Brookings Doha Center

Brookings Doha Center Fellowships and Internships

Visiting Fellowship

Visiting fellows takes up residence at the BDC for a six to nine month period, during which time they conduct individual research, interact with policymaking communities, and present their research at a seminar.

Visiting fellows are drawn from mid-to-senior ranks of governments, think tanks, universities, and media from the United States, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Successful applicants generally have a PhD or broad governmental, civil society, or professional experience, as well as fluency in English. 

Visiting fellows complete both a Policy Briefing and Analysis Paper during their time affiliated with the BDC.

Nonresident Fellowship

Nonresident fellows are hosted for a period of one year, with possibility of renewal. Candidates are accomplished scholars, analysts or former officials with a concentration that falls within one of the three main areas of the BDC’s work: democratization, political reform and public policy; emerging powers in the Middle East; and conflict and peace processes in the region. 

Brookings Doha Center - Qatar University Joint Fellowship

Over the course of a 4-6 month period, fellows teach a seminar at the university and have the opportunity to conduct original research of their own. Fellows author 1-2 policy briefs on their area of focus, to be published by Brookings. Fellows also augment the BDC research platform by producing other opinion pieces and articles as an affiliated BDC scholar.

Fellows teach a semester-long seminar (16 weeks) at Qatar University on a topic of his/her own choosing. This may be one of the courses currently offered in the QU International Affairs program (history, political science, economics, international relations), or a related subject, as defined by the fellow. Courses are discussion-based, enabling fellows to develop and refine their ideas and research in an academic setting. Fellows also supervise the research of up to four Qatar University students, thereby contributing to the intellectual life of the University.

Internships

To advance its local reach and global branding, the BDC hosts interns from the following Universities for either semester-long or summer-long terms.
  • Qatar University
  • Georgetown University in Qatar
  • Stanford University