Project Tags: Humanities and Social Sciences

Spreading the good fortune: An analysis of diversification and complexity across economic sectors in Gulf countries over 2000-2020

Over the last 60 years, GCC countries have heavily depended on oil and natural gas as their primary source of exports and fiscal revenues. However, recent economic downturns caused by…

Refining and developing tools to support academic, disciplinary, and professional communication

The proposed project builds on fifteen years of research in which I investigated academic writing at CMUQ through initial SEED funding and two major QNRF funded projects. The initial project…

Teaching grammar in the L2 Arabic classroom: A focus on form practice

The proposed book project is entitled: Teaching Grammar in the L2 Arabic Classroom: A Focus on Form Practice (under contract with Routledge). It is a needed resource that has been…

Countering extremist ideologies through cognitive-behavioral therapy interventions: A novel approach

With the global threat of violent extremism on the rise, particularly in MENA countries, developing effective countermeasures has become imperative. Our team’s research (Adam-Troian & Bélanger, 2023) recently identified a…

The heuristics of affliction: Understanding suffering in premodern England, 1550‐1650

This project investigates the complicated modes through which pre-modern cultures influence and manage the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of their peoples. Specifically, I investigate the different roles and paradigms…

Citizenship lessons in educational spaces: Teaching history and civic duties to young South Asians in Qatar

South Asians form the biggest migrant community in Qatar, together they constitute almost 50-60% of the population. The South Asian diaspora is very varied, they practice multitudes of religious faiths,…

Publishing undergraduate research: Multidisciplinary audiences, mentorship, and inclusive practice

This research project is focused on developing best practices for operating Majāl, a recently launched multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. This proposal represents the first…

Cognition and emotions in consumer behavior

Sensory marketing (defined as ‘marketing that engages the consumers’ senses and affects their perception, judgment and behavior’, Krishna 2012) and digital marketing are two fast-growing areas of research in marketing.…

SDG education and global citizenship in Qatar: Enhancing Qatar’s nested power in the global arena

This project is motivated by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser’s reappointment as an Advocate of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing that Qatar embraces the importance of education as…

Cognition in context

Overwhelmingly, our knowledge about how the human brain perceives the world is based on WEIRD samples. WEIRD refers to participants from Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic societies. Due to…