Social & Education Sciences News and Research

2024

• Dr. Dumitru Baleanu Awarded the Liu-Hui Prize (10/12/2024)
• How Can I Be Happy in These Trying Times? (09/12/2024)
• Fostering Healthy Connections in Times of Conflict (04/11/2024)
• Navigating Work Stress in Uncertain Times (21/10/2024)
• Weekly Online Counseling for the LAU Community (08/10/2024)
• The Rewarding Experience of Summer Camps (22/07/2024)

2023

• The Closing Chapter on the Teacher Development Program (05/10/2023)
• Work-Life Balance: Are You Doing It Right? (19/09/2023)
• From Theory to Practice: LAU’s Educational Open Day 2023 Fosters Innovative Education (17/05/2023)

2022

• LAU Receives Major Grant from GCC-NIHR to Implement Emotional Intelligence Training for Young Lebanese Adolescents (12/12/2022)
• The Lebanese Government’s Financial Recovery Plan Explained (28/07/2022)
• What’s in a Selfie? Study Explores Different Types of Narcissism behind Selfie-Posting (28/05/2022)
• The School of Arts and Sciences Announces Restructure to Accommodate Interdisciplinary Education (19/01/2022)

2021

• Sami Garabedian at the Helm of FSUL (24/11/2021)
• SoAS Launches Development Program for Armenian Schools (24/11/2021)
• Port of Beirut Blast: How People’s Subjective Experiences of the Trauma Differ (12/08/2021)
• The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Funds LAU Project in Armenian Schools (23/06/2021)
• URaD: Young Scholars in the Making (16/04/2021)
• Book Review: The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining a Revolutionary Year (11/02/2021)

2020

• Research Highlight: The Role of Perceived Social Support on Depression and Sleep During Lockdowns (22/12/2020)
• Book Review: Nature of Science for Social Justice by Dr. Hagop Yacoubian (24/11/2020)
• A Year On: An Academic Perspective of the October 17 Uprising – Part III (09/11/2020)
• A Year On: An Academic Perspective of the October 17 Uprising – Part II (02/11/2020)
• A Year On: An Academic Perspective of the October 17 Uprising – Part I (26/10/2020)
• Three Professors Who Make LAU a Great Place to Learn (15/10/2020)
• Exclusive Interview: ICRC Advisor on Security and Crisis Management Yahya Khalil (16/09/2020)
• ISJCR Secures Major Carnegie Grant for Research Project on Resilience and Inclusive Governance (19/06/2020)
• LAU Faculty Across Schools Offer an Overview of Online Learning during COVID-19 (09/06/2020)
• Increasing Resilience during Times of Political Violence (11/02/2020)

2019

• ISJCR organizes workshop on transnational movements and inclusionary states (01/10/2019)
• Anatomy Academy: Science Teachers Get Hands-On Training (25/09/2019)
• The Quest for a Healthier Life (21/08/2019)
• “Blended Learning” Delivers Much-Needed Tools for Teachers (14/08/2019)
• Students Take On South Sudan War (06/05/2019)
• Education and Sports Conference: Setting a Trend (06/05/2019)
• Beyond Humanitarianism Paradigm: The Effect of Displacement on Religious Authorities (10/04/2019)
• LAU Institute Wins Large Grant for Research Project (21/03/2019)
• Lebanon’s Economy – What’s Wrong and How Do We Fix It? (13/03/2019)
• How Important Are Human Rights? (27/02/2019)
• Research Highlight: A Walk to the Past, a Sprint to the Future (13/02/2019)
• Working Toward Integrity of Electoral Processes in the Arab World (12/02/2019)

2018

• Research Highlight: Physics with a Twist (28/11/2018)
• The Treasure Trove of Declassified Documents (26/11/2018)
• What Will Happen After America Votes? (07/11/2018)
• Civic Engagement and Youth Involvement: the Future of Peace (26/09/2018)
• Alumna Becomes Obama Foundation Scholar (26/09/2018)
• Social Work Students Take on Finland (07/08/2018)
• Equipped for the Future (04/07/2018)
• Toward Inclusive Governance (28/06/2018)
• Research Highlight: Conflict and Migration in the Middle East (11/06/2018)
• Senior Granted Fulbright Scholarship (08/05/2018)
• Students from Germany Visit LAU for a Different Perspective (04/04/2018)
• LAU at the Heart of Professional Development for Educators (19/03/2018)
• STEM Education Seminar for Teachers’ Professional Development (13/03/2018)
• Know your Rights (07/03/2018)

