Publications

SESRI’s research team primarily employs computer-assisted personal interviewing techniques. The institute houses state-of-the-art call centers through which investigators conduct telephone interviews with respondents.

SESRI’s Policy unit complement’s the research efforts by synthesizing, probing more deeply, and analyzing from a different perspective the Institute’s expansive inventory of survey data. All projects and results can be found below.

2025

Peer-Reviewed Publications
*El-Kassem, R. C., & Al-Kubaisi, A. (2025). An investigation on users’ perceptions of open government data in Qatar. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, (1) 2025.* https://doi.org/10.1155/hbe2/5584496

2024

Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Comfort, H., McHugh, T. A., Schumacher, A. E., Harris, A., Perianayagam, A. et al. (2021). GBD 2021 Global Stillbirths Collaborators. Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 404(10466):1955-1988. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01925-1
Feigin, V.L., Abate, M.D., Abate, Y.H., Abd ElHafeez, S., GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators Perianayagam, A. (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Neurology. DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00369-7.
Bryazka, D., Reitsma, M.B., Abate, Y.H., Vollset, S.E., Gakidou, E., Perianayagam, A., GBD 2021 Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators (2024). Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health, 9(10): e729-e744. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00166-X.
Perianayagam, A., Khalifa, A.A., Al-Ghanim, K. et al. (2024). Do income and consumption growth cause CO2 emissions in Qatar? Implications for climate policy. Discover Sustainability, 5, 334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00525-7
Blaydes, L., Gengler, J., & Lari, N. (2024). Constraints on Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar: Understanding the Effects of Marriage, Family, and Traditional Values. Middle East Law and Governance, 16(3), 293-315. https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-20241468
GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators, Perianayagam, A. (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Infect Dis., S1473-3099(24)00430-4. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00430-4
El-Kassem, R. C., Ahmed Lari, N., Al Maadeed, A., & Awadalla Mohamed Ali, A. (2024). Barriers to formal volunteering among married Qatari youth. Cogent Social Sciences, 10(1). ht tps://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2386048
Khaled, S. M., Amro, I., Abdelkader, M., Al Bahari, D., Al Shawwaf, M., Alabdulla, M., Alhassan, A., Ali, A., Aly, A., Amin, A., Chiu, W. T., Currie, J., El Fakki, H., First, M. B., Hassan, M. H. O., Hijawi, Z., Mohammed, R., Nofal, M., Salman, S., … Kessler, R. C. (2024). Clinical reappraisal of the composite international diagnostic interview version 3.3 in Qatar's National Mental Health study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2013
GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators, Perianayagam, A. (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 404(10449):244. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01458-2
GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators, Perianayagam, A. (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 403(10440):2204-2256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8
Khaled, S. M., Amro, I., Bader, L., Holmer, J. L., Trung, K. L., & Diop, A. (2024f). Qatar's national mental health survey – World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ): Sampling design, instrument adaptation, quality control and fielding procedures. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e2010. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2010
Khaled, S. M., Amro, I., Bader, L., Holmer, J. L., Trung, K. L., & Diop, A. (2024f). Qatar's national mental health survey – World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ): Sampling design, instrument adaptation, quality control and fielding procedures. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e2010. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2010
Khaled, S. M., Amro, I., Bader, L., Holmes, J. L., Diop, A., & Trung, K. L. (2024). Feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews for the World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) survey during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e2009. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.2009
GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators, Perianayagam, A. (2024). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 403(10440):2133-2161. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00757-8
Zanwar, P.P., Taylor, R., Hill-Jarrett, T.G., Tsoy, E., Flatt, J.D., Mirza, Z., Hill, C.V., Perianayagam A. (2024). Characterizing Multimorbidity Prevalence and Adverse Outcomes in Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Sub-Populations in India: Gaps, Opportunities, and Future Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(3):327. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030327
Shal, T. (2024). Parent's Perceptions of Online Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic: The Road Ahead. Online Learning, 28 (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v28i1.3860
Siby, N., Ammar, M., Bhadra, J., Elawad, E.F.E., Al-Thani, N.J. and Ahmad, Z. (2024). A tailored innovative model of “research internship" aimed at strengthening research competencies in STEM undergraduates. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 14 (5), pp. 1058-1069. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-07-2023-0180
Shal, T., Ghamrawi, N., & Ghamrawi, N. A. R. (2024). Webinars for teacher professional development: perceptions of members of a virtual professional community of practice. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 40(1), 91–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2023.2296645
Shal, T., Ghamrawi, N., Naccache, H. (2024). Leadership styles and AI acceptance in academic libraries in higher education. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50 (2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102849
Shal, T., Ghamrawi, N., Abu-Tineh, A. et al. Teacher leadership and virtual communities: Unpacking teacher agency and distributed leadership. Educ Inf Technol 29, 15025–15042 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12446-5
Policy Brief section
Policy Brief 1: Labor Reforms: Adopting Part-Time Work in Government Entities (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 2: Post Pandemic Future Adopting a Work from home model (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 3: Do Income and Consumption Growth drive CO2 Emissions in Qatar? Implications for Climate Policy (EN/AR)
Policy Brief 6: Public Survey on Indoor Air Pollution in Qatar and Its Health Implications (EN/AR)

