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IFI Research
Affiliates
IFI hosts
researchers working on doctoral or post-doctoral research
within the institute’s areas of interest. IFI provides
affiliates with a base at AUB as well as an ID card to enter
the campus and the library. To borrow books from the
library, affiliates will need to pay an extra fee. IFI does
not offer office space or stipends to affiliates at the moment,
but this form of support will become available in the
future.
IFI currently has four programs; Research and Policy Forum
on Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World, Youth
Issues in the Arab World, Policy and Governance of
Palestinian Refugee Camps and the Arab Public Policy and
Think Tanks program. Please visit the respective sections on
the IFI website to familiarize yourself with each program’s
objectives and activities.
If you feel that your research can contribute to these areas
of expertise, please send the following information to the
respective program’s coordinator (contact details available
on program pages):
1- A letter or email requesting an affiliation and
specifying the start and end dates of the affiliation
2- A research proposal
3- A curriculum vitae
4- For graduate students, a reference letter from the
advisor. For professors, a reference letter from the
department chair.
We require that our affiliates give a public lecture about
their research, as part of each program’s lecture series,
and also contribute an 800 word summary of their research,
to be published as a policy memo.
Issam Fares
Institute Logo
Right: Original design by Rafic
Saab; Left: Present logo design developed by the University Publications
Office.
After its inauguration in 2006, the IFI
for Public Policy and International Affairs held a student
competition at the American University of Beirut, in
collaboration with the Department of Architecture and
Design, to design its logo.
Then 2nd year Graphic Design student Rafic Saab won the
competition and the accompanying $200 award. He explains how
the small i’s are “representations of human beings, joined
by an organic-looking F.” Saab adds that “the i’s were
designed using a serif font to join the serious world of
policy with the human aspect that it seeks to represent.”
The IFI would like to thank Najib Attieh,
Graphic Designs Manager at the University Publications
Office, for his development of the initial logo design into
its final form, and Leila Musfy, Chairperson of the
Department of Architecture and Design, for her support.
Research and
Policy Memos are short,
policy-oriented memos on IFI research and lectures.
Read memos on:
Youth in the Arab World
Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World
Policy and Governance in Palestinian Refugee Camps
Launch of two programs:
- The Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and
Environment in the Arab World
IFI's first program was launched with The Impact of Climate
Change on the Arab World Spring 2008 Lecture Series by eight
different scholars, activists, and officials. Read
more
- Policy and Governance in Palestinian Refugee Camps
Jointly managed by the Center for Behavioral Research at
AUB, the program was launched with a lecture by UNRWA Commissioner-General
Karen AbuZayd. Read
more
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