Back to Contents University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, as well as a Visiting Fellow at University of Cambridge and the Centre for Lebanese Studies’ British Academy Bilateral Research Chair on Education in Conflict. In addition to serving on the boards of organisations working in the migration and development space, and the editorial boards of several leading journals, Dr. Diab has consulted for UN Agencies, international humanitarian organisations and governments, and has assisted in evaluating humanitarian programming, leading research in conflict settings, leading gender analyses, and developing strategies for organisations targeting hard to reach areas across the MENA region. She holds a PhD in International Relations and Diplomacy with an emphasis on Asylum, Refugees and Security from the Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies of the School of Advanced International and Political Studies at INSEEC Grande Ecole in Paris, and holds graduate degrees in International Law, Human Rights and Feminist Writings. Mrs Katherine Harbord Ms Harbord is a lecturer in Human Rights at Liverpool John Moores University. For a number of years, she has worked pro bono for a variety of organisations and charities, conducting fieldwork and writing reports on subjects ranging from gendered education to religious identity. Her main focus is on Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Ms Harbord has particular expertise in the areas of ethnicity, sexuality, religious discrimination and human rights. She has also conducted research amongst the incarcerated and “collaborators” and has an in-depth knowledge of the situation on the ground in the region, both in respect of state and society. She speaks Arabic and Hebrew, as well as English. Mrs Walaa Kayyal Walaa Kayyal pursued a Master’s degree in Public Health concentrating in Health Management and Policy with a certificate in Public Health in Conflict and Protracted Crises from the American University of Beirut. Involved during the last 6 years in Research and monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian projects with Syrian refugees, Palestinian refugees, vulnerable Lebanese, and Stateless individuals in Lebanon with multiple universities, UN Agencies, and international NonGovernmental Organizations. Relevant to this project Walaa was a Country Researcher at the University of Melbourne and consulted on the Statelessness in Lebanon Project: Advising on the research design and methodology for the country case study, facilitating the fieldwork in Lebanon, conducting data collection, analyzing field data, and writing the country case study report. She now works as a MEAL specialist and advisor for several organizations in Lebanon. Mr Ziad El Sayegh Mr Ziad El Sayegh is an expert on Public Policies and Refugees – Civic Influence Hub Executive Director. A researcher on the Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon and Peace Negotiations in the Middle East, on Syria Refugees, on Labor Policies and Social Protection. Steering Committee Member of the Lebanese – American Coordinating Committee (LACC). Expert – Member of the Political National Committee working on Palestinian Refugees’ issue at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (October 2016 – March 2022). He was a Senior Policy Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute – IFI/AUB (December 2019 - December 2020). Member of ACT Alliance Peace and Human Security Reference Group-Geneva (November 2019 – December 2020). Policy Advisor in Adyan Foundation (2017-2019). Senior National Policy and Communication Advisor to the Ministry of State for Displaced Affairs (February 2017 - January 2019). Coordinator of «Better Lebanon Initiative» (December 2016 - December 2020). Policies and Communication Advisor to the Middle East Council of Churches – MECC (Sept 2018 - Dec 2020). Member of the Strategic Committee at the Maronite Center for Documentation and Research - MCDR (Sept 2018 – Sept 2021). Policy and Communication Advisor for the President of the Lebanese – Palestinian Dialogue Committee in the Lebanese Presidency of the Council of Ministers (2006 - 2009). He then was the Policy Advisor and Team Leader of the Lebanese Minister of Labor (January 2010 - June 2011), and the National Policy Advisor to the International Labor Organization – (ILO) (September 2011 - June 2013). He was also a Strategies’ Communication Advisor for the Middle East Council of Churches, the Syndicate of teachers in Lebanon and the Health Establishment of the Druze Community. He has specialized studies in the Palestinian Refugees issue in Lebanon, Middle East Peace negotiations, Labor and social Protection issues, and Syria Displaced. He published in Public Policies, refugees and migrants.Co-author of “We Choose Abundant Life: Christians in the Middle East: Towards Renewed Theological, Social, and Political Choices”. 17. Appendices 155