About

Jasmin Lilian Diab

Assistant Professor of Migration Studies
Director, Institute for Migration Studies

Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab (she/هي) is the Director of the Institute for Migration Studies (IMS) at LAU, where she also serves as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Migration Studies at the Department of Communication, Mobility and Identity (CMI). In 2025, her research was awarded the Lisa Gilad Prize from the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), as well as the LAU School of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Achievement Award.

Prior to her positions at LAU, she served as the Refugee Health Program Coordinator and Research Associate in Political Economy of Health in Conflict at the Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut (2019-2021), and as Research and Project Manager at the Lebanese Emigration Research Center at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Notre Dame University (2013-2019).

Dr. Diab holds/has held the following academic visiting positions to present:

  • Affiliated Scholar, Center for International Gender Studies, University of Münster, Germany (2025-present)
  • Research Affiliate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada (2020-present).
  • Global Fellow, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, USA (2021-2025).
  • Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Lyon, University of Lyon, France (2024-2025).
  • Visiting Fellow, Centre for Lebanese Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK (2022-2024).
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, United Nations-Mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica (2021-2022 and 2023-2024).
  • Scholar-in-Residence, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden (2023).
  • Inaugural Global Fellow on Migration and Inequality, Center for Policy Research, United Nations University, USA (2022-2023).
  • Visiting Scholar in Forced Displacement, Human Rights Research and Education Centre with The Refugee Hub, University of Ottawa, Canada (2021-2022).
  • Fellow, Internal Displacement Research Program, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, UK (2021).

Dr. Diab has served as Visiting Faculty at the University of Graz, the University Institute of Lisbon, Danube University Krems and the University of Messina. She has served as an External Examiner, Co-supervisor and Academic Advisor at the University of Gloucestershire, Aalborg University, Koç University, the University of Gondar, the American University in Cairo, the City University of New York, Charles University, Leiden University,  University of Luxembourg and Ghent University among others.

Notably, her research has been awarded the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies Seed Grant from Brown University (2023), as well as the Williams Institute LGBTI Global Small Grant from the University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Law (2023). More recently, she served as Co-Principal Investigator of the multi-year Carnegie Corporation-funded project ‘Resilience and Identity’ between 2023-2025.

She serves as an Editorial Board Member for Refugee Survey Quarterly, Frontiers in Sociology: Migration and Society, Transnational Mobilities, the Journal of Internal Displacement and PLOS Global Public Health, where she also serves as Guest Editor in ‘Humanitarian Aid, Conflict and Migration.’

Dr. Diab brings extensive expertise to the migration and development field, drawing on her service on the boards of several organizations and her completion of over 150 consultancies for UN agencies, international humanitarian organizations, and governments. Her work spans the evaluation of humanitarian programs, leadership of commissioned research in conflict settings, gender analyses and audits, and the development of strategic plans for organizations supporting displaced populations in Lebanon and across the Middle East, including in hard-to-reach areas.

Research Interests

Dr. Diab’s research explores the intersections of migration, gender, conflict and international law. Her work focuses on refugee populations across Lebanon and the Levant, as well as migrant domestic workers, internally displaced persons and stateless groups within Lebanon and neighboring countries. In 2023, she led the largest-ever nationwide study on sexual violence in Lebanon, examining the intersectional vulnerabilities of migrant domestic workers through interviews with nearly 1,000 women from the community.

In 2025, her research on queer internally displaced persons (IDPs) from South Lebanon was awarded the Lisa Gilad Prize by the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) for its “innovative and thoughtful contribution to the advancement of refugee studies.”

Her ongoing research focuses on the protection of gender and sexual minorities in displacement settings, trauma-informed participatory approaches to displacement research, internal displacement from South Lebanon, return dynamics and barriers to accessing services in humanitarian contexts.