2023

Briefs & Reports
National Identity 2023	AR \| EN

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Shirin Malekpour, Cameron Allen, Ambuj Sagar, Imme Scholz, Åsa Persson, J. Jaime Miranda, Therese Bennich, Opha Pauline Dube, Norichika Kanie, Nyovani Madise, Nancy Shackell, Jaime C. Montoya, Jiahua Pan, Ibrahima Hathie, Sergey N. Bobylev, John Agard & Kaltham Al-Ghanim. 2023. What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs. Nature, Vol 621 \| 14 September. Impact Factor: 2-year - 64.8 htt ps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02808-x
Siby, N., Ammar, M., Bhadra, J., Elawad, E. F. E., Al-Thani, N. J., & Ahmad, Z. (2024). A tailored innovative model of “research internship” aimed at strengthening research competencies in STEM undergraduates. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/HESWBL-07-2023-0180/full/html
El-Kassem, R.C. (2023), "A path causal model of the effect of TQM practices on teachers' job satisfaction in schools in Qatar", The TQM Journal, Emerald Insight. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-01-2023-0012
El-Kassem, R. C., & Al-Kubaisi, A. (2023). Path analytic investigation of the intention to adopt open government data in Qatar (TAM revisited). Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, Emerald Insight. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/TG-06-2023-0074/full/html
Al-Ghanim, K., Gardner, A., & Lari, N. 2023. Contemporary Women in Qatar: An Ethnographic Study of Their Challenges in Terms of Traditional Applications and Modern Requirements. SAGE Open, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231196030
Y. Selvamani, P. Arokiasamy, Mamta Chaudhary. 2023. Association between food insecurity and quality of life among older adults (60+) in six low and middle-income countries, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 114, 2023, 105079, ISSN 0167-4943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2023.105079
Abusin, S.; Al-Emadi, N.; Mandikiana, B. An Evaluation of the Alignment of Surplus Food Recovery and Redistribution Technologies with the Circular Economy. Sustainability. 2023, 15, 12355. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612355
The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium (authors listed. 2023. Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. New England Journal of Medicine. August 26, 2023. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2206916. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206916?query=featured_home
Lari, N. (2023), "Adopting a gender quota policy in Qatar: a path to gender equity", Gender in Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-04-2022-0114
Lari, Noora & Maryam Al-Thani. (2021). Divorce Legislation in the Arab Gulf: Trends and Educational Differentials, Journal of Arabian Studies, 11:2, 289-313. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21534764.2021.2039354
Lari, N. (2023). Ambivalent Sexism in the State of Qatar: Gender Roles and Patriarchal Attitudes, Hawwa: Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World. v. 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15692086-12341396
Ghamrawi, N., Shal, T., & Ghamrawi, N. A. (2023). The Rise and Fall of Teacher Leadership: A Post-Pandemic Phenomenological Study. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 1-16.
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Lari, N. 2023. Perceived parenting styles and child personality: A Qatari perspective, Cogent Social Sciences, Vol. 9 No. 1., DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2203549
Michael Ewers, Abdoulaye Diop, Kien Trung Le & Lina Bader (2023). Resilience and Sustainability in the Gulf Migration Regimes: Kafāla in the Era of Covid-19, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 21:1, 28-44, DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2022.212849
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Abusin, S., Ebaidalla, E.M., Al-Thani, M.F. (2023). Contribution of Non-profit Organizations to Food Security and Sustainability in the State of Qatar. In: Cochrane, L., Al-Hababi, R. (eds) Sustainable Qatar. Gulf Studies, vol 9. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7398-7_12
Policy Brief section
Policy Brief 1: Labor Reforms: Adopting Part-Time Work in Government Entities (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 2: Post Pandemic Future Adopting a Work from home model (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 3: Fostering Qatari Youth Civic Engagement and Empowerment (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 4: Economic Welfare Spending and Saving Patterns in the Qatari Context (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 5: Public Opinion on Academic Fraud and Higher Education Certificates Forgeries (EN\|AR)
Policy Report: Qatar Semi-Annual Survey Results (QSAS 17) (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 6: Enviromental Sustainability Standards Implemented during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 7: Understanding Changing Patterns of Marriage and Transitions into Parenthood among Qatari Youth.(EN\|AR)
Policy Brief 8: Kawader National e-Recruitment Portal: Promoting Better Labor Market Outcomes for Youth in Qatar.(EN\|AR)

