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Sustainability Studies

Dr. Saleh Abu Dabous

Dr. Saleh Abu Dabous

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - College of Engineering.
  • Co-leader of the Sustainability Studies Circle.
Dr. Saleh Al Shraideh

Prof. Ramesh Bansal

  • Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Co-leader of the Sustainability Studies Circle.
  1. Conducting studies/researches to understand sustainability challenges and develop innovative ideas to address those challenges.
  1. Percentage number of the faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research.
  2. Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research.
  3. An ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct research in sustainability.
  4. A program to encourage faculty from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct research in sustainability topics.
  5. Written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions.
  6. Ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning.
  7. The number of the institution's research-producing divisions that are covered by a published open access policy, which ensures that versions of future scholarly articles by faculty and staff are deposited in a designated open access repository. (All, Some or None)
  8. The institution provides financial incentives to support faculty members with article processing and other open access publication charges.
  1. UOS has allocated funding to encourage research related to sustainability as follow:

    2. - Total research fund dedicated to sustainability research in 2018/2019 = 5,584,162 US Dollars
    - Total research fund dedicated to sustainability research in 2019/2020 = 4,210,402 US Dollars
    - Total research fund dedicated to sustainability research in 2020/2021 = 11,930,244US Dollars
    - The averaged annum last 3 years of research fund dedicated to sustainability research = 7,241,603 US Dollars

  2. Three Research Institutions were established in UOS to o help position the University Sharjah (UoS) as a science and technology research and innovation hub in the UAE and the region. Each Institution has a number of research groups where a budget has been allocated to support sustainability-related research.
    3. - Research Institute of Sciences & Engineering Research Groups (RISE)
    - Research Institute of Medical & Health Sciences
    - Research Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences
    - To view the funded projects of the research groups, please click here to view the attachment
- Establishing a research group to conduct studies and researches toward developing a sustainable university campus.