Research
Research
Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) conducts research initiatives of regional and international significance, provides research opportunities to qualified scholars, and publishes the research results in a variety of publication formats.
Faculty are invited to send project proposals on areas of their research interests at cirsresearch@georgetown.edu
Research Initiatives
Research on Sudan
The Political Economy of Development in Sudan: A Historical View of Economic Relations, Trade, and Informality
Background and Scope Building on CIRS’s previous work on Sudan, including (Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives and Sudan in the Picture: Research on Sudanese Cinema research projects and Seeing Sudan Hiwaraat conference, this research initiative aims to…
Regional Studies
Rethinking Migration Categories from the Global South
Background and Scope The research cluster is embedded within CIRS’s wider initiative, “Migration Studies from the Global South: Rethinking Theory and Method,” a program structured around a series of interlinked…
Regional Studies, Research on Sudan
Sudan in the Picture: Research on Sudanese Cinema
Background and Scope The first moving image of Sudan was taken in 1898, more than 127 years ago, at the dawn of the medium of cinema. Despite this long history,…
Regional Studies
Migrant Stories from Qatar
Background and Scope Many migrant workers in Qatar live and work in difficult conditions and have limited financial resources or social capital to improve their situations. A great deal of…
Regional Studies, Research on Sudan
(Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives
Rashid Diab, “Within Blue” 2016, 133x250cm, Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Rashid Diab. Background and Scope In Spring 2025, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University…
Regional Studies
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Assessments, Implications, Prospects
Background and Scope Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a profound impact on the international system and global economic relations. Moreover, for the first time since the dissolution of the USSR…