SDGs Research Mapping

Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab conducts research relevant to the following SDGs:

Selected Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

  1. Diab, J. L. (2026), “Who Gets to See the Sea? Stratified Displacement, Privilege, and the Optics of Escape in Lebanon,” Migration Studies, link
  2. Abou Zour, T., Diab, J. L., Baroudi, S. & Helou, J. (2025), “Elite Labor Mobility: Examining the Migration of Lebanese Youth to the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Cogent Social Sciences, link
  3. Al Riachi, R. & Diab, J. L. (2026), “The Social Psychology of Kafala: Structural Inequities, Intersectional Harms, and Host Society Narratives in Lebanon,” International Migration, link
  4. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Who Syria Was Never Safe For: Displacement and Queer Syrian Futures Beyond Assad” Journal of Homosexuality, link
  5. Diab, J. L. (2025), “The Unmovable Borderland: War, Home, and the Decision Against Displacement in South Lebanon,” Journal of International Humanitarian Action, link
  6. Diab, J. L., Alpes, M. J. & Carpi, E. (2025), “When Is Home? Temporality, Closure, and the Continuum of Return After Assad,” Current Issues in Migration Research, link
  7. Uribe Guajardo, M. G., Diab, J. L. et al (2025), “Advancing Participatory Approaches in Global Migrant Research: A Roundtable Discussion,” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, link
  8. Diab, J. L., Samneh, B., Spencer, A. et al (2025), “Unmasking the Systemic Inequalities Undermining Refugee SRHR, Intimacy and Access in Lebanon,” Disasters, link
  9. Diab, J. L. & El-Zakka, Y. (2025), “Refuge, Return, Repeat: A Perpetual Calculus for Palestinian Refugees from Syria post-Assad,” Journal of International Migration and Integration, link
  10. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Everyday Activists,” Based on: Getrich C. M., 2025. Everyday Activists: Undocumented Immigrants’ Quest for Justice and Well-Being. New York: New York University Press.” International Migration Review, link
  11. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Fetishized and Fictionalized: Invisibility as a Veil and Obstruction for Femme-presenting Queer Refugee Women in Lebanon,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, link
  12. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Forced Evacuations and the Politics of Return in South Lebanon: Legal and Identity Implications,” Journal on Migration and Human Security, link
  13. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Cradles of Resilience: Fertility and the Fear of Erasure among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon,” Comparative Migration Studies, link
  14. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Guilty Until Proven Refugee? The EU’s Crisis of Identity, Not Capacity,” International Journal of Social Psychology, link
  15. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Bordering Belonging: A Qualitative Exploration of Educational Integration for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon across Perceived Value and Impact,” Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, link
  16. Diab, J. L. & Samneh, B. (2025), “Fighting to be Felt: Queer Necropolitics and Self-Defense as Everyday Resistance for Trans Syrian Refugee Sex Workers in Lebanon,” Journal of Homosexuality, link
  17. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Trauma-Informed Participatory Research in Displacement Studies: Ethical and Methodological Considerations from Lebanon and Beyond,” International Journal of Qualitative Methods, link
  18. Diab, J. L. (2025), “The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South by Ola G. El-Taliawi,” Journal of Refugee Studies, link
  19. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Displacement as Decolonial Praxis: Centering Intersectionality in Forced Migration Studies. A Response to Owen’s ‘From Forced Migration to Displacement?’,” Refugee Survey Quarterly, link
  20. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Fluid Borders, Temporary Refuge: The Cyclical Nature of Displacement between Lebanon and Syria,” Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies 12(1), link
  21. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Intersectional Impetus: Including Migrant and Refugee Resistance in Lebanon’s Antiracist Feminist Struggle,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, link
  22. Diab, J. L. (2025), “A Beirut Blast: How Inclusive Disaster Management for Refugees and Hosts Reassembled a Community in a Disintegrated City,” Gender and Development 32(3): 799–820, link
  23. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Hues of Refuge: Framing Compassion and Condemnation in Refugee Portrayals through a Political-Media Cycle of Reinforcement,” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 1-30 , link
  24. Yimer, B., Birhanu, T., Ankrah, F., Asfaw, D., Taleb, O. & Diab, J. L. (2025), “Access to Justice for Ethiopian Migrant Domestic Workers: Unveiling Legal, Structural and Gendered Violence in Lebanon,” Frontiers in Sociology, link
  25. Sanga, L. A., Njeim, C., Ansbro, E., Naimi, R. K., Ibrahim, A., Schmid, B., Diab, J. L. et al (2025), “Evaluation of a Peer Support Group Programme for Refugee and Vulnerable Host Populations and Refugees Living with Diabetes and/or Hypertension in Lebanon: A Before-after study,” Conflict and Health 19(5), link
  26. Al-Azzeh, D. & Diab, J. L. (2025), “Psychological Impacts