The British University in Dubai organises its Seventh Doctoral Research Conference

The British University in Dubai (BUiD) held its 7th Doctoral Research Conference on Saturday, 8 July 2023. Fifty-four research papers were presented by BUiD postgraduate students under three tracks: education, arts and humanities track; management and social sciences track; and engineering, information technology, and physical sciences track. The students presented their research through 13 sessions, which were chaired by BUiD’s students and faculty. This year’s edition marked the participation of students from the University of Manchester.

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Abdullah Alshamsi, welcomed participants and stressed the importance of this event in exchanging knowledge and improving the students’ learning experience.

Organised by the Doctoral Research Centre, the 7th BUiD Doctoral Research Conference 2023, was a hybrid conference focused on providing students with an international forum through which their work can be shared and published. Inherently multidisciplinary in nature, it was an opportunity to discuss research and training in education, business, law, engineering, sustainable design, and innovation. The conference provided a platform for postgraduate students to share research, receive scholarly feedback, and network professionally.

Keynote speakers came from industry and academia. Dr Ahmad Murad, Chief Information Officer at Transmed, spoke about managing innovation and amplifying the value of technology. Professor Michael Osborne, Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning and Director of Research at the School of Education, the University of Glasgow, spoke about the research excellence framework. Dr Richard Kirkham, Deputy Director of the Thomas Ashton Institute at the University of Manchester, delivered a keynote speech about the building safety network: an interdisciplinary research platform in collaboration with BUiD.

Dr Khalid Al Marri, Dean of Research, said, “We are very proud to organise this conference and showcase our students’ accomplishments as it provides an excellent opportunity for them to share their research and network professionally. It is worth mentioning that last year’s conference proceedings were Scopus indexed and published open access by Springer, which is a testimony to the quality of our students’ research.”

The conference is one of the major highlights of BUiD’s academic calendar providing an opportunity to shine a spotlight on exemplary student research that fulfilled the requirements of a rigorous peer review process. As a research-based university, BUiD is committed to contributing to the UAE’s vision of a knowledge-based economy by encouraging the research culture among our students and supporting them in disseminating knowledge gained through their research. BUiD is ranked first in research papers per faculty and third in citation per paper in the Arab region, as recognised by the QS Arab Region Universities rankings.