Doha: The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University organised a virtual research symposium entitled ‘The Role of Survey Research in Promoting Qatari National Development Qatar amid the COVID-19 Pandemic’.
Present at the symposium were Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Qatar University, Prof. Mariam Ali Al Maadeed, a number of university experts and researchers, and many interested researchers from various local private and public sector organisations.
Prof. Mariam Ali Al Maadeed opened the event by observing, “The Institute of Social and Economic Survey Research at Qatar University has conducted various surveys and produced reliable information and statistics that helped state institutions and decision makers in formulating their policies and plans based on scientific data from the field.”
Prof. Al Maadeed continued, “Today’s symposium is an important platform in which elite experts and stakeholders will participate in discussing the economic, social, psychological, and environmental consequences of the pandemic, and examining the role of survey research in supporting Qatar’s national development admit ongoing challenges.”
