Sustainability Research & Education

Research & Education

Books (CIRS)

• Babar, Zahra, and Suzi Mirgani, eds. Food Security in the Middle East. New York: Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2014
• Luomi, Mari. The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change: Abu Dhabi and Qatar in an Era of Natural Unsustainability. New York: Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2012

Book Chapters

• The Basic Guarantee of the Goals of Equality, Efficiency, and EnvironmentalismAuthors: Karl Widerquist; Michael Lewis; Philip Lawn

Occasional Papers (CIRS)

• Qatar’s Natural Sustainability: Plans, Perceptions, and Pitfalls (Mari Luomi)
• Conservation in Qatar: Impacts of Increasing Industrialization (Renee Richer)
• Water, State Power, and Tribal Politics in the GCC (Laurent Lambert)

Panels (CIRS)

• Environmental Degradation and Conservation: Challenges and Prospects, 12 November 2007
• Water, Energy, and Climate Change in the Gulf

Lectures

• Sustainable Development for ‎Economies and Corporations Dr. Seetharaman (video, CIRS)
• GreenGulf Shares their Commitment to Renewable Energy with Georgetown Energy Students
• Environment and Human Insecurity in the Middle East, Jeannie Sowers (video, CIRS) Sept 29, 2015
• A Hunger for Trees: Myths of Desecration in Nature, (Victoria Pedrick, CIRS)
• The Future of Nile Cooperation, Bart Hilhorst, March 25, 2015
• How the Arab World Can Benefit from Low Oil Prices, Shantayanan Devarajan March 24, 2016
• Explaining Trends in Energy and Pollution, James Markusen, February 24, 2016
• A Community Hygiene Output-Based Aid Program for Vietnam, Dan Westbrook, October 6, 2015
• Gas and Alternative Fuels: Present and Future Shares and Challenges

Working Groups & Summary Reports (CIRS)

• Food and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East
• GCC States’ Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Ethiopia
• GCC States’ Land Investments Abroad: The Case of Cambodia
• Water, Energy, and Climate Change in the Gulf
• Mobility, Displacement and Forced Migration in the Middle East
• Geopolitics of Natural Resources in the Middle East (Research Initiative)

Articles

• “Environmental Sustainability in Qatar’s Education City: Strategies, initiatives and education”(Mari Loumi, John Crist, Bushra Alam, Muhammad Bilal Shakir)

Programs

• Safeguarding Food and Environment in Qatar (SAFE-Q)
• Student Research
• Environmental Sustainability in Education City: Green Beacon or Green Island? – Awarded Outstanding Research Project UREP
• Georgetown Student Explores Internship Opportunities in African Agribusiness
• Gulf Encyclopedia for Sustainable Urbanism