Visiting Scholar Opportunities
The GSC regularly hosts Visiting Scholars conducting social science or humanities research in Kuwait for terms of one month to one year. Visiting Scholars are provided with office space, IT and Admin support, and access to the library and to the GSC and GUST academic community. Visiting Scholars are expected to give at least one research talk at the GSC, or an equivalent public-facing activity, and to participate in the scholarly activities of the GSC and of GUST during their stay. Visiting Scholars must arrange their own funding.
For more information please contact the Chair of the GSC, Dr. Jennifer Lofkrantz at
Check visa requirements: https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/evisa/home_e.do
Current Visiting Scholar
Who Has Visited Us?
Past Visiting Scholars
- Maria Papita, Fulbright Scholar: Maria Papita is a graduate of The American University. Her research interests include youth politics, social movements, and broader issues of political participation and democracy in the Middle East. Stay: Sept. 1 2023 - Sept. 1 2024.
- Edvige Danna: Postdoctoral Researcher, GSC travel fellowship holder: Edvige Danna is a PhD student in Management of Digital Transformation and Telematics at Niccolò Cusano University in Rome, Italy. Her research topic in Kuwait is "Ethical responsibility in the use of new digital technologies. A qualitative analysis between innovative and normative teaching methods."
- Prof. Jean-Pierre Thibaut is Professor of developmental psychology at the University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France. "Cultural differences in cognition in the domain of language and analogical reasoning. (October 1 2022 - May 31 2023)
- Mrs Gunda Kinzl (Vienna University, 2022): "The Arabic dialect(s) of the Rashayda."
- Dr. Emily Goshey (2020): “The role of faith and religion in social movements.”
- Dr. Robert Riggs (University of Bridgeport, Spring semester of the 2019): “The integration of Shi’a communities in Kuwait.”
- Dr. Hirotake Ishiguro (Kobe University, 2019-2020): “Social Accountability and Consensus Building in the Era of Reforms: The Dynamics of the Informal Decision-Making in the GCC States.”
- Dr. Norman Lewis (Fulbright Scholar, Florida State University, 2017/18): “Advancing Data Journalism in Kuwait.”
- Dr. Nele Lenze (National University of Singapore, 2017/18): "Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East: Perspectives on Online Text and Context."
- Mr. Alex Boodrookas (New York University 2017/18): "History of the Arabian Gulf"
- Mr. Daniel Tavana (Princeton University, 2017/18): "Domestic Politics in the Middle East"
- Dr. Zoltan Pall (National University of Singapore, 2016/17): “Kuwaiti Salafism and its Growing Influence in the Levant.”
Visa Regulations
Nationals of 53 countries can buy their visa online here:
The others can get a visa through the hotel they stay in (once they have booked their room) or through GUST.
Your passport must be valid at least 6 months.
The 53 countries are:
The United States of America - The United Kingdom - France - Italy - Germany - Canada - Australia - New Zealand - Japan - Netherlands - Belgium - Luxembourg - Switzerland - Austria - Sweden - Norway - Denmark - Portugal - Greece - Ireland - Finland - Spain - Monaco - Vatican -Iceland - Andorra - San Marino – Liechtenstein - Brunei - Singapore - Malaysia - Hong Kong - South Korea - Bhutan - Poland - Georgia - Ukraine - Slovenia - Estonia - Czech - Turkey - Bulgaria - Romania - Cyprus - Serbia - Slovakia - Cambodia - Latvia- Laos - Lithuania - Malta – Croatia - Hungary.
