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Research, Advocacy and Public Policy-making |
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Workshops and Conferences January 15-16, 2012
Policy Research Institutes and the Arab Uprisings Agenda Setting and BeyondThis workshop inaugruated a series of workshops for the Consortium of Arab Policy Research Institutes (CAPRI) project. Directors of policy research institutes (PRIs) in the Arab world and academics discussed current strategic and practical concerns of PRIs in the Arab world. Many challenges facing PRIs in the region today range from the struggles of popular uprisings, to autocratic constraints on independent research, and financial, human and technical constraints. The workshop evaluated the evolving role of PRIs with specific linkages to Arab transformations. November 12, 2008
State Building and State Stability in the Arab World, a workshop with politicians, civil society actors, and academics discussed the challenges and opportunities facing political development from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Lectures and Open Panel Discussions
January 4, 2012
The Human Rights Project of IFI's RAPP program held its inaugural lecture of the Human Rights Project Lecture Series, "Unfulfilled Justice in Tunisia: The Slow-motion Reforms of Justice and Security Sectors", with Nicholas Pouillard, Researcher in Political Sciences at the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO).
December 20, 2011
"Security and Development: International Norms and Radicalization of Aid", with Pénélope Larzillière, Visiting Scholar at IFI and Senior Research Fellow at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD-Paris).
December 7, 2011
"HIV/AIDS & Migration: Understanding Screening Policies Towards Expatriates in GCC countries" with Nasser Yassin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB, and Saja Michael, AUB Master's student in Public Health with a focus on Health Management and Policy-making.
November 30, 2011
The UN in the Arab World program and the Human Rights Project held a panel discussion "The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: International Justice or International Intervention?" with Nidal Jurdi, Political Studies and Public Administration department, AUB, and Omar Nashabe, columnist and founder of the Research Unit at Al-Akhbar newspaper.
November 15, 2011
"The Use of Research in Informing Tobacco Control Policy-making: A Lebanese Case Study" with Rima Nakkash, Assistant Professor at the Health Promotion and Community Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB, Wael Hmaidan, founder of IndyACT (the League of Independent Activists), and Rania Baroud, Vice President of the Tobacco Free Initiative.
November 9, 2011
"The Tripoli Special Economic Zone: Piloting Public Private Partnerships for Economic Growth in Lebanon" with Sateh El-Arnaout, Senior Urban and Regional Development Specialist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank.
October 24, 2011
"Health Policies in Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Evidence-Informed or Ill-Informed?" with Fadi El-Jardali, RAPP Research Program Director, and Associate Professor of Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB.
June 1, 2011
In collaboration with AUB's Tobacco Control Research Group (AUB-TCRG), "Translating Science into Effective Tobacco Control Policies: Three perspectives" with U.S. tobacco experts Greg Connolly, Harvard School of Public Health, and Richard Daynard, Professor of Law at the Northeastern University School of Law.
November 10, 2010
IFI and the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at the School of Foreign Service (SFC), Georgetown University, Qatar, held the second roundtable discussion in the Director's Policy Forum, "Researching the Gulf: Thinking Outside the Box in Qatar", with Mehran Kamrava, Director of CIRS and Interim Dean of SFC. Video ||| Audio
July 29, 2010
"Centrality of the Family in Women's Higher Education: The Case of Jordan", a Research Briefing with Carine Allaf, who presented her findings from her doctoral dissertation which explored the factors that lead women to complete their higher education degrees in Jordan.
July 26, 2010
"The Gendered Effect of Globalization on the Identities of Young Saudis", a Research Briefing with May Al-Dabbagh, Director of the Gender and Public Policy Program, Dubai School of Government.July 22, 2010
"Dubai and the Dubai School of Government after the economic crisis: What we have learned, how we are responding", the inaugrual roundtable discussion of the Director's Policy Forum, with Tarik Yousef, Dean, Dubai School of Government, and Non-Resident Senior Public Policy Scholar at the Issam Fares InstituteVideoJune 23, 2010
Jointly with the Harvard Club of Lebanon, "Why Middle Eastern and American leaders are failing the challenges of our time…and what the academic and policy research community can do to help them", a roundtable discussion with Ashraf Hegazy, Executive Director, The Dubai Initiative, Belfer Center, Harvard UniversityJune 11, 2010
"Understanding Jihadi Ideology", 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 UniversityMay 4, 2010
"How Much Does Smoking Cost Lebanon? An Estimation of the Economic Impacts of Tobacco Consumption", a seminar for the launch of IFI's new research report in collaboarion with AUB's Tobacco Research Control Group, with Rami G. Khouri, Director, Issam Fares Institute, AUB, Rima Nakkash, Assistant Research Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB, and Jad Chaaban, Assistant Professor of Economics, AUB. April 28, 2010
"Killing People as a Side Effect", part of IFI's Ethics in Public Policy lecture series, in collaboration with AUB's Philosophy Department, with Gerhard Overland, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics April 27, 2010
"On Not Believing in Justified Wars without Being a Pacifist", part of IFI's Ethics in Public Policy lecture series, in collaboration with AUB's Philosophy Department, with Uwe Steinhoff, Assistant Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong
December 16, 2009
"Analyzing, Teaching and Influencing Public Policy: Sharing National Lessons and Exploring New Horizons?", a round-table discussion with Mitchel Wallerstein, Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, and Iman Nuwayhid, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB. Video ||| AudioMay 28, 2009
Jointly organized with Carnegie Middle East Center and the Arab Reform Initiative, "Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds: Growth, Relevance, and Prospects", with Sven Behrendt, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Middle East Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Beirut, Rami Khouri, Director of the Issam Fares Institute, AUB, Danyel Reiche, Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics, AUB, and Ibrahim A. Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Relations, The Fletcher School, Tufts UniversityVideo ||| AudioDecember 19, 2008
"The Financial War on Terror: Whom did it target and why did it miss?", with Ibrahim Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and DiplomacyMay 22, 2008
"The Tripod of Academia, Government and Private Sector: From Science to Policy-making", with Berj Hatjian, Director General, Lebanese Ministry of EnvironmentApril 10, 2008
Jointly organized with the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health and AUB's Tobacco Control Research Group, "Is Lebanon Ready for Tobacco Control? Lessons to be learned!", with Gregory Connolly, School of Public Health, HarvardMay 15, 2007
"Paris III and Lebanon's Economic Reforms: Assessing Issues of Urgency, Equity and Feasibility", with Mazen Hanna, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, the Government of Lebanon, Jad Chaaban, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, AUB, and Ghassan Dibeh, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business, LAUMay 9, 2007
In collaboration with the department of Political Studies & Public Administration, AUB, and the Lebanese Transparency Association, "Governance Trends in the Middle East And North Africa Region and Major Public Sector Reforms in Lebanon", with Robert P. Beschel Jr. January 9, 2007
"Arab Civil Society and Think Tanks: What Impact Do They Have? What Role Can They Play?" with Saadedine Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, and leading democracy activist in Cairo, Egypt, Paul Salem, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, and Rami Khouri, Director of the Issam Fares Institute, AUB. |
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