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Dr. Hwaida Alturk

Branch 5
hwaida.turk@ul.edu.lb
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    Sociology & HR Management
  • Major
    Economic & Social Development
  • Research Field
    Tax policies in Lebanon – Municipalities' work and the role of local authorities – Legal regulations concerning the elderly – Urban development – Challenges to women's participation in municipal work

Born in Saida, 1971

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in Social Sciences from the Lebanese University in 2008.
  • Diploma of Advanced Studies in Economic Sociology from the Institute of Social Sciences in 2003.
  • Merit in Social Sciences/Social Service and Local Development from the Institute of Social Sciences in 2000.
  • BA in Social Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University in 1999.
  • BA in Law from the Faculty of Law, Political & Administrative Sciences – Branch 1 at the Lebanese University in 2017.
  • M.S. in Public Law from the Faculty of Law, Political & Administrative Sciences at the Lebanese University in 2023.

Professional Career

  • Lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences in 2009 and holder of the rank of professor in 2017.
  • Director of the Institute of Social Sciences (Branch 5) between 2022-2023.
  • Member of the committees for the description of specialization subjects and the equivalency committee at the Institute of Social Sciences.
  • Member of the Research Team in Social Sciences / Doctoral School of Literature, Humanities & Social Sciences - Lebanese University since 2020.
  • Head of the Labor Sociology Laboratory at the Institute of Social Sciences since 2020.
  • Head of Development & Labor Laboratory at the ISS since 2025.
  • Coordinator of professional master's training in sociology and human resources management at the Institute of Social Sciences (Branch 5) between 2018-2022.
  • Central coordinator for HRM at the Institute of Social Sciences since 2024.
  • Supervisor and rapporteur of dozens of doctoral dissertations, diploma and master theses in social sciences.
  • Member of the Anti-Corruption Committee at the Lebanese University.
  • Member of the Lebanese Association of Sociology.
  • Trainer in the field of development, municipal and optional work.
  • Consultant in the Municipal Irada Program - the Financial Institute in cooperation with the UNDP and the Ministry of Interior between 2012-2014.
  • Appointed governor of Nabatieh in 2023.
  • Appointed mayor of Jezzine between 2012-2014.
  • Participated as coordinator and lecturer in several conferences on social sciences, administrative decentralization, municipal and voluntary work, etc.
  • Author of published books and scientific research that discussed several topics, among which, tax policy in Lebanon and its economic, financial and social effects and municipal councils and economic, financial and social, etc.