We lead and participate in many global research partnerships. We have been collaborating with academic institutions, government, industry, and NGOs across the world to advance our research involving the sustainable development goals.
- One example of our partnerships is the internationally-joint research project M-NEX: "The Moveable Nexus: Design-led Urban Food, Energy and Water Management Innovation in New Boundary Conditions of Change", granted jointly by Belmont Forum and PI Urban Europe. Qatar University is one of seven partners from six countries.
- Research at our Environmental Science Center has seen international collaboration with ETH Zurich; Space Exploration Center in Switzerland; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and the University of Toronto. The project is a joint effort to examine the multitude of microbes in the Sabkhas of Qatar.
- We have also partnered with Imperial College London, Biostage Inc in the US, and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, to develop living heart valves that can grow with the body and integrate with the patient’s native tissue.
- We have established UNESCO Chairs in Marine Sciences and in Desalination and Water Treatment – both firsts in the region and both aiming to advance international co-operation to institutional capacities, knowledge sharing and collaborative work.
locally, we have worked side by side with academic institutions, government ministries and agencies, the industry, and NGOs to further research and policy in the sustainable development goals.
- We have partnered with TotalEnergies locally (and SEABOOST internationally) to work on a series on interconnected projects to restore Qatar’s coral reef.
- Together with Qatar Electricity and Water Company, we have established our Water Technology Unit that focuses on desalination and water treatment in the region.
- We have partnered with Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council (QRDI), to promote various programs, policies and activities that will contribute to the development of the overall national research, development and innovation ecosystem.
- Our MOU with Iberdrola Innovation Middle East – the number one producer of wind power - is establishing applied research and development co-operation in the field of sustainable development.
ANDD is a fundamental step in creating synergy and strengthening the cooperation and dialogue between the United Nations (UN) and Academia. It acts as a think tank in the region to influence the UN’s work and the global dialogue on policy options to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Partnerships are the key to tackling the SDGs. We have 231 active MOUs in a range of fields. We have entered into partnerships, and we collaborate with different sectors to actively advance the SDGs. A sample of these collaborations and their objectives are presented in QU SDG Report
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