2022

Briefs & Reports
Qatar Youth Survey	AR \| EN
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Sana Abusin; Noor Al-Thani; Noor Al-Emadi and Catalina Petcu (2022). Health Impact of Indoor Air Pollution in the Gulf region: A Review. World journal of advanced research and reviews Volume 16 - Issue 2 (November 2022). https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1138
Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla & Sana Abusin 2022: The effect of ICT on CO2 emissions in the GCC countries: Does globalization matter? International Journal of Energy Economic and Policy 2022, 12(6), 1-11. 13499- ISSN: 2146-4553.DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep
Abusin, S.; Mandikiana, B.W.; Al Emadi, N.; Al-Boinin, F. Socioeconomic Drivers of Fish Consumption in Qatar. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10921. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710921
Lari, N., Amal Awadalla, Mohammad Al-Ansari & Engi Elmaghraby (2022). Determinants of female labor force participation: implications for policy in Qatar, Cogent Social Sciences, 8:1, 2130223, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2130223
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Lari, N., Al-Ansari, M. and El-Maghraby, E. (2022), "Challenging gender norms: women’s leadership, political authority, and autonomy", Gender in Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-06-2021-0159
El-Kassem, R.C., Lari, N., Al Naimi, M., Al-Thani, M.F., Al Khulaifi, B. and Al-Thani, N.K. (2022), "Impact of leadership gender stereotyping on managing familial conflict, matrimonial strategies, divorce decisions and marital satisfaction in Qatar," Journal of Family Business Management- Emerald Insight. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFBM-10-2021-0116/full/html?skipTracking=true
El-Kassem, R. C., Elawad, E. F. E., Al-Emadi, N. A., Al-Thani, M. F., Al-Thani, N. K., & Al-Naimi, M. M. (2022). A Path Analytic Investigation of Non-Qatari Mothers’ Perceived Adjustment to Blended Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Specialusis Ugdymas, 1(43), 6073-6087. https://www.sumc.lt/index.php/se/article/view/770
Abdoulaye Diop, Šemsia Jatić, John Lee Holmes, Kien Le Trung, Engi El Maghraby & Maitha Al Naimi (2022) Interest in volunteering for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: a nationally representative study of motivations, Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, DOI: 10.1080/19407963.2022.2125521

Policy Brief section
Policy Brief 1: Public Awareness, Perceptions And Engagement With Emerging Mobile Media Technologies. (EN \| A
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2021

Briefs & Reports
Policy report: Social Attitudes, Behavior, and Consequences surrounding COVID-19 in Qatar					AR \| EN
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lari, N., Al-Emadi, N. (2021). Measuring Parental Involvement in Dual-Earner Qatari Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02183-z
Lari, N. (2021), "Predictors of job performance in Qatar labor market: a micro-level model", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 48 No. 12, pp. 1852-1869. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-02-2021-0112.
El-Kassem, R. C., Lari , N., Al-Thani, M.F., Al-Khelaifi, B. (2021). A Path Analytic Investigation of Teleworking Challenges During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Qatar. Academia Letters, Article 2616. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL2616.
Khaled, S. M., Petcu, C., Bader, L., Amro, I., Al-Hamadi, A. M. H. A., Al Assi, M., Ali, A. A. M., et al. (2021). Prevalence and Potential Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance in Qatar: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey of Qatari Nationals and Migrants between December 2020 and January 2021. Vaccines, 9(5), 471. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050471
El-Kassem, R.C., Lari, N., Al-Khelaifi, B. A. and Al-Thani, M. F., (June 2021), A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding the Causes of Psychological Distress during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Qatar. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education. Vol. 12, Issue. 13, pp: 557-570.
Lari, N. (2021). Fertility Transitions in Qatar: The Dynamics between Women’s Socioeconomic Status and Fertility. Int J Cur Res Rev\| Vol, 13(09), 46.
Ewers, M. C., Gengler, J., & Shockley, B. (2021). Bargaining Power: A Framework for Understanding Varieties of Migration Experience. International Migration Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211007076
Mandikiana, B. W. (2021). Choice and expenditure: A double hurdle model of private tutoring in qatar. Economic Analysis and Policy, 71, 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.eap.2021.04.001
Justin Gengler (2020) Society and State in Post-Blockade Qatar: Lessons for the Arab Gulf Region, Journal of Arabian Studies, 10:2, 238-255, DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2020.1828023
Khaled, S. M., Petcu, C., Al-Thani, M. A., Al-Hamadi, A. M., Daher-Nashif, S., Zolezzi, M., & Woodruff, P. (2021). Prevalence and associated factors of DSM-5 insomnia disorder in the general population of Qatar. BMC Psychiatry, 21 (84). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-03035-8.
Gengler, Justin J.; Bethany Shockley; and Michael C. Ewers, “Refinancing the Rentier State: Welfare, Inequality, and Citizen Preferences toward Fiscal Reform in the Gulf Oil Monarchies”, Comparative Politics (2020)