2017

• Adopting a transnational perspective: how education molds citizens (15/11/2017)
• Department of Social Sciences sponsors student exhibition on the "Concepts of Citizenship" (06/11/2017)
• Department of Education Graduate Assistantship (10/04/2017)
• Dr. Paul Tabar's Input on Lebanese Migration (30/03/2017)
• Dr. Ali Ali Discusses Constraints on Syrians and Lebanon's Syrian Refugee Policy (09/03/2017)
• A New Publication by a Professor and his Student in Migration Studies (05/03/2017)
• LAU holds a lecture with Professor Martin Beck (04/02/2017)
• Professor Peggy Levitt Teaching Migration Studies at LAU (01/02/2017)
• LAU Students to Semi-Finals for Hult Foundation "President's Challenge" (27/01/2017)

2016

• "Diplomacy and Consular Services" course: Incorporating Theory and Practice (21/12/2016)
• "Autumn School": An Insight to Middle Eastern Politics (27/10/2016)
• From North Carolina State University to LAU: A new MA in Migration Studies course (07/10/2016)
• Harvard Professor to teach a new MA in Migration Studies course at LAU (06/10/2016)
• Inclusion initiative at LAU's Early Childhood Center (22/09/2016)
• Education Pledge Ceremony (18/05/2016)
• Forced Displacement, Regional Politics And The Middle East: Autumn School 2016, Lebanon (09/05/2016)
• Department of Education offers the International Education Conference for Graduate Students: Between Questions and Findings: Educational Research from around the Globe (29/03/2016)
• Philippine Diaspora Governance Talk at LAU's Department of Social Sciences and Institute of Migration Studies (22/03/2016)
• STEM Education at LAU and Worldwide: Meanings, Foundations and Perspectives (04/03/2016)
• Continuing Professional Development for Schools (22/02/2016)
• Teaching Social Studies Students' Exhibition (11/02/2016)

2015

• Department of Education: Seminar (23/11/2015)
• Dr. Sarouphim studies 'Relational Reasoning' (18/11/2015)
• Institute for Gifted Education Conference; University of Connecticut (18/11/2015)
• Conference Presentation (18/11/2015)
• Workshop at OIB: Migration Studies (18/11/2015)
• Department of Education Seminar: Teacher Education Programs (02/11/2015)
• Department of Education & Writing Center Workshop: Email Writing (02/11/2015)
• Workshop Event: Motivating Learners in Subject Matter Classes (25/10/2015)
• Challenging the Mainstream Analysis of Conflict in Lebanon (23/04/2015)
• The Lebanese History Curriculum Controversy: Towards a National History Textbook (20/04/2015)
• Internationally Renowned Journalist on "Tapping into Lebanon" (25/02/2015)

2014

• Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis (01/12/2014)
• Panel Discussion: The Notion of Islamic State in the Middle East (28/11/2014)
• Lecture: "Globalization and the Politics of Migration" (27/10/2014)
• Workshop on Simple and Multiple Correspondence Analysis (16/10/2014)
• Vis-à-Vie: A Dynamic Educational Model (27/05/2014)
• Graduate Assistantship in International Affairs (22/05/2014)
• Public Lecture: The Politics of Space and Protest (20/05/2014)
• Lebanon Without Borders and Global Gibran (07/05/2014)
• Upcoming Lecture: Lebaneseness (23/04/2014)
• Student wins Fulbright scholarship (14/04/2014)
• To all graduate students (08/04/2014)
• Eliane Metni's Talk (15/01/2014)
• Metric Day (15/01/2014)
• Metric Day (15/01/2014)
• Lecture: "Global Migration Governance in Theory and Practice" (08/01/2014)

