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<strong>Football and Technology: The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be Qatar’s Chance to Show its “Cool” Stadiums</strong>

28 September 2022

The upcoming World Cup in Qatar will be groundbreaking in many ways when the host nation takes on Ecuador on November 20 at the Al Bayt Stadium. Aside from being…

The Qatar World Cup, Vision 2030, and Women’s Empowerment

19 September 2022

Prior to winning the bid for the 2022 World Cup, Qatar did not have a women’s national football team. In 2010, the same year that Qatar won the bid, the…

The Gulf’s Future in International Sport Just Got a Big Boost (from Vladimir Putin)

4 September 2022

Aside from the increasing media attention towards the World Cup in Qatar, one of the most important international sports stories of the year, certainly for this region, broke last week…

The World Cup and the Utopian Promise of Upholding Human Rights

21 August 2022

Central to issues of national identity and state-building, modern sports are not just about the physical activity of “playing the game,” they are also subject to the “politics of the…

CIRS Open House

14 August 2022

On August 2, 2022, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held an open house for GU-Q students, faculty, and staff to learn more about CIRS, the CIRS Undergraduate…

<strong>In the Shadow of the FIFA World Cup: Qatar’s “Other” Favorite Sport</strong>

14 August 2022

Early on Friday mornings in Doha, whilst most people are asleep, hundreds—possibly thousands—of amateur sportsmen grab their equipment and head out. Before the sun is too high and the temperature…

Covid Project, Environmental Studies

"Facilitating and Producing Research during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned" Reflection Published by the Georgetown University Digital Fieldwork Project

8 May 2022

Elizabeth Wanucha, CIRS Operations Manager, published a Reflection article with the Digital Fieldwork project led by Georgetown University Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Government, Diana Kapiszewski; Georgetown University Associate Professor…