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Fikria El Kaouakibi
Director of Research, Research and Development
Biography
Fikria El Kaouakibi holds a Master of Arts in Research Administration (MRA) from Johns Hopkins University, US. She works at VCUarts Qatar as Assistant Director of Research. Her work experience in research administration spans over nine years in various roles within Education City. This includes international research administration experience working with non-U.S. funders and collaborators, assisting in the negotiation of various agreements, as well as intellectual property, and managing IRB activities, She is currently the President-Elect for the international section of the Society of Research Administration International (SRAI). She was a member of the organizing committee of the VICRA conference in 2021. She has been an author in NCURA magazine
Specialization
Research Administration, Pre- and Post-award management, Ethics and Compliance.
Research Interests
International Research Collaboration, Ethics and Compliance, Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research Connections
Publications
El Kaouakibi, F. (2020). Developing Cultural Awareness in International Research Collaboration. NCURA Magazine, 52/5, 56-57.
El Kaouakibi, F. (2019). Research Administration in the Middle East and North Africa: Research Administrator for the Arts at an International Branch Campus. NCURA Magazine, 51/3, 34.
Presentations
Poster Presentation: El Kaouakibi, F. (2021). Intercultural Competence in International Research Collaboration, Winner of the Congress Delegates’ Prize for poster presentation at conference INORMS 2021.