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SUMMARY:Reducing Islamophobic Attitudes? The Effect of Mohamed Salah and the World Cup 2022
DESCRIPTION:On October 18\, 2021\, CIRS hosted a webinar titled “Reducing Islamophobic Attitudes? The Effect of Mohamed Salah and the World Cup 2022” by Salma Mousa\, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a Georgetown University in Qatar alumna (Class of 2012). The talk was part of the CIRS lecture series under the “Building a Legacy: The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022” research initiative. Mousa’s talk was based on previous research she conducted with her colleagues Ala’ Alrababa’h\, Will Marble\, and Alexander Siegel\, titled “Can Exposure to Celebrities Reduce Prejudice? Estimating the Effect of Mohamed Salah on Islamophobic Attitudes and Behaviors\,” which was published in the American Political Science Review in 2021. \n\nMousa’s lecture revolved around answering a central research question: “Can exposure to celebrities from stigmatized groups reduce prejudice?” In order to address this\, Mousa and her research partners took the elite Egyptian soccer player Mohamed Salah as a case study in an attempt to quantify his effects on reducing Islamophobia. Salah was used as a case study\, not only because he is one of the world’s most successful contemporary football players\, but because he declares his Islamic faith in a public manner\, both on and off the pitch. \n\nIn order to test their central hypothesis\, Mousa and her colleagues approached the topic through a “contact theory” lens\, which was first presented by Gordon Allport in relation to racial segregation in the United States. The theory states that contact across group lines can reduce prejudice under certain conditions\, such as when this contact places people on equal footing\, when it is endorsed by communal authorities and social norms\, and\, most importantly\, when the contact involves people cooperating for a common goal. These kinds of contacts across group lines is well suited to building understanding and friendships\, and\, ultimately\, to reducing prejudice. \n\nUsing data on hate crime reports throughout England and 15 million tweets from British football fans\, Mousa and her colleagues found that after Salah joined Liverpool F.C.\, hate crimes in the Liverpool area dropped by 16% compared with a synthetic control. In addition\, Liverpool F.C. fans halved their rates of posting anti-Muslim tweets relative to fans of other top-flight clubs. An original survey experiment suggests that the salience of Salah’s Muslim identity enabled positive feelings toward Salah to generalize to Muslims more broadly. Their findings provide support for the parasocial contact hypothesis—indicating that positive exposure to out-group celebrities can spark real-world behavioral changes in prejudice. \n\nAbout the speaker \n\nSalma Mousa is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University. An Egyptian scholar of migration\, conflict\, and social cohesion\, Salma typically partners with governments and NGOs in the Middle East and beyond to explore these questions. Her research has been published in Science and the American Political Science Review\, and profiled by The Economist and PBS NOVA. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in 2020\, and her BSFS in International Politics from Georgetown University in Qatar.
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/reducing-islamophobic-attitudes-the-effect-of-mohamed-salah-and-the-world-cup-2022/
LOCATION:Education City\, Al Luqta St\, Ar-Rayyan\, Doha\, Qatar
CATEGORIES:American Studies,Dialogue Series,FIFA World Cup Series,Race & Society,Regional Studies
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SUMMARY:CURA Workshop: Methodology and Bias: Reflections from Food Security Research in Ethiopia
DESCRIPTION:On October 21\, 2021\, CIRS hosted a CURA workshop titled\, “Methodology and Bias: Reflections from Food Security Research in Ethiopia” led by Professor Logan Cochrane\, Associate Professor in the College of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. Via interactive exercises and group discussions\, Cochrane guided thirteen GUQ and NUQ students to reflect on questions of power and their own positionality as researchers. One of the aims of the workshop was to demonstrate how food distribution and production is a politicized process that involves multiple actors with varying levels of decision-making power. \n\nDuring the interactive group discussions\, students were encouraged to think like policymakers and engage with datasets from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations to identify which decisions such surveys would enable them to make. Cochrane explained how both food security scholars and practitioners agree that equitable\, transparent\, and rigorous research methods inform decisions. He underlined how qualitative methods can complement quantitative data and explained how to choose which method is more suitable according to the size and scope of a research project. \n\n	\n						\n						\n					\n											\n		\n		\n			\n					\n\n			\n					\n								\n						\n					\n											\n		\n		\n			\n					\n\n			\n					\n								\n						\n					\n											\n		\n		\n			\n					\n\n			\n					\n								\n						\n					\n											\n		\n		\n			\n					\n\n			\n					\n								\n						\n					\n											\n		\n		\n			\n					\n\n			\n					\n								\n						\n					\n											\n		\n		\n			\n					\n\n			\n					\n					\n\n\nDrawing on examples from his research on food security amongst rural Ethiopian farmers\, Cochrane demonstrated the strengths and limitations of survey research and proposed how new\, community-centered methods are more suitable for studying the lived realities of local communities. He highlighted how local engagements and interactions enabled his research team to gain insight into how rainfall patterns\, debt\, and migration—factors often not discernable in macro-trends in quantitative research—impact local patterns and behaviors. While survey research studies macro-level trends\, a community-centered approach zooms in on the lived realities of people\, producing nuanced data and analysis. Specifically\, a knowledge co-production approach through questions\, conversations\, and interactions at the community level helps discern hidden patterns and behaviors\, providing valuable data to support development programs in rural areas. Cochrane demonstrated the importance of studying sub-national trends in order to understand and address local challenges. \n\n\n“The session was extremely engaging – I felt involved throughout and it was unlike what I had expected. The material about knowledge co-production has really caught my attention. Its utilization in working together with local stakeholders to capture and produce novel and nuanced data seems to me as an interesting methodology which I am trying to learn more about.”  \n– Pragyan Acharya\, class of 2024.  \n\nIn conclusion\, Cochrane argued that researchers are not apolitical and thus need to engage responsibly with local communities. He explained that the strength of community-centered methods is how it involves local actors as partners in co-producing knowledge. Ultimately\, he argued\, the key research question is determined by these interactions. Cochrane reminded students about bias and the need for research that is inclusive and comprehensive that\, “When one does not ask certain questions\, then that data becomes invisible.” This reinforces the significance of using the appropriate research method for a compelling research project. \n\nArticle by Khushboo Shah\, senior at GUQ
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/cura-workshop-methodology-and-bias-reflections-from-food-security-research-in-ethiopia/
LOCATION:Education City\, Al Luqta St\, Ar-Rayyan\, Doha\, Qatar
CATEGORIES:Student Engagement
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