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The Issam Fares Institute Research and Policy Forum on Youth in the Arab World hosted a roundtable discussion at the American University of Beirut (AUB) titled, "Young Lebanese: What they feel, how they behave". The behaviour of young Lebanese was researched and analyzed in three separate studies, which were presented by their authors: Dr Charles Harb, associate professor of social psychology at AUB, Dr Jad Melki, assistant professor of journalism at AUB, Dr Azza Baydoun, professor of sociology at the Lebanese University, and Dr Maud Stephan-Hachem, professor of information sciences also at the Lebanese University.
The IFI-funded research is published in its Working Paper Series (WPS):
WPS #1: Describing Lebanese Youths; a national and psycho-social survey
Charles Harb, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, AUB
WPS #2: Media Habits of MENA Youth; a three country survey
Jad Melki, Assistant Professor of Journalism, AUB. |
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Issam Fares Institute delegates participate in the 2010 Dubai Initiative Conference, Belfer Center, Harvard University. AUB's former President and Distinguished Senior Fellow at IFI John Waterbury, AUB Associate Professor Robert Saliba, from IFI's new program on Urbanism, and AUB Associate Professor Nadim Farajalla, Faculty Research Director for IFI's Climate Change program, will be presenting at the conference.
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Director of the Issam Fares Institute (AUB) and Fares Center Visiting Scholar Spring 2010 (Tufts University), Rami G. Khouri gave three lectures at The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts University.
 Fares Lecture Series, Spring 2010
On-the-Job Training in the Turbulent Middle East: Assessing Obama's First Year by Rami G. Khouri
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Mosques, Malls and Monarchs: The New/Old Power Balance Inside the Arab World by Rami G. Khouri
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The Palestinian Exile and the Babylonian Exile: Reflections on the Arab-Israeli Conflict After 62 Years by Rami G. Khouri
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The Issam Fares Institute and UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office recently held a roundtable on Youth Identities and Values at the Dubai School of Government, bringing together professors and researchers from universities across the region, including the United Arab Emirates University, University of Bahrain, American University in Cairo, American University of Beirut, Dubai School of Government and Mohammed V University in Morocco, and addressing the question of how young people see themselves and their place in the world.
Read paper (Arabic) presented by Dr Driss Guerraoui, Mohammed V University, Rabat. |
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The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs held a round-table discussion entitled: "Analyzing, Teaching and Influencing public policy: sharing national lessons and exploring new horizons? with Dr. Mitchel Wallerstein, Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and Dr. Iman Nuwayhid, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB.
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The Lebanese government, through its Ministry of Environment, approached IFI for the first time to study the cost of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation on the Energy and Agriculture sectors in Lebanon. The National Economic, Environment, and Development Study (NEEDS) for Climate Change is an inter-disciplinary project, which brought in four AUB faculty members to prepare the study - Dr. Leila Dagher and Dr. Marcus Marktanner (FAS), Dr. Nadim Farajalla (FAFS) and Dr. Philip Zgheib (OSB).
The NEEDS Lebanon Country Brief was submitted and presented by IFI Research Faculty Advisor Dr. Nadim Farajalla at the Conference of Parties (COP15) Copenhagen summit, December 2009.
Lebanon is one of 10 countries selected by UNFCCC to prepare and submit this NEEDS report for the Copenhagen conference.
Read / Download NEEDS Lebanon Country Brief |
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Centrality of the Family in Women's Higher Education: The Case of Jordan
IFI cordially invites you to a research briefing with Dr Carine Allaf, who will present her findings from her doctoral dissertation which explored the factors that lead women to complete their higher education degrees in Jordan
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conference and Training Room, Van Dyck Hall, AUB
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The Gendered Effect of Globalization on the Identities of Young Saudis
IFI cordially invites you to a research briefing with Dr May Al-Dabbagh, Director of the Gender and Public Policy Program, Dubai School of Government
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conference and Training Room, Van Dyck Hall, AUB
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Young Lebanese: What they feel, how they behave
The IFI Research and Policy Forum on Youth in the Arab World cordially invites you to a roundtable discussion with Dr Charles Harb (AUB), Dr Jad Melki (AUB), and Dr Azza Baydoun and Dr Maud Stephan (BAHITHAT)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
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Dubai and the Dubai School of Government after the economic crisis: What we have learned, how we are responding
The IFI program on Research, Advocacy and Public Policy-making in the Arab world cordially invites you to its inaugural IFI Director’s Policy Forum with Tarik Yousef, Dean of Dubai School of Government and Non-Resident Senior Public Policy Scholar at the Issam Fares Institute
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Location:Conference Room 314, College Hall, AUB
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Opportunities Amidst Crises: UNRWA and Palestine refugees in today's Middle East
IFI cordially invites you to a lecture and open discussion with UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
Filippo Grandi Bio:
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Why Middle Eastern and American leaders are failing the challenges of our time
IFI and the Harvard Club of Lebanon cordially invite you to a roundtable discussion with Ashraf Hegazy, Executive Director of The Dubai Initiative, Belfer Center, Harvard University
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 314, College Hall, AUB
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The Quest for Peace in the Middle East: Interrogating expertise, anthropologizing moral imperatives and normative empires
IFI cordially invites you to a research workshop to discuss findings of a research project on the anthropology of peacebuilding expertise. The project was supported by the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
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Understanding Jihadi Ideology
IFI cordially invites you to a research briefing with Nelly Lahoud Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Goucher College, Baltimore, and Associate, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Auditorium A, West Hall, AUB
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What's Really Wrong With the Middle East
IFI cordially invites you to a lecture and panel discussion with The Gaurdian newspaper's Brian Whitaker. The event will be followed by a book signing.
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Auditorium B, West Hall, AUB
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The Goldstone Report
IFI's UN in the Middle East Research Initiative cordially invites you to an open panel discussion with UN Fact-Finding Mission to Gaza members, Hina Jilani and Colonel Desmond Travers.
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB
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At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar
IFI and the department of Architecture and Design cordially invite you to an open panel discussion for this newly released book, At the Edge of the City.
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
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From the Middle East to Latin America and Back: Shared Lessons in Conflict Transformation
IFI and The Harvard Club of Lebanon cordially invite you to a lecture and open discussion with Former President of Ecuador Jamil Mahuad.
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Charles Hostler Center Auditorium, AUB Lower Campus
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How Much Does Smoking Cost Lebanon? An Estimation of the Economic Impacts of Tobacco Consumption
IFI in collaboration with AUB's Tobacco Control Research Group cordially invite you to a seminar for the launch of this new research report.
Speakers:
Rami G. Khouri (Director, IFI)
Rima Nakkash (Assistant Research Professor of Public Health, AUB)
Jad Chaaban (Assistant Professor of Economics, AUB)
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
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