editor's blog

Hello. I'm happy to join the GSC as a visiting researcher. I will be at GUST for six months researching the role of faith and religion in social movements. The academic literature on social movements spans diverse fields from sociology to anthropology, from history to political science, from philosophy to international relations. I will be surveying the literature in order to publish resources for researchers and activists alike who are interested in how questions of religious belief and practice intersect with social movement studies.

By Sinem Cengiz

The start of 2020 was marked with several incidents with the outbreak of coronavirus (or COVID-19) being the most serious so far. The virus, which originated in China and spread to many other countries, rang alarm bells worldwide. Although Asia took much of the attention initially, now the Gulf region is under the spotlight. Gulf countries found the virus at their doorsteps when Iran emerged as the most affected country after China[i], leading to the increase in cases throughout the region.

By Zarqa Parvez

Diversity, Inclusion and discrimination have become to of the buzzwords in institutional life. Almost every institution either academic or corporate has some sort of center, policy or agenda to achieve diversity. This vast level of incorporation of diversity is alarming; it might be indicative of the concept losing its critical edge. So what is diversity and what are we doing with it?

Call for Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair at Sciences Po, 2020

The Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair will support the development of original research and teaching on the Middle East and North Africa, focusing on political economy, human development, urban policies, environment, comparative study of legislative cycles in the region or health. The Kuwait Chair will have access to 50,000 euros in research funds each year, for either a one or two year period (until 2022), and teach one course each semester at the Paris School of International Affairs.

Dr. Hirotake Ishiguro, Visiting Research Fellow at The Global Studies Center at GUST writes about his research at GUST. Dr. Hirotake is Associate Senior Research Fellow of Middle Eastern Studies Group at Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in Japan, specializing in Comparative Politics.

Workshop at the University of Exeter: “Alternative Sources and Perspectives on Kuwait’s History and Sociology” 16 October 2019