(MENAFN - Gulf Times) A Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) professor has withdrawn from a $700,000 research project following an uproar over her disparaging comments about the people living in Qatar, it is learnt.
In January, it was announced that the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) had awarded NU-Q professors Jocelyn Sage Mitchell and Venus S Jin, along with Hamad Bin Khalifa University professor Mohamed Evren Tok, a grant to study the obstacles and successes of women entrepreneurship in Qatar. The $700,000 grant was awarded by QNRF s National Priorities Research Programme.
Since then, Prof Mitchell had been at the heart of a backlash over the inappropriate comments she had made in the past.
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30 Jan 2021 - 9:46
Northwestern Qatar Professors Venus S Jin (left) and Jocelyn Sage Mitchell
The Peninsula
Doha: The Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has awarded Northwestern Qatar Professors Venus S. Jin and Jocelyn Sage Mitchell, along with HBKU Professor Mohamed Evren Tok, a grant to study the obstacles and successes of women entrepreneurship in Qatar. The $700,000 grant was awarded by QNRF’s National Priorities Research Program.
Entrepreneurship is a key component in Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and Jin, the lead principal investigator on the project, pointed out that the country’s interest in this sector has increased following three pivotal events.
Northwestern Qatar to host media innovation symposium
18 Jan 2021 - 10:09
A Northwestern Qatar student using VR glasses.
The Peninsula
Doha: The short- and long-term implications of the COVID-19 on media and technology will be the subject of an upcoming symposium hosted by Northwestern Qatar’s Digital Advancements and Media Applications Lab (DAMA Lab).
The conference – Media Innovation Symposium: Responses to the Pandemic – will feature a series of panels with media experts who will address topics that include the digitization of sport, journalism in the digital age, and creative writing during the pandemic.
“This past year, the world had to move quickly to respond to restrictions imposed by the pandemic,” said manager of the DAMA Lab, Eric Espig.