2020

	Coverage	Infographics	Download
Executive Summary
Oman Fertility Report			AR \| EN
Briefs & Reports
Attitudes towards Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar			AR \| EN
Fertility Transitions: Implications for Future Demographic Trends in the State of Qatar			AR \| EN
Central Municipality Council Elections in Qatar: Public Engagement, Knowledge and Perceptions			AR \| EN
الجمعيات والتبرعات الخيرية			AR
Socio-economic and Environmental Aspects of Fish Consumption in Qatar			AR \| EN
Fish Processing Policies and Development of Fisheries in the State of Qatar			AR \| EN
Fish Processing Policies and Development of Fisheries in the State of Qatar Snapshot			AR \| EN
Parental Involvement in Education: Findings and implications from Qatar Education Survey 2018			AR \| EN
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Al-Moslih, Ayad & Howaidi, Abdul & Tlayib, Shafa & Carr, Alison & Nilsson, Helene & Elawad, Elmogiera. (2021). Evaluating preparedness of emergency trainees to triage victims of mass casualty incidents. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care. 2020. DOI: 10.5339/jemtac.2020.qhc.3
Shockley, B., Lari, N., Al Ansari, M. & Almagrabi, E. (2020). Social Media Usage and Support for Women in Community Leadership: Evidence from Qatar. Women’s Studies International Forum. (81),102374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102374
Lari, N. A. (2020). The Impact of Work-Family Conflict on Job Satisfaction: A Qatari Perspective. In Lansford, J.E., Badahdah, A.M., & Ben Brik, A. (Eds.). Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037996
Diop A., Mustafa S.A, Al Ansari M.H., and Le T. K: “Social Capital and Sense of Neighbourhood Belonging among Qatari Nationals”, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, July 2020.
Ewers M.C., Diop A., Le T. K., and Bader L.: “Migrant Worker Well-Being and Its Determinants: The Case of Qatar”, Social Indicators Research, July 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02427-3
Diop, A., Al Ansari, M. H., Al Ali Mustafa, S., & Kien, L. (2020). Social capital and sense of neighbourhood belonging among Qatari nationals. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1-14.
Diop, A., Al‐Ali Mustafa, S., Ewers, M. and Le, T.K. (2020), Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar. Int Migr.
Sana Abusin; Noor Al-Emadi; Engi Magharaby (2020) Determinants of fish consumption in the state of Qatar: post blockade. African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 16(11), pp. 1496-1502. ISSN: 1991-637X. DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2020.15143.
Macro Johann Sebastian Bejarano, Thiago Sabatinelli Rodrigues, Columba Marcelli Sánchez, Kaltham Al-Ghanim, Mohammad Al-Saidi. 2020. Promoting sustainable businesses for strong local communities: Qatar’s wild herbal plants industry, Energy Reports 6(8): 80-86 ISSN 2352-4847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2020.10.058.
Al-Ghanim KA.2020. Consanguineous marriage in the Arab societies. J Psychol Clin Psychiatry,11(6):166‒168. DOI: 10.15406/jpcpy.2020.11.00692
Ibrahim MA, Al-Ghanim KA, Eltohami AA, et al. 2020. Consanguinity and psychiatric disorders: Qatar case study. J Psychol Clin Psychiatry. ,11(6):153‒158. DOI: 10.15406/jpcpy.2020.11.00690
Al-Ghanim, K. (2020). Why do we need to integrate the Indigenous culture to achieve Holistic Sustainability? , Archives of Agriculture Research and Technology (AART), 1(3):1012.
AL-GHANIM, Kaltham; WATSON, Janet C.E.(2020). Language and Nature in Southern and Eastern Arabia. European Journal of Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 8-14, ISSN 2601-8640.
El-Kassem, R.C., 2020, A Structural Equation Model of Perceived University Image In Qatar: Student Perspective. International Journal of Management (IJM).Volume:11,Issue:8,Pages:721-730
El-Kassem, R.C., Al-Kubaisi, A. S., Al-Naimi M., Al-Hamadi A. & Al-Rakeb, N. (June 2020), Path Analytic Investigation of the Intention to Adopt E-government Services through Mobile Applications in Qatar (TAM Revisited), International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 11(06), 2020, pp. 127-142.
Abusin, S. A., & Mandikiana, B. W. (2020). Towards sustainable food production systems in Qatar: Assessment of the viability of aquaponics. Global Food Security, 25, 100349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100349
Abusin, S., Lari, N., Khaled, S., & Al Emadi, N. (2020). Effective policies to mitigate food waste in Qatar. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 15(3), 343-350. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2019.14
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Gengler, J. (2020). Sectarianism from the Top Down or Bottom Up? Explaining the Middle East’s Unlikely De-sectarianization after the Arab Spring. The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 18(1), 109-113. doi: 10.1080/15570274.2020.1729526 https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2020.1729526
El-Kassem, R. C. (May 2020), Factors Influencing Reading News on the Mobile Devices in Qatar in Light of Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR), International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 11(5), 2020, pp. 74

