Miriam Younes is a researcher in sociology and political science with a focus on the history and politics of Lebanon, Iraq and Iran. She has previously worked as a research assistant at the German-Orient Institut in Beirut, and as a research associate at the Middle Eastern Studies Department at the University of Basel/Switzerland.

She has previously worked as a research coordinator at Lebanon Support and the director of the regional office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Beirut.

Miriam is the author of "Die Revolution des 17. Oktobers: Ursachen, Verlauf und Ziele der Massenproteste im Libanon" ("The Revolution of October 17th: Causes, course and objectives of the mass protests in Lebanon") published by Unrast-Publications in 2021.

She is currently the research and project coordinator at "The Centre for Social Sciences Research & Action".
She holds an MA in Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science and Sociology from the University of Freiburg/Germany.

Email: myounes[at]socialsciences[dash]centre[dot]org

Nancy is a Research & Project Coordinator within the programme “Policy labs: solving social problems in the MENA region using new methodologies of civic engagement”.

She is responsible for the overall, strategic, and day-to-day management of the action-oriented research projects and undertakes field research using a variety of methodologies and techniques in order to develop a reflexive policy lab model in Lebanon that analyses the processes of social policy making in Lebanon, with the active involvement of end users and citizens.

Nancy is a professional mediator – specialist in peace making and conflict resolution and holds an L.L.B. from the Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth, and a Master’s degree in Litigation, Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Filière Francophone de Droit.

Email: nancy[at]socialsciences[dash]centre[dot]org

Michele is currently the Head of Research at the centre, and the lead researcher on the regional social justice and protection thematic. His main research areas include the transformations of labour and labour conflicts, clientelism and collective action in Lebanon and in the Mediterranean area.
He is also an associated lecturer at Sciences Po Lyon and an associated researcher at the Ifpo of Beirut. Since 2019, he coordinates the ANR Programme “PRECARités: travail, mobilités, propriétés” with Myriam Catusse (Ifpo) and Nizar Hariri (USJ) and is responsible for the axis on “labour’. He has previously worked as a consultant for different international organisations and NGOs.
Michele holds a Ph.D. on Arab and Muslim World of Aix-Marseille Université. His dissertation has been awarded the special prize of the Jury of the French CNRS GIS-MOMM.

E-mail: michele[at]socialsciences[dash]centre[dot]org

Rossana is a Research Fellow and a researcher in Contentious Politics - MENA at the centre.
In the past years, she devoted most of her research activities to the investigation of Lebanese labor history and the history of Lebanese popular politics in the global 1960s from a transnational perspective. Her main research interests include the history of popular and contentious politics in the Levantine region, Lebanese political economy, and the history of transnational radical cultures in the Mediterranean area. Over the years, she has lectured in a variety of international conferences and universities, and has been affiliated with numerous Lebanese and Italian academic institutions. Rossana is currently a teaching Assistant of Contemporary History of the Arab Middle East at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

Rossana has a PhD in Studies on Africa and Asia, she specialised in the social and political history of contemporary Lebanon.

E-mail: rossa[dot]tufaro[at]gmail.com

Rena Haidar is the Daleel Madani Programme Associate. She joined the team in 2021. Rena is responsible for managing, monitoring, and coordinating the Daleel Madani website, in order to effectively achieve the aim of the Programme in establishing a network of cooperation within the civil society.

 

She is currently pursuing a BA in Political Science and International affairs at the Lebanese American University.

 

Email: rena[at]socialsciences[dash]centre[dot]org

Dr. AbiYaghi is the co-director of the centre. She joined the centre in 2014, and has initiated and institutionalized the research axis of the centre, maintaining synergies between the academic and the practitioner fields. As a co-director, in addition to managing the centre and providing strategic leadership, she ensures the scientific rigor of the contextualised research produced by a multidisciplinary team of scholars, while facilitating the insertion of homegrown research within global theoretical debates and fora.

 

She has previously worked in academia (as a senior researcher at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, University of Oxford, and as a political science lecturer at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut), as well as in international organisations.
As a scholar, she specialises in the sociology of political processes, contentious politics, and the social question in the MENA.

 

Marie-Noëlle holds a PhD in Political Science from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.

 

E-mail: mabiyaghi[at]socialsciences[dash]centre[dot]org

 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8558-6722

 

Find her on Twitter on: @mnabiyaghi

Léa Yammine is the co-director of the centre. She joined the centre in 2013, and has established and led the interpretation of the centre’s scientific research, programmes, and activities into various formats, from an interdisciplinary perspective. As a co-director, in addition to managing the centre and providing strategic leadership, she focuses on overseeing a multidisciplinary team of designers, data analysts, and digital creators to develop innovative ways to visualise and disseminate the centre’s data, in line with its mission to make knowledge openly accessible. 

As a creative, she has been in the publishing world for over 15 years, and was involved at various stages of the publication process. She provided creative direction, and management and strategic input in several organisations.

Léa holds a BA in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut, and an MA in Culture, Creativity & Entrepreneurship from the University of Leeds, UK.

E-mail: lea[at]socialsciences[dash]centre[dot]org

 

Find her on Twitter: @lea_yam