Nadim is a research Fellow within the Center's Social Justice Fellowship program for 2021 - 2022. His research seeks to conduct a critical discursive analysis with the aim of examining the various interpretations and meanings of social justice in the context of multiple and overlapping crises in Lebanon since October 2019. Specifically, the envisioned research will investigate the motives, arguments, and positions of Lebanese activists, students, and workers who actively participated in the "October 17 Revolution". The analysis hopes to uncover the ideological assumptions, political limitations, and potential social consequences of the discourses enveloping the Lebanese uprising, and shed light on the ways in which the meanings of social justice take shape in the context of compounding and overlapping crises. He holds a BA in Political Studies and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies, both from the American University of Beirut. His Master's thesis focused on Palestine, where he provided a critical appraisal of the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). He has worked as a researcher and school teacher for several years, and his main research interests lie at the intersection of political theory, contentious politics, and critical theory.

Sébastien is a research Fellow within the Center's Social Justice Fellowship program for 2021 - 2022. His research mainly focuses on the impact and role of humanitarian organisations during crisis management, and on the the questions of power issues and representations of socio-political actors in Lebanon and Syria. He has conducted multiple fieldwork in Lebanon since 2019 and has worked with the French non-governmental organization Première Urgence Internationale in Lebanon for 2 years as a Grants Manager.
Sébastien holds a Masters' degree in Gepopolitics with a specialization on geopolitics of the cyberspace from the Institut Français de Géopolitique, where he presented a Master thesis on the impact of the Syrian crisis in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Cynthia Azzam is an architect and a postdoctoral fellow in the Bassem Chit Fellowship program for the study of activism at Lebanon Support (in collaboration with the Arab Council for the Social Science). Her current work focuses on identifying collective action and mobilisation in the education sector. She holds an MA (professional) in Architecture and an MA (research) in Sciences of Architecture and Landscape from the Lebanese University, as well as a PhD in Architecture in a co-tutorship between Paris-Saclay University and the Lebanese University. Her thesis investigated school infrastructures in Lebanon focusing mismanagement and project distribution along the territory.

Recent publications authored by Cynthia include:

• Azzam C., “Lebanese Learning Landscape’s Reconstruction: Territorial Inequality and Poor Management”, International Journal of Spaces and Urban Territory, Tunisia, Issue 3, 2017, p.20-36.
• Azzam C., “Recapturing Beirut for the Benefit of Children and Teenagers Via School Infrastructure”, Enfants, Familles, Générations, Montréal, Issue 30, 2018.