Dana Habib

Biography

DANA HABIB is a Research Associate at the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), working primarily to support the Institute’s Middle East projects. She coordinates IFIT’s Brain Trust in Syria (SRG) and is part of the core team leading the Global Initiative on Polarization. Previously, Dana volunteered as a researcher at ASYLOS as part of its MENA research team, conducting research to substantiate asylum-seeker claims in court. Prior to that, she worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees field office in Alexandria as part of the legal protection team responsible for the facilitation of legal interventions and protection of refugees residing in Egypt. She has a BA in Political Science from The American University in Cairo and an MA in Human Rights from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations at the Dublin City University.