2013

• Department of Social Sciences - Annual Reception (11/11/2013)
• Lecture on: "Studying in Germany ... welcome to the land of ideas!" (21/05/2013)
• Lecture on: "Sexually Transmitted Infections" (16/05/2013)
• Seminar on: "Comparing political systems in global perspective': What about the Middle East and North African (MENA) region?" (16/05/2013)
• Lecture on: "CBT, A Cognitive Conceptualization" (15/05/2013)
• Lecture: "Political Transitions in Post-Conflict Situations" (13/05/2013)
• Field trip to Fanar Psychiatric Hospital in South Lebanon (09/05/2013)
• Panel Discussion with Students (03/05/2013)
• Lecture on: "Lebanon offshore exploration for hydrocarbons" (22/04/2013)
• Lecture: "Global and domestic diversity: implications on counseling psychology." (17/04/2013)
• Workshop: What do we know about Migration and Lebanon? An assessment of knowledge production (16/04/2013)
• Workshop: "Qualitative research methods in Social Sciences: Analyzing interviews and open-ended responses" (15/04/2013)
• Lecture: "Sense of Self Control and Mental Health" (22/03/2013)
• Book Exhibition:Children's Literature course (22/03/2013)
• Workshop on Classroom Management skills (22/03/2013)
• Workshop: "The Law of War" (27/02/2013)
• Lecture: "Why Nations Fail? The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty" (08/01/2013)
• International Conference: Dynamics of Diaspora by the Institute of Migration Studies (08/01/2013)

2012

• Depression: Unipolar or Bipolar? Diagnostics Pearls A Clinical Approach" By Dr. Michel P. Nawfal MD, MA (12/12/2012)
• International Conference: Religion and Democracy in Europe and the Arab World (29/11/2012)
• Treating Anxiety Disorders and Depression using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" by Dr. Aimee N. Karam (28/11/2012)
• Producing Scientific Knowledge on Migration: Perspectives on African and Arab Countries (21/11/2012)
• Success Story: Bassem Kandil (06/11/2012)
• US Presidential Election (06/11/2012)
• Upcoming events: Fall 2012 (18/10/2012)
• Academic Year 2012 (18/10/2012)
• Success Story: Alice Wazir (18/10/2012)
• Success Story: Suzan Hamade (18/10/2012)
• Discussion with Mrs. Alexandra Asseily during the graduate seminar: International Conflict and Conflict (17/10/2012)
• Success Story: Samar Bouzeineddine (12/10/2012)
• Meet and Greet (05/10/2012)
• Religious Conflict and Religious Coexistence in Early Modern Germany: any Lessons for Contemporary Lebanon? (28/09/2012)
• Lecture on Dealing with Border Conflicts: The case of Lebanon's Southern Border presented during the graduate seminar: International Conflict and Conflict by Dr. Daniel Meier (26/09/2012)
• Poster Exhibition for Psychology Students Enrolled in Research Methods II (28/05/2012)
• Workshop on International Negotiations in collaboration with Netherlands Institute in Beirut (25/05/2012)
• Lecture on security reform conducted by Mr. Sami Faltas (23/05/2012)
• LAU spring Poetry Prize (16/05/2012)
• Workshop on acknowledgment: The Hidden Dynamics of Recognition (11/05/2012)
• Lecture on Mental Health in Lebanon: The Great Unknown (09/05/2012)
• Visit to the Royal Danish Embassy (08/05/2012)
• Visit to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry with Pol/Int. Affairs students (02/05/2012)
• Bourdieu in Beirut: the Effects of Wasta on Social Capital in Lebanon" by Martyn Egan (23/04/2012)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A Clinical Perspective in Lebanon" by Dr. Michel P. Nawfal, MD (01/04/2012)
• Preparatory Meetings for the Intercultural Dialogue by Video Conferencing Between the Lebanese American University and Nova Southeastern University (10/02/2012)
• Round table discussion with Dr. Rosita di Peri (02/02/2012)
• Talk by Dr. Hussein Abbas Co- Author of the guide book "Student's Guide to Graduate Studies (18/01/2012)

2011

• When Policy Meets Technology: a Case Study in Recycling at the Communal Level" by Mr. Ziad Abichaker (21/12/2011)
• Power-Sharing Revisited: the Lebanese case and beyond" By Professor Dr. Theodor Hanf (14/12/2011)
• International Conference: Healing the Wounds of History: Addressing the Roots of Violence (13/11/2011)

2010

• Lebanese Politics and Administration lecture series (01/02/2010)

2009

• Conference: Inclusive Education and Diversity in Early Years (15/11/2009)
• Training seminar with Teach for Lebanon (10/08/2009)
• Zeina Yousof receives full scholarship for grad school (20/07/2009)
• Farah Abou Hassan to join Fulbright program (17/07/2009)
• April events: book exhibition, panel discussion (01/05/2009)
• Workshops in educational technology (27/03/2009)