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Research Field
Development - Population - Gender equality - Demographic shifts in Lebanon
Born in Nabatieh, 1962
Scientific Qualifications
- PhD in Social Sciences/Demography from the Lebanese University in 1998.
- Master of Advanced Studies in Demography from the Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University in 1985.
- Merit in Social Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University in 1983.
- Bachelor in Social Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University in 1982.
Professional Career
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Lebanese University from 2002 until 2006.
- Lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences in 2004 and in Branches 1, 3 and 5.
- Director of the Institute of Social Sciences (Branch 5) between 2019-2022.
- Head of the Population & Development Department at the Institute of Social Sciences (Branch 5) in 2018.
- Member of the Lebanese Sociological Society and the Arab Association of Sociology.
- Founding member of the Cooperative Society for Cultural Development Services - Demography.
- Former Head of the Public Relations & Conferences Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs/Lebanon, Secretary of the Permanent National Population Committee and Executive Director of the Lebanese Family Health Survey for several years.
- Worked within a number of joint projects between the Ministry of Social Affairs, ESCWA, and the Council of Arab Ministers for Social Affairs.
- Expert in public administration and graduate of the National Institute for Administration and Development / Civil Service Council in 1998.
- Author of research papers and studies published on development, population, gender equality, and the role of NGOs and demographic transitions in Lebanon.