An upcoming event will focus on the ethical concerns relating to vaccine development and delivery, both from an Islamic and public health perspective, particularly in the context of current efforts to tackle COVID-19. During the event, experts will discuss vaccines in terms of their research, manufacturing, testing and clinical trials, regulation, and distribution.

“COVID-19 and Vaccination Ethics: Science, Morality and Policies” will take place online from 6 PM to 8 PM Doha time (GMT+3) on Wednesday, August 11.

Q. What do you think Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s strengths are, and how do we shape our students to become global citizens?

A. Many universities don’t have the research focus that we have; those students get a curriculum and programs that are ‘textbook learning’. But at research universities such as HBKU, the faculty who are teaching are the same faculty who are involved in cutting-edge research, and so the information students are receiving is the most up to date.

Dr. Anis Ben Brik, associate professor at the College of Public Policy (CPP) and founding director of the Program for Social Policy Evaluation and Research (PROSPER), presented a paper titled “Social Policy Amid the Global Pandemic: Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa” at the 2021 Social Policy Association (SPA) Annual Conference on July 7. 

Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) has recently announced the development of a special annual QScience Connect journal issue to be published on their academic, Open Access platform, QScience.com, dedicated to the work of student researchers.

Dr. Anis Ben Brik, associate professor at the College of Public Policy (CPP) and founding director of the Program for Social Policy Evaluation and Research (PROSPER), is organizing and chairing a workshop titled “Psychosocial Impacts and Social Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Gulf Region” at the 2021 Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), taking place July 23-25.

Dr. Leslie Pal, founding dean of the College of Public Policy (CPP), and Dr. Logan Cochrane, associate professor (CPP), were the guests at a cultural gathering on June 21, at the invitation of Her Excellency Samia Zekaria, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Qatar. The event welcomed Their Excellencies, ambassadors from Haiti, Rwanda, Morocco, Mexico, Algeria, and Turkey, as well as leaders of intergovernmental organizations and members of the business community.

At the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Annual Conference 2021, held virtually from June 7-10, Dr. Logan Cochrane, associate professor at the College of Public Policy (CPP), was among the key participants, hosting conference panels and presenting his research on foreign investment in Africa. 

Dr. Logan Cochrane, associate professor at the College of Public Policy (CPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), was recently recognized for his outstanding contribution to the development of a graduate library for the Institute of Policy and Development Research (IPDR) at Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Dr. Cochrane provided over 600 academic books to establish the library, which will boost the institute’s training and research environment for its PhD students and teaching staff. The award was granted to him by Dr.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) held a virtual high-level workshop for women leaders, in partnership with the European Union Delegation to the State of Kuwait and the State of Qatar.

Four Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press books have been recognized as finalists at the 2021 National Indie Excellence® Award (NIEA), an award that recognizes self-publishers and independent presses who produce books of excellence in every aspect.