. 2014. “‘Protecting’ or ‘Policing’: Academic researchers’ view of IRBs in an Arab Context.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 9(5): 25–35.
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Gardner M. A., Pessoa S., Diop A., Al-Ghanim K., Trung T. K., Harkness L.: A portrait of Low Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar, Journal of Arabian Studies, 3(1), 1-17, June 2013.
Le, K. T, Diop A., Alemadi D. 2013. Practical Guidance on Calculating Sampling Error in Election Polls. Survey Practice 6(1).
Gardner, A., Pessoa, S., Diop, A., Al-Ghanim, K., Le Trung, K., Harkness, L. Trung, K. LE. (2013). A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar. Journal of Arabian Studies , 3(1), 1–17 .
Al-Ghanim, K. (2013). The intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought. Contemporary Arab Affairs , 6(1), 82-90. doi:10.1080/17550912.2012.74857 9
Al-Ghanim, K. (2013) The Hierarchy of Authority Based on Kinship, Age, and Gender in the Extended Family in the Arab Gulf States. International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family , William S. Hein & Co, New York, Vol. 3: 481-497
