Dr-Bandar ALJaid
الدكتور بندر عويض الجعيد
أستاذ العلاقات العامة والاتصال المساعد في قسم الاتصال في كلية الاتصال والاعلام
Assistant Professor of Public Relations and Communication
King Abdulaziz University-Building 155-room 115
P.O.box 12076 Mecca (Makkah) Zip code 21955
Email: Bandar.aljaid@gmail.com
Bafaljaid@kau.edu.sa
Nationality: Saudi Arabian.
Qualifications
PhD. in Public Relations from University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom. 2016.
Master of Arts in Mass Communications from University of Bedfordshire, Luton, Beds, England, United Kingdom. 2010.
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from King Abdul-aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2006.
Additional Qualification
- Summer programme LSE Methods Summer Programme in Qualitative Research Methods, Grade B, from London School of Economics and Political Science in London. 2013.
Publications & Conferences’ Presentations:
- ALjaid, B. (2015).Health Communication and Islam: A critique of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to prevent substance abuse (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.
- 04/09/2014, Substance abuse and faith communication; A Saudi cultural perspective, the Communication, Media and Culture Division Annual Conference for PhD students, Pathfoot Building.
- 04/2013, Communicating health and drug abuse issues in Saudi Arabia, the University of Stirling Graduate School Annual PhD Conference, Pathfoot Building, Crush Hall.
Conferences attended:
- 22/04/2014 The Annual Conference of Learning and Teaching, University of Stirling.
- 15/06/2013 Governance Through Communication: Stakeholder Engagement, Dialogue, and Corporate Social Responsibility, International Communication Association, held in Queen Margret University in Edinburgh.
- 30/03/2012 Health Communication Research Conference, University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus.
Ongoing Research activities:
- Health Communication status in Saudi Arabia, it is an exploratory field work.
- Public Relations and ethical protocols a qualitative study.
- An introduction for New media, a text book with other scholars (in press).
Lectures Delivered and media outreach:
08/11/2016 Media Economics in the Dynamic Gulf States Economy a Lecture delivered in the 35th Sharjah International Book Fair in UAE, Sharjah.
13/10/2016 My experience in UK academia, a lecture delivered for lecturers, Teaching assistants and researcher organised by the Centre for Teaching and Learning Development, King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.
23/02/2016 Effective dialogue, a television interview with Diwan 1 Channel in Jeddah about how important is the dialogue in social live.
Grants awarded:
- 09/2013 Funding award from the Division of Communication, Media and Culture in the University of Stirling to attend a training workshop on ATLASti7 software at the University of Surrey CAQDAS Networking Project, in Guilford.
- 08/ 2013 Funding award from the Saudi Cultural Bureau in London to study at the LSE Methods Summer Programme in Qualitative Research Methods, in London.
- 06/2013 Funding award from the Division of Communication, Media and Culture in the University of Stirling to attend the conference of Governance Through Communication: Stakeholder Engagement, Dialogue, and Corporate Social Responsibility, held in Queen Margret University in Edinburgh.
- 03/2011 Funding award from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah-Saudi Arabia to complete my PhD in the United Kingdom.
- 11/2008 Funding award form King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah-Saudi Arabia to do postgraduate study overseas.