HBKU College of Public Policy ends GDN workshop with book launch – The Peninsula

HBKU College of Public Policy ends GDN workshop with book launch – The Peninsula

Doha: The College of Public Policy (CPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) concluded the 2022 Global Design Network (GDN) workshop with an international book launch of five law, public policy, and international affairs books published by Doha-based scholars — four with HBKU and one with Doha Institute.

Over 30 scholars from around the world attended the GDN workshop under the theme “Interrogating Expertise: Policy Experts, Policy Knowledge, and the Emergence of Non-Traditional Knowledge Systems”.

With countries around the world seeing plummeting public trust in their leaders and their experts, the workshop presented research findings on how expertise is perceived in contemporary policy making. Among the presenters were Dr. M. Ramesh (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore), the President of the International Public Policy Association, and Dr. Diane Stone (European University Institute, Florence, Italy), and CPP’s Eminent Visiting Policy Scholar.

The international book launch was opened by Dr. Francisco Marmolejo, President of Higher Education, Qatar Foundation (QF). He spoke about the unique educational and research ecosystem at QF, and some of its ambitions and innovations.

The launch brought together GDN presenters, panellists, keynote speakers, as well as guests from Qatar’s academic and research community.

Discussants included Dr. Diane Stone; Dr. Thomas Biersteker, Geneva