Semsia joined SESRI as a research assistant in 2013 upon graduating from Qatar University with a BA in International Affairs. Her work spans from questionnaire development, data analysis using SPSS and Stata, to report writing and editing.
While still a student, Semsia was an English peer tutor at the QU’s Student Learning and Support Center, and later on an administrative coordinator at the Honors Program. She was the president of the Honors Student Association (2012) and received several awards for both her academic and professional achievements, among which the most notable was the Excellence Medal at graduation for her 4.0 GPA.

She is currently completing her Masters degree (MSc) in Environmental Change and Management at the University of Oxford, UK.
Along with her colleagues from SESRI, she presented a poster on “The Issues of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council” at the 2014 American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) conference, Anaheim, USA. As part of the SESRI-University of Michigan collaboration, Semsia attended the Summer Institute for Social Survey Research and received certification for Applied Questionnaire Design and Survey Methods & their Application in International Settings, Ann Arbor, USA (2014).

 

Her research interests include social change and labor migration, as well as resource management and sustainable development in Qatar and the GCC region.

Academic Positions

  • PresentJun 2012

    Research Assistant, SESRI

    Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

  • Jun 2012Mar 2011

    Administrative Coordinator, Honours Program

    Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

  • Feb 2011March 2010

    English Language Tutor, Student Learning Centre

    Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Education

  • MSc 2016

    Environmental Change and Management

    University of Oxford

  • BA 2013

    International Affairs

    Qatar University

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • 2012
    HSA
    President of the Honours Student Association at Qatar University
  • 2012
    Best Female Student
    In category of Academic Excellence
  • Mar 2012
    Women as Global Leaders conference
    Represented Qatar University at “Women as Global Leaders” conference, Zayed University, UAE
  • 2013
    Recipient of Academic Excellence Medal at graduation

  • 2014
    Presented a poster on “The Issues of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council” at the 2014 American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) conference,
    Anaheim, USA
  • 2014
    Received certification from the Summer Institute for Social Survey Research (University of Michigan) on Applied Questionnaire Design and Survey Methods & their Application in International Settings
    Ann Arbour, USA (2014)