Founded: 1953
Head: Dr.
Armed Yousef Ahmed, Director
Address:
1 Arab
Telephone: 202-2540651
Facsimile: 202-3562543
Institutional framework:
Governmental, Regional
Working Languages:
Arabic, English
Areas of activity:
Applied
science and technology: Ecology
Humanities and
social sciences: Economics, demography
and literature
Number of staff:
Research
professionals: 1 8
Technicians: 5
Staff total: 32
Library holdings:
Number of
library periodicals: 1, 045
Other holdings:
9
The Institute's objectives include:
- Preparing highly qualified Arab generation of
researchers deeply involved in studies and research on issues and problems
pertaining to all social, economic, legal and literary aspects at the
post-graduate level;
- Carrying out ecological studies in the Arab countries
with special emphasis on problems relating to deserts, rivers, underground
water and mineral wealth;
- Conducting demographic studies with special
consideration to the economic impact on development in the Arab countries;
- Preparing monographs about the Arab countries to
serve as an accurate source of information for the different specialized Arab
researchers;
- Cooperating with Arab universities in the field of
sponsoring profound studies undertaken by specialists, which are meant to serve
issues of common interest to the Arab countries and deal with contemporary
urgent issues;
- Providing up-to-date information on development
issues it the Arab countries to assist policy makers to formulate practical
plans and take appropriate decisions;
- Developing tasks relating to information and
publication.
R and D activities/schemes:
The Institute's research and development programme if
social sciences is concerned with the study of Arab culture.
Principal areas of research interest include: economic
development and economic integration among Arab States;
social development in the Arab world; environmental
problems as factors in social and economic development;
Arab nationalism and the promotion of national
awareness if
the Arab world; modern and contemporary Arabic thought;
and the Palestinian cause.
Publications:
Recurrent: The Bulletin of Arab Research and Studies
(annually in English, French and
Arabic).
Links to other organizations:
The Institute is a member of the Association of Arab Universities.
Parent body/affiliations:
The Institute is one of the external bodies affiliated
to the
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientist
Organization (ALECSO, based in
Information sources:
- www.slis.uwm.edu/ALECSO/alecsostrc.htm
- Information provided by the Institute tater
- International Research Centers Directory 1994-1995