The QNRF NPRP Cluster $3.8M project will research the concept of Digital Citizenship, taking a socio-technical perspective and focusing on the population of Qatar and the Arab region. Dr. Raian Ali from the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is the Program Director.
HBKU’s College of Humanities and Social Science (CHSS) and College of Science and Engineering (CSE) support this project that takes a socio-technical interdisciplinary approach to digital citizenship. HBKU’s research partners are Qatar University (leading two projects); Northwestern University in Qatar (leading one project); Bournemouth University; Doha International Family Institute; Hamad Medical Corporation; Primary Health Care Corporation; Sidra Medicine; University of Padova; and the University of Salamanca. The cluster has six subprojects and involves over 25 PIs/LPIs.
The six sub projects involved in this Cluster will focus on building an observatory for trends and common topics on social media, web-based tools, educational materials and research into digital literacy and wellbeing, gender equality, social inclusion, behavior-based approaches to security and safety, detecting and limiting propaganda and other areas.
These outcomes will broaden current understanding of digital citizenship, while aiming to enhance the inclusiveness and civility of language and dialogue among digital users with a focus on the Arab world and GCC area.