REMENA Workshop in New York City
The Special Commission on Social Science Research in the Middle East and North Africa (REMENA Project) hosted scholars in a conference at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in New York City on May 28th and May 29th, 2025.
This meeting brough together more than 40 experts and stakeholders in a culminating discussion of the Commission’s draft guidelines for ethical research. Drawing on the work of earlier workshops in Amman, Montreal, Tunis, Cairo, Doha, and London, these guidelines include recommendations specifically tailored for funders, government research oversight agencies, universities and other early career incubators, publishers and journal editors, and senior scholars and departmental advisors. The online version of the draft guidelines can be accessed here.
Experts from a wide range of institutions, including MIT, London School of Economics and Political Science, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Centre for Lebanese Studies, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Brown University, Oxford Brookes University, UC San Diego, SOAS University of London, Mohamed V University in Rabat, the Arab Council for the Social Sciences, the American University in Cairo, New York University (NYU) and Columbia University, participated in the REMENA workshop in New York City.
