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 Daniel Meier (2011-2012) |
Dr Daniel Meier is a Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford and currently Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Lebanese Studies. He holds an MA from The Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) of Aix-en-Provence and received his PhD in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva.
He was previously a visiting researcher at the CEMAM (Centre d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe Moderne) at St Joseph University in Beirut and an Associate Researcher at the IFPO (Institut Français du Proche-Orient). He has taught at The Lebanese University in Beirut (2011), was a Lecturer at IHEID in Geneva (2008-2009) and at the University of Geneva, Humanities Department (2007-2009). He is an Associate Professor of the Master MIM at the University of Venice since 2004 and has taught Methodology at the Technology Department of the University of Hanoi in Vietnam. He is the chief editor of an interdisciplinary journal A contrario (www.cairn.info/acontrario) edited in Switzerland and leads the collection A contrario-Campus at BSN Press (www.bsnpress.com).
His research addresses borders and boundaries questions in the Middle East, with a focus on South Lebanon, and tries to develop some theoretical aspects in exploring the links between borders and identities. Daniel Meier has a special interest in Resistance movements in South Lebanon since 1967 (PLO, National Lebanese Resistance Front, Hezbollah) as their use of the borderland is linked to their political identity and their legitimacy. He currently works on several fieldworks: the figure of feda'i in South Lebanon before 1982, the Palestinian Refugees' relationship with Palestine view from Lebanon, the Lebanese resistant fighters during the eighties, the Hezbollah's use of the borderland, the Mleeta Landmark Site as a major legitimacy site for this political party and finally a comparison of closed border military strategy between Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in South Lebanon. Those topics are major sites for enhancing the border studies theory regarding the relationship between political identities in border/boundary contexts in the Middle East.
Read an extract of Daniel Meiers research: 'Identity, Conflict and Space : Contemporary South Lebanon'
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| Maha Shuayb (2008-2011) |
Maha Shuayb joined the Centre in 2008. Maha has a BSc in Sociology from the Lebanese University and a MEd in Guidance and Counselling from University of Newcastle. She went on to study for an MPhil degree in Research Methods at University of Cambridge. She also graduated with a PhD degree in Education from University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the centre, Maha was appointed a research fellow to work on a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Centre, which looked at teaching and learning in Higher Educational Institutions. She then worked as a senior researcher at the National Foundation for Educational Research for two years and was a visiting scholar at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
Research:
- Education for Social Cohesion in Lebanon: a whole school approach (ongoing)
- A Study of Young People's Political, Social and Civic Attitudes in Faith and Secular Schools in Lebanon (completed)
- Current models and approach to education for social cohesion in Lebanese private and public schools (completed)
- School Effectiveness in UNRWA's Secondary Schools in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon (Completed)
Maha's research interest lies in the socio and political role and impact of education. Of particular interest to her is the conduction of developmental research that can feed into policy-making and practice. Maha conducted several studies on community cohesion and citizenship education in England and Lebanon. Maha has also conducted several research studies using the appreciative inquiry approach to develop educational practices.
Maha's current research focuses on the social and political implications of education in Lebanon. In particular, she looks at the role of public and private secular and faith schools in promoting or hindering social cohesion in Lebanon. Maha is currently directing an action research project which pilots an alternative model to the subject-based approach adopted by most schools in Lebanon for engendering loyalty and patriotism amongst Lebanese students. The model, which offers a multi-dimensional approach to education for social cohesion, is currently being applied in four public and private schools in Lebanon, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Another research project that Maha has recently completed examined school effectiveness and youth aspirations in five secondary schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Lebanon.
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