CIRS has undertaken a multi-year research initiative titled “The State and Innovation in the Gulf.” Our goal is to explore questions related to the topic of innovation in the Gulf region through empirically-grounded, theoretically informed research proposals.
Dionysis Markakis, guest ed., “The State and Innovation in the Persian Gulf,” CIRS Special Issue of The Muslim World 105, no. 1 (January 2015). This special issue of The Muslim World journal emerged out of…
As a result of their abundant oil and gas sector earnings, the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have sustained rapid economic growth over the course of several decades…
Click here to read about “The State and Innovation” Working Group Meeting I Click here to read about “The State and Innovation” Working Group Meeting II As an ongoing part of its research initiatives program, CIRS organizes several…
** Note: The grant cycle for this project is now closed. Submission Policies & Procedures Duration & Funding Location Budgeting Reporting Note on IRB and Human Subjects 1. Submission…
** Note: The grant cycle for this project is now closed. Grant Description The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at the Georgetown University School of Foreign…