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2019

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Executive Summary
Omnibus Binder 2019			EN
Qatar Fertility Report			AR \| EN
Guest Workers' Welfare Index			AR \| EN
Briefs &
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onal Identity Project 2019			A \| EN
انتخابات المجلس البلدي المركزي 2019 و 2015 في دولة قطر: المعرفة العامة، والتوجهات، والمشاركة			AR
مشروع خيام رمضانية صديقة للبيئة			AR
Blockade on Business			AR \| EN
Peer Reviewed Publications
Benmansour, N. A., Lari, N. A., & Shockley, B. (2019). Exploring Local Governance and E-Services in Qatar. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), 6(4), 1-13. DOI:10.4018/IJPADA.2019100101
Lari, N. A. (2019). Qatari Female Managers in a World of Patriarchy. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 7(5), 215-225. DOI: 10.18510/hssr.2019.7527
Diop A., Mustafa S.A, Ewers, M.C., and Le T. K.: “Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar”, International Migration, November 2019, DOI: 10.1111/imig.12667
Le T. Kien, Stacy Pancratz, and Abdoulaye Diop: “Labor Camp Surveys in GCC Countries: Group Quarter Subsampling”, Field Methods, January 2019, vol. 31(1) 76-91.
Tawfeq Ben –Omran, Al-Ghanim, K. and others (2019) Effects of Consanguinity in a Cohort of Subjects with Certain Genetic Disorders in Qatar, Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, Wiley. DOI:10.1002/mgg3.1051. Impact factor: 2.448. Online ISSN: 2324-9269 © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Al-Ghanim, K. (2019) Perceptions of Women’s Roles between Traditionalism and Modernity in Qatar, Journal of Arabian Studies , 9:1, 52-74, Pages 52-74 DOI:. ISSN: 2153-4764 (Print) 2153-4780
Gengler, J. (2019). The Meaning of Public Opinion Research in the Arab World. APSA MENA Politics Newsletter, 2(2), 9-13.
Gengler, J. (2019). Concern over Finances, Not Iran, Will End Qatar Crisis. Al-Monitor. 3 Dec.
El-Kassem, R.C, Sellami, A. & Al Qassass, H. (November 2019), “ Determinants of Parental Child’s School Preferences in Qatar. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews , Vol. 7. pp. 309-319. DOI https://doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2019.7656
El-Kassem, R.C(2019) “ Servant Leadership and Perceived Challenges in STEM Classes: The Reinforcing Role of Problems and Management Techniques. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews , Vol. 7. pp. 423-432.
Qutteina Y, Nasrallah C, Kimmel LG, Khaled SM. Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar. Journal of Health and Social Sciences. January 2019. DOI: 10.19204/2019/rltn7
K haled SM. Prevalence and potential determinants of subthreshold and major depression in the general population of Qatar. Journal of Affective Disorders, 252 (2019) 382-393.DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.056
Khaled SM, Wilkins S, Woodruff P. Lifetime Prevalence and Potential Determinants of Psychotic Experiences in the General Population of Qatar. Psychological Medicine. April 9, 2019. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719000977
Khaled SM, Gray R. Depression in migrant workers and nationals of Qatar: An exploratory cross-cultural study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. May 26, 2019.
El-Kassem, R.C ( 2019) “ Antecedents and Consequences of Work-Family Conflict in Qatar.” The Journal of Social Sciences Research , Academic Research Publishing Group, Vol. 5. Issue.6, pp. 1010-1019.

