The soccer tournament might put the nation on more scientists’ radars, but many will have concerns over continuing human-rights issues.
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, has said that LGBT+ tourists who come to see the World Cup will be welcomed but are expected to “respect our culture”. Human-rights advocates say this does little to help the country’s LGBT+ people, however, or the foreign students and scientists who are considering relocating there.
Professional interest in Qatar has increased since Zughaier relocated her lab there five years ago. Scientists in Qatar made headlines during the pandemic, for example, with major contributions to COVID-19 research, including on vaccine efficacy. Qatar’s Nature Index Share, a fractional count of author affiliations among publications in 82 high-quality natural-science journals, also. “The amount of research we’re producing is really competing with top intuitions,” Zughaier says.
more than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since 2010 Qatar’s treatment of LGBT+ people pushes native talent out of the country and discourages some foreign talent from relocating there, says Mohamed. He points to himself as an example. One thing that is “extremely important”, adds Alfredo Carpineti, an astrophysicist, science journalist and chair of Pride in STEM, a UK-based charity, is for organizations that collaborate with Qatar — including universities, professional societies and companies — to provide a clear set of guidelines for LGBT+ people about how they should approach working in or with the country, and what kind of support they can expect from their host university or company.
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