The College of Public Policy (CPP) recently presented a roundtable “Education Policies for a Sustainable Future”, chaired by Dr. Leslie A. Pal, Founding Dean of CPP. The session highlighted the need to update educational policies to ensure that future generations have the necessary critical systems thinking and problem-solving skills to create innovative solutions for sustainability challenges. These skills must also encompass their ability to understand and tackle the complexity of climate change. 

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)’s College of Public Policy (CPP) has launched its newest program, the Master of Social Policy and Program Evaluation (MSPPE). The full-time two-year MSPPE offers students a unique opportunity to develop the skills to shape the strategic direction of social policy and program evaluation in Qatar and further afield. Commencing in September 2022, the program is open to students of all fields particularly those with work experience in social policy and/or policy evaluation. 

Two years ago, the world was shaken by a surge of patients with an illness of unknown cause that rapidly affected nearly every country. The culprit causing the outbreak was identified as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a newly described human beta coronavirus, and hence the associated disease was termed the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [1]. Since the pandemic began, there have been over 371M confirmed infected cases and around 5.6M deaths [2].

Nearly 30 scientists and researchers from various colleges and institutes at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) have been named among the top two percent of the most-cited scientists worldwide in various disciplines. They feature on a new global list compiled by Stanford University and leading publisher Elsevier.

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), recently conducted its first School Internship Program for grade 12 and 13 students from Doha British School (DBS) and the American School of Doha (ASD).

The College of Public Policy (CPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) has announced its Dean’s list for the Fall Semester 2021. Students mentioned below have been selected for their outstanding academic performance.

A College of Public Policy (CPP) professor has been selected to be one of four new co-editors in chiefs (EIC) of the Australian Journal of Public Administration (AJPA) for 2022-24, the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) has announced.

Prospective students from the local community, including Qataris and residents, had the opportunity to attend a Graduate Studies Information Session held by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) on January 4. 

To promote a culture of learning and to celebrate languages in the wider community, the Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII), part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), has opened registration for its spring 2022 language courses.

Public policy and global affairs students at HBKU recently took part in a three-hour LEGO Serious Play (LSP) session during which they identified real-world problems and presented their own unique collective 3D LEGO model.