2018

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Student Motivation 2018			EN
Satisfaction 2018			AR \| EN
Private Tutoring 2018			AR \| EN
Curriculum and Textbook 2018			AR \| EN
School Facilities Report			AR \| EN
Compiled Education Report			EN
Peer Reviewed Publications
Le T. Kien, Martha McRoy, and Abdoulaye Diop: “Randomization in Surveys with the Halton Sequence”, Survey Research Methods 2018, Vol. 12 N0. 3 pp. 247-257, doi:10.18148/srm/2018.v12i3.7283
Laurent A. Lambert, Jordan Lee, Nudging greywater acceptability in a Muslim country: Comparisons of different greywater reuse framings in Qatar, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 89, 2018: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.07.015
Al-Emadi A., Theodorakis N.D., Pastore D., Sellami A., and Diop A., “Attitudes Toward the Coaching Profession: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Study in Qatar”, International Sport Coaching Journal 2018, vol.5 (1) 37-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2017-0034
Diop A., Al-Emadi A., Kaplanidou K., Diop A., Sagas M., Elmaghraby E., Qutteina Y., “Examining the cross-cultural attitudes of Qataris and Expatriates in Qatar, the host country of the 2022 World Cup, International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2018, 9(3) DOI: 10.1108/IJEFM-09-2017-0058
Diop A., Johnston T., and Le T. K. “Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafāla” in the volume: Migration to the Gulf: Policies in Sending and Receiving Countries edited by Philippe Fargues and Nasra M. Shah, Gulf Research Centre, Cambridge 2018.
Al-Ali Mustafa, S., Sellami, A., Elmaghraby, E. A., & Al-Qassass, H. B. (2018). Determinants of College and University Choice for High-School Students in Qatar. International Journal of Higher Education, 7(3), 1.
Lambert L.A., (2018). Book Review – Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East, by Eckart Woertz. Oxford University Press. Review of Middle East Studies (ROMES), Cambridge University Press, Vol. 52: 2, pp. 435-437.
El-Kassem, R.C., Sellami, A. & Elawad, E.F.E.( 13 November 2018), “Antecedents and consequences of perceived student employability in Qatar: parental perspective”. International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Volume 15 PP: 1–15
El-Kassem, R. C. (2018). “Work-Life-Balance in Qatar: Implementing TOWS Analysis as a Variant of the Classic Strategic Tool, SWOT.” Journal of WEI Business and Economics (JWEIBE).
Alimukhamedov, F., Lambert, L.A. Bin Hashim, H., 2018. Ethical Commitment and Raison D’Etat in Rentier States: Asylum-Seeker Policies in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Central Asian Republics During the Refugee Crisis, Alternatif Politika, 10: 3, pp. 406-426.
Salma M. Khaled ,Bethany Shockley ,Yara Qutteina ,Linda Kimmel , Kien T. Le. Testing Western Media Icons Influence on Arab Women’s Body Size and Shape Ideals: An Experimental Approach. Social Sciences. 2018; 7(9): 142
Maryam A. Al-Thani, Salma M. Khaled. “Toxic pleasures”: A study of eating out behavior in Arab female university students and its associations with psychological distress and disordered eating, Eating Behaviors, Volume 31, 2018, Pages 125-130
Franziska V. I. Saller & Salma M. Khaled. Potential psychosocial influences on gender differences in physical activity among Qatari adolescents: a first insight through descriptive observation. International Journal of Adolescent and Youth. October 3, 2018. Pages 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1515087
Laurent A. Lambert and Hisham Bin Hashim. 2017. “A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture”. The Arab World Geographer
Salma M. Khaled, Linda Kimmel, and Kien Le Trung. 2018. “Assessing the factor structure andmeasurement invariance of the eatingattitude test (EAT-26) across languageand BMI in young Arab women”. Journal of Eating Disorders.
Laurent A. Lambert et Luc Descroix. 2018. “CHANGEMENTS CLIMATIQUES ET ESSOR DJIHADISTE AU SAHEL: UNE APPROCHE CRITIQUE POUR DES SOLUTIONS PLUS ADAPTÉES”. Conseil québécois d'études géopolitiques.
Descroix L, Guichard F, Grippa M, Lambert LA, Panthou G, et al. Evolution of Surface Hydrology in the Sahelo-Sudanian Strip: An Updated Review. Water. 2018; 10(6):748.
Lambert, L.A. and Lee, J., 2018. Nudging Greywater Acceptability in a Muslim Country: Comparisons of different greywater reuse framings in Qatar. Environmental Science & Policy, 89, pp. 93-99.

2017

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Qatar Against The Blockade - قطر في مواجهة الحصار		AR
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From the "Fareej" to Metropolis: Qatar Social Capital Survey II	AR \| E
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Policy Brief 12: Greywater for Qatar’s Water & Food Security		AR \| EN
Policy Brief 11: Public awareness and perceptions of taxation in a changing Gulf economy	\| EN
Policy Brief 10: Needs, Preferences, and Recommendations of Charity Executives and Experts	AR \| EN
Policy Brief 8: Education in Qatar: the complex reality of citizen satisfaction	AR \| EN
Policy Brief 9: Public Spending Priorities in Qatar	AR \| N

