Research Executive
Last Updated: 6th June 2017 (over 5 years ago)
Summary
Upon completing my BA degree in International Affairs from Qatar University, I chose to expand my horizons and work in different fields to acquire the knowledge and expertise to be able to work in External Relations office. As a research assistant I was assigned to work with a high number of participants via multiple media channels such as, but not limited to phone, e-mails, personal interviews, online social networks, meetings, events, and surveying tools. This has advanced my communication skills and presented me as a spokesperson and an enabler. In an another research project which I worked on simultaneously, I was responsible for massive legal research, paper work, surveying newspaper articles, and writing reports on a regular basis.
Education
International Relations
Sep 2011
— Jun 2014
Experience
Research Assistant
Apr 2016
— Jul 2016
- Designing a spreadsheet for most prosecution cases
- Analyzing newspaper articles and verifying information authenticity
- Collecting legal and technical information on the procedures of prosecution
- Analyzing the different situations of the prosecutions of Somali suspected pirates, understanding the setbacks of the current system, and outlining recommendations for dealing with future incidents
- Working collaboratively with the chief researcher on a policy paper with regards to the situation of Somali suspected pirates prosecutions
Research Assistant
Nov 2015
— Jul 2016
- Making interviews, designing interview questions in both English and Arabic
- Learning video interviewing skills that facilitated impulsive responses and lessened artificiality
- Organizing and planning social events for 30+ participants from more than 15 countries, in a controlled environment designed specifically for the research purposes
- Analyzing nonverbal behaviors in video recorded interviews/gatherings
- Studying various credited methods for analyzing nonverbal communication behavior, and designing a specific scheme for this research
- Learning photography and video recording skills
- Taking 800+ photos of the participants, organizing and categorizing them in folders
- Working collaboratively with the chief researcher on writing and publishing an illustrative mini-guide to nonverbal communication of female Arabs (249 pages)
- Working collaboratively with the chief researcher on an academic paper on nonverbal communication (mainly head and eye movements, and body posture) of female Arabs while they introduce themselves in a social event