The Future of Education Policy in the State of Qatar

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  Dr. Esmat is an associate professor at the College of Public Policy (CPP) Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). Prior to joining HBKU she worked as an associate professor of Public Policy Planning and Development at Qatar University an assistant professor of Urban Planning and Sustainability at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and a lecturer in Development and Environment at the College of Environment University of Waterloo from which she holds her masters and Ph.D. degrees. Her previous professional appointments include the World Bank the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the United Nations (UNDP). Dr. Zaidan has solid interdisciplinary scholarly work and activities; her research focuses on human development (education) and on cultural planning sustainable cities and societies community-based policies energy transition and the technological and human factors in smart transformation (society and technology). Dr. M. Evren Tok is the associate professor and program coordinator for the MA program in Islam and Global Affairs at the College of Islamic Studies and the assistant dean for Innovation and Community Development. He has extensive experience in building disruptive mechanisms in education and learning in post-graduate studies. He is the founder of the first makerspace in Qatar Foundation built around the concept of Green Economies Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Tok is also the lead project investigator for a Qatar National Research Priorities Program on Localizing Entrepreneurship Education in Qatar. Dr. Logan is an associate professor in the College of Public Policy at HBKU. His research includes diverse geographic and disciplinary foci covering broad thematic areas of food security climate change social justice and governance. For the last 15 years he has worked in non-governmental organizations internationally including in Afghanistan Benin Burundi the Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Qatar Saudi Arabia South Africa South Sudan Tanzania and Uganda. Logan has served as a director for two non-governmental organizations and worked as a consultant with clients such as Global Affairs Canada International Development Research Centre Save the Children Management Sciences for Health the Liaison Office UNICEF and UNAIDS. Dr. Al Fadala is an Assistant Professor at  College of Public Policy Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). Prior to joining HBKU Dr. Al Fadala was the director of Research and Content Development at WISE. She is also a visiting fellow at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois USA. She has twenty years of professional experience in K-12 education and higher education and policy development. Prior to joining WISE in 2014 Dr. Al Fadala was an associate policy analyst at the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute. She has been a governmental policy writer professor and author on leadership for learning education transformation teacher development innovation and SDGs. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil from the University of Cambridge in Educational Leadership and Policy.