Peer Reviewed Publications
A l-Ghanim, K., Gardner, A., El-Menshawy A. (2017) The Relation Between Spaces and Cultural change: Supermalls and Cultural Change in Qatari Society, Scientific Culture, 3(2).21-32. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.438184 .
Al-Ghanim, K.(2017) Transitional society and participation of women in the public sphere: A survey of Qatar society, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research,3(2). 51-63. ISSN: 2455-2070
Al-Ghanim, K.A. & Badahdah, A.M, (2017). Gender Roles in the Arab World: Development and Psychometric Properties of the Arab Adolescents Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Sex Role: A Journal of Research, Springer, Vol: 77, Issue 3–4, pp 169–177. ISSN: 0360-0025 (Print) . 2.724 (2019)Five year impact factor doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0722-y
Laurent A. Lambert and Hisham Bin Hashim. 2017. “A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture”. The Arab World Geographer
Ewers, M.C., R. Dicce, J.P.H. Poon, Y.W. Chow & J. Gengler (2017). Creating and Sustaining Islamic Financial Centers: Bahrain in the Wake of Financial and Political Crises. Urban Geography. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/02723638.2016.1268436
Poon, J.P.H., J. Pollard, Y.W. Chow, and M. Ewers (2017). The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier. Regional Studies. Volume 51, Issue 10, pages 1443-1453. doi:10.1080/00343404.2016.1214254
Murphy, T., C. Brannstrom, M. Fry, and M. Ewers (2017). Economic development stakeholder perspectives on boomtown dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas. Geographical Review. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/gere.12226
Diop, A., K.T. Le, and M.C. Ewers, (2017). Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC. In S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed.), India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration (pp. 75-89). New York: Routledge.
Ewers, M.C. & Dicce, R. (2017). Expatriate mobility, firm recruitment and local context: Skilled international migration to the rapidly globalizing city of Dubai. In M. van Riemsdijk and Q. Wang (Eds.) Rethinking International Skilled Migration (pp. 194-208). New York: Routledge.
Diop, A., K. Le, T. Johnston & M. Ewers. (2017). Citizens’ attitudes towards migrant workers in Qatar. Migration and Development, 6:1, 144-160.
Ewers, M.C. (2017). International knowledge mobility and urban development in rapidly globalizing areas: Building global hubs for talent in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Urban Geography. 38:2, 291-314.
El-Kassem, R.C.(2017) Determinants of Banks’ Profitability: Panel Data from Qatar. Open Journal of Accounting , 6, 103-111.
Diop , Abdoulaye, Johnston T., and Le T. K.: Donating Time or Money? “The Effects of Religiosity and Social Capital on Civic Engagement in Qatar”, .
Diop, Abdoulaye, Yaojun Li, Majed Mohammed H. A. Al-Ansari, and Kien T. Le: “Social Capital and Citizens’ Attitudes towards Migrant Workers”,
Nakkash, R., Qutteina, Y., Nasrallah, C., Wright, K., El-Alti, L., Makhoul, J., & Alali, K. The Practice of Research Ethics in Lebanon and Qatar: Perspectives of Researchers on Informed Consent. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2017; doi:10.1177/1556264617730643
James-Hawkins, L., Qutteina, Y., & Yount, K.M. The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women's Role Conflict in Qatar. Sex Roles, 2016; doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0708-9.
Sellami, Abdellatif, El-Kassem, Rima, Alqassass, H aneen, ” Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education(EJMSTE), 13(9): 6045-6067
Sellami, Abdellatif, Kimmel, Linda, Wittrock, Jill, Hunscher, Bryan, Cotter, Anna, Al-Emadi, Ahmed, & Al-Emadi, Darwish. 2017. “Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business, or Public Sectors Fields.” Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (EJMSTE), 13(10): 6491–6505 .
Lambert L.A., Hassan H., 2017, MOOCs and International Capacity Building in a UN Framework: Potential and Challenges. In: Leal Filho W., Mifsud M., Pace P. (eds) Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development. World Sustainability Series. Springer.

2016

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Qatar Education Study 2015 – The Curriculum Report		AR & EN
Qatar Semi-Annual Survey (QSAS	)	Doha News: 26/4/2016 Doha News: 27/11/2015 Doha News: 31/10/2015
Students' Motivation and Parental Participation Report		AR & EN
Qatar Education Study 2015: School Facilities Report		AR
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Briefs & Reports
Policy Brief 7: Shadow Education: Private Tutoring and Education Reform		AR \|EN
Policy Snapshot 3: Subsidy Reduction and Trends among Lower Income Qatari Households
Policy Brief 6: Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and other Gulf Nationals		AR \|EN
Policy Snapshot 2: Climate Change and Temperature Warming in Qatar
Policy Brief 3: Housing Tenure and Economic Inequality among Qatari Citizens		AR \|EN
Policy Brief 1: Citizen and Resident Satisfaction with Public Services in Qatar		AR \|EN
Policy Brief 4: Public Acceptance of Taxation in Qatar		AR \|EN
Policy Snapshot 3: Subsidy Reduction and Relative Poverty Among Qatari Households
Policy Brief 2: Worker Welfare Index		AR \|EN
Policy Brief 5: Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar		AR \|EN
Peer Reviewed Publications
Al-Emadi A, Kaplanidou K, Diop A, Sagas M, Le KT, Al-Ali Mustafa S. 2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents. Journal of Travel Research. 2017;56(5):678-694.
LARI, NOORA,AHMED (2016) GENDER AND EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE – A STUDY OF QATARI WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.
Abdelkader, Nada. 2017. "Patterns, Trends and Issues in Qatar’s Higher Education Sector.” Gulf Affairs, Spring 2017
Khaled, Salma M, Shockley, Bethany, Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. 2016. “The effects of citizenship status on service utilization and general satisfaction with healthcare: a cross-cultural study” International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2016, 1–8
Al Emadi, Ahmed, Kyriaki Kaplanidou, Abdoulaye Diop, Michael Sagas, Kien T. Le, and Semsia Al-Ali Mustafa. Forthcoming 2016. “2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents.” Journal of Travel Research.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Ashley E. Jardina, Mark Tessler, and Jill Wittrock. Forthcoming 2016. “Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar.” Journal of International Migration and Integration.
Ewers, Michael C. and Ryan Dicce. Forthcoming 2016. “Expatriate labor markets in rapidly globalizing cities: reproducing the migrant division of labor in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Gengler, Justin and Jocelyn S. Mitchell. Forthcoming 2016. “A Hard Test of Individual Heterogeneity in Response Scale Usage: Evidence from Qatar.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research.
Seah, Kiat Ying, Eric Fesselmeyer, and Kien T. Le. Forthcoming 2016. “Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011.” Urban Studies. doi: 10.1177/0042098015619870
Abdelkader, Nada. 2016. “Public-Private Partnership in Tunisia: Enfidha Airport Assessment of an Infrastructure Achievement.” International Journal of Public Administration 39(7): 552–562
Badahdah, Abdallah and Kien T. Le. 2016. “Parenting Young Arab Children: Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Arabic Brief Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.” Child Psychiatry & Human Development 47(3): 486–493.
Elawad, Elmogiera, Abdoulaye Diop, Mohamed Agied, and Isam Abdelhameed. 2016. “Giving two answers to the same question: applying survey re-interview techniques.” African Journal of Science and Research 5(2): 35–37
Elawad, Elmogiera, Mohamed Agied, and John Lee Holmes. 2016. “Why do people participate in surveys in Qatar?” Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies 4(2): 125–131
Gengler, Justin and Laurent A. Lambert. 2016. “Renegotiating the Ruling Bargain: Selling Fiscal Reform in the GCC.” Middle East Journal 70(2): 321–329.
Kaplanidou, Kyriaki, Ahmed Al Emadi, Abdoulaye Diop, and Gerald Fritz. 2016. “Business legacy planning for mega events: The case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.” Journal of Business Research69(10): 4103–4111.
Shockley, Bethany. 2016. “Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up.” Journal of Arabian Studies 6(1): 53–73

