The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (Sesri) at Qatar University (QU) held a seminar on the services provided by it towards enhancing and promoting research activities.
The seminar, to orient members of the College of Education’s (CED) educational research unit, was co-ordinated by Sesri director Dr Darwish al-Emadi.
Dr al-Emadi made a presentation on ‘Leading Survey Research in Qatar and the Region,’ highlighting the various services provided by Sesri in support of the unit’s research activities such as study design, questionnaire design and development, sampling, data collection, statistical analysis, report preparation, training, data archiving, access to questionnaire databases, and proposal support.
He also highlighted Sesri’s main focus areas, and pointed to projects addressing national priorities such as ‘Political attitudes and behaviour in the Arab Gulf States,’ ‘Attracting and utilising global human capital and foreign knowledge through migration, trade, and investment for local capacity development,’ ‘Water, energy, and food policies in the GCC region,’ ‘Educational attainment and quality,’ ‘Transition into the workforce,’ ‘Economics, quality and satisfaction with public services,’ and ‘Gender and family policies.’
Attendees included QU associate vice-president Dr Khalid al-Ali, CED dean Dr Hissa Sadiq, and University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research Centre of Political Studies (CPS) director Dr Ken Kollman, CPS research professor emeritus Dr Michael Traugott and CPS associate director David Howell.