Contact details
- Name:
- Ala Al-Mahaidi
- Qualifications:
- Master of Arts in Understanding and Securing Human Rights from the School of Advanced Study, University of London; Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of Sydney
- Position/Fellowship type:
- IDRP Research Affiliates
- Institute:
- Refugee Law Initiative
- Home institution:
- European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
- Email address:
- ala.almahaidi@gmail.com
- Website:
- https://rli.sas.ac.uk/people/ala-al-mahaidi
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Human rights
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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Bio
Ala Al-Mahaidi is a Communications Officer at ENNHRI, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions. He holds a Master of Arts in Understanding and Securing Human Rights from the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of Sydney.
Ala is interested in the economics of displacement, including refugee and IDP livelihoods and the economic impacts of displacement on host countries and communities. He also has an interest in human rights-based approaches to economic and development policy.
Recent publications
- ‘Securing economic livelihoods for Syrian refugees: the case for a human rights-based approach to the Jordan Compact’ (2020),The International Journal of Human Rights, https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2020.1763314(Opens in new window)
- ‘Revitalising IDP research: A “state of the art” review’ (2019) (co-authored), Refugee Law Initiative, https://rli.sas.ac.uk/spotlights/revitalising-idp-research