We lead and participate in many global
research partnerships. We have been collaborating
with academic institutions, government,
industry, and NGOs across the world to advance
our research involving the sustainable development
goals.
- One example of our partnerships
is the internationally-joint research
project M-NEX: "The Moveable Nexus:
Design-led Urban Food, Energy and Water
Management Innovation in New Boundary
Conditions of Change", granted jointly
by Belmont Forum and PI Urban Europe.
Qatar University is one of seven partners
from six countries.
- Research at our Environmental Science
Center has seen international collaboration
with ETH Zurich; Space Exploration Center
in Switzerland; NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory; and the University of Toronto.
The project is a joint effort to examine
the multitude of microbes in the Sabkhas
of Qatar.
- We have also partnered with Imperial
College London, Biostage Inc in the
US, and the American University of Beirut,
Lebanon, to develop living heart valves
that can grow with the body and integrate
with the patient’s native tissue.
- We have established UNESCO Chairs
in Marine Sciences and in Desalination
and Water Treatment – both firsts in
the region and both aiming to advance
international co-operation to institutional
capacities, knowledge sharing and collaborative
work.
locally, we have worked side by side
with academic institutions, government ministries
and agencies, the industry, and NGOs to
further research and policy in the sustainable
development goals.
- We have partnered with TotalEnergies
locally (and SEABOOST internationally)
to work on a series on interconnected
projects to restore Qatar’s coral reef.
- Together with Qatar Electricity
and Water Company, we have established
our Water Technology Unit that focuses
on desalination and water treatment
in the region.
- We have partnered with Qatar Research,
Development and Innovation Council (QRDI),
to promote various programs, policies
and activities that will contribute
to the development of the overall national
research, development and innovation
ecosystem.
- Our MOU with Iberdrola Innovation
Middle East – the number one producer
of wind power - is establishing applied
research and development co-operation
in the field of sustainable development.
ANDD is a fundamental step in creating
synergy and strengthening the cooperation
and dialogue between the United Nations
(UN) and Academia. It acts as a think tank
in the region to influence the UN’s work
and the global dialogue on policy options
to support the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
Partnerships are the key to tackling
the SDGs. We have 231 active MOUs in a range
of fields. We have entered into partnerships,
and we collaborate with different sectors
to actively advance the SDGs. A sample of
these collaborations and their objectives
are presented in QU SDG Report
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