Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded Northwestern University in Qatar a $350,000 grant to expand the field of Arab Information and Media Studies (AIMS) over the next two years. The grant will also support a collaboration between AIMS and the Security in Context (SIC) network, a global initiative promoting critical research and policy analysis on peace and conflict.
Each year, Carnegie Corporation of New York awards grants to organizations around the world to develop projects that promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Projects awarded for Carnegie Corporation of New York grants are selected based on their capacity to create measurable impact and drive meaningful and transformative change.
Directed by Marwan M. Kraidy, dean and CEO of Northwestern Qatar, the Arab Information and Media Studies (AIMS) project will expand the field of critical media and information studies in the Arab region and transform it into a more interdisciplinary, multilingual, collaborative, research-oriented, and policy-relevant field through the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ).
The AIMS project will connect Arabophone, Anglophone, and Francophone Arab media scholarly communities through networking, translation of scholarly works, publications, and multilingual events. The project will also integrate the study of media and information in the Arab world into transnational networks of ideas and knowledge based in the Global South.
The grant will also support a collaborative research initiative between AIMS and the Security in Context network titled Global South Insecurity in an era of Great Power Competition. Researchers from around the world will join scholars at Northwestern Qatar to examine the contours of the emerging world order on the Arab world and other regions of the Global South. This research initiative will be led by Sami Hermez, who serves as coordinator of the Qatar hub of the Critical Security Studies network.
Each year, Carnegie Corporation of New York awards grants to organizations around the world to develop projects that promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Projects awarded for Carnegie Corporation of New York grants are selected based on their capacity to create measurable impact and drive meaningful and transformative change.
Directed by Marwan M. Kraidy, dean and CEO of Northwestern Qatar, the Arab Information and Media Studies (AIMS) project will expand the field of critical media and information studies in the Arab region and transform it into a more interdisciplinary, multilingual, collaborative, research-oriented, and policy-relevant field through the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ).
The AIMS project will connect Arabophone, Anglophone, and Francophone Arab media scholarly communities through networking, translation of scholarly works, publications, and multilingual events. The project will also integrate the study of media and information in the Arab world into transnational networks of ideas and knowledge based in the Global South.
The grant will also support a collaborative research initiative between AIMS and the Security in Context network titled Global South Insecurity in an era of Great Power Competition. Researchers from around the world will join scholars at Northwestern Qatar to examine the contours of the emerging world order on the Arab world and other regions of the Global South. This research initiative will be led by Sami Hermez, who serves as coordinator of the Qatar hub of the Critical Security Studies network.
“Our project has a triple distinction: it is hosted at Northwestern, a global leader in communication, journalism, the social sciences, and the humanities; it is located in the Arab region; and it is explicitly trilingual, reflecting the rich pan-Arab diversity of research languages and tradition”
- Marwan M. Kraidy, dean and CEO of Northwestern Qatar
In highlighting the impact of AIMS, Kraidy said it will increase research capacity in information and media studies in the Arab region, deepening bonds between regional universities and research institutes while broadening their global connections. “Across the numerous academic departments of journalism and media in the Arab world, the field of information and media studies is ripe for development,” noted Kraidy. “Our project has a triple distinction: it is hosted at Northwestern, a global leader in communication, journalism, the social sciences, and the humanities; it is located in the Arab region; and it is explicitly trilingual, reflecting the rich pan-Arab diversity of research languages and tradition. These qualities will help us catalyze a qualitative leap in regional knowledge production on Arab media and information, and connect regional research to global networks.”
Omar Dahi, founding director of Security in Context and interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty and professor of economics at Hampshire College, says, “Security in Context is thrilled to be partnering with the Northwestern University Qatar's Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South. Our collaboration will allow us to jointly explore some of the most pressing challenges facing societies today, with particular focus on how great power competition is increasingly shaping and being shaped by Global South dynamics. We plan to leverage the expertise in both of our expanding networks to advance cutting-edge, justice-oriented, policy-relevant work."
In addition to Kraidy and Hermez, the projects will draw on the expertise of several Northwestern Qatar researchers and scholars, including Marina Krikorian, research manager for programs and projects at #IAS_NUQ, who will be responsible for the management of AIMS, and Clovis Bergère, assistant director for research at #IAS_NUQ and member of the Critical Security Studies Qatar hub.
"We are deeply grateful to Carnegie Corporation of New York,” Kraidy said. “Their support is catalyzing capacity building collaborations that will yield vital insights into our increasingly media-suffused societies.”
The Arab Information and Media Studies (AIMS) project is one of many scholarly initiatives aimed to support knowledge production in the region by the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ), which produces and promotes evidence-based storytelling focused on the histories, cultures, societies, and media of the Global South.
Omar Dahi, founding director of Security in Context and interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty and professor of economics at Hampshire College, says, “Security in Context is thrilled to be partnering with the Northwestern University Qatar's Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South. Our collaboration will allow us to jointly explore some of the most pressing challenges facing societies today, with particular focus on how great power competition is increasingly shaping and being shaped by Global South dynamics. We plan to leverage the expertise in both of our expanding networks to advance cutting-edge, justice-oriented, policy-relevant work."
In addition to Kraidy and Hermez, the projects will draw on the expertise of several Northwestern Qatar researchers and scholars, including Marina Krikorian, research manager for programs and projects at #IAS_NUQ, who will be responsible for the management of AIMS, and Clovis Bergère, assistant director for research at #IAS_NUQ and member of the Critical Security Studies Qatar hub.
"We are deeply grateful to Carnegie Corporation of New York,” Kraidy said. “Their support is catalyzing capacity building collaborations that will yield vital insights into our increasingly media-suffused societies.”
The Arab Information and Media Studies (AIMS) project is one of many scholarly initiatives aimed to support knowledge production in the region by the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ), which produces and promotes evidence-based storytelling focused on the histories, cultures, societies, and media of the Global South.