2015

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FIFA Views
Omnibus 2015

Qatar Education Facilities
Social Cohesion Report
Briefs & Reports
Regional Integration in the Gulf
Policy Snapshot 1: Qatar Central Municipal Council			AR \|EN
Peer Reviewed Publications
Al-Ghanim, K. (2015). Kafala System Remains Resilient in the GCC. Oxford Gulf & Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum, (Autumn), 6-9.
Alice Ann Crandall, Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, and Karen M. Yount. 2015. “Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale among Qatari Young Women.” Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 21(12): 891–896.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Kien T. Le, and Mike Traugott. 2015. “Third Party Presence Effect with Propensity Score Matching.” Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 3(2): 193–215.
Diop, Abdoulaye, Trevor Johnston, and Kien T. Le. 2015. “Reform of the Kafāla System: A Survey Experiment from Qatar” Journal of Arabian Studies 5(2): 116-137.
Lambert, Laurent. 2015. “South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar in North Mozambique?” Journal of Business, Economics and Political Sciences: 4(7) 3–11.
Sayre, Edward, Nada Abdelkader, and Samantha Constant. 2015. “The Determinants of Youth Unemployment in Qatar.” Topics in Middle Eastern and African Economies 17(2): 216–249.

2014

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Qatar Education Curriculum
Qatar World Values Survey
Qatari Attitudes Towards Foreign Workers	Doha News: 30/05/2014


Peer Reviewed Publications
Al-Ghanim, K., A. Al-Maadeed, M., & Al-Thani , N. (2014). Impact of Innovative Learning Environment Based on Research Activities on Secondary School Student's Attitude Towards Research and Their Self-Efficacy. European Journal of Educational Sciences ,1(2).300-318. DOI: 10.19044/ejes.v1no2a23
Abdul Rahim, Hanan, Abla Sibai, Yousef Khader, et al. “Non-communicable Diseases in the Arab World.” Lancet 383(9914): 356–367.
Le, Kien T., Abdoulaye Diop, Jill Wittrock, Darwish Al Emadi, and Elmogiera Elawad. 2014. “Gender Pre-specified Sampling for Cost Control.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research 26(4): 441–452.
Makhoul, Jihad, Leila El-Alti, Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Carol Sakr, Rima Nakkash, and Khalid Alali. 2014. “‘Protecting’ or ‘Policing’: Academic researchers’ view of IRBs in an Arab Context.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 9(5): 25–35.

2013

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Qatari Womens Survey			AR \| EN
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Gardner M. A., Pessoa S., Diop A., Al-Ghanim K., Trung T. K., Harkness L.: A portrait of Low Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar, Journal of Arabian Studies, 3(1), 1-17, June 2013.
Le, K. T, Diop A., Alemadi D. 2013. Practical Guidance on Calculating Sampling Error in Election Polls. Survey Practice 6(1).
Gardner, A., Pessoa, S., Diop, A., Al-Ghanim, K., Le Trung, K., Harkness, L. Trung, K. LE. (2013). A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar. Journal of Arabian Studies, 3(1), 1–17.
Al-Ghanim, K. (2013). The intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought. Contemporary Arab Affairs, 6(1), 82-90. doi:10.1080/17550912.2012.748579
Al-Ghanim, K. (2013) The Hierarchy of Authority Based on Kinship, Age, and Gender in the Extended Family in the Arab Gulf States. International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family, William S. Hein & Co, New York, Vol. 3: 481-497

2012

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Qatar Education Study 2012 (Students’ Motivation & Parental Participation)
Omnibus 2012
Social Capital Survey	Doha News: 27/06/2012
Peer Reviewed Publications
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2011

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Omnibus 2011

2010

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Omnibus 2010
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Road traffic fatalities in Qatar, Jordan and the UAE: Estimates using regression analysis and the relationship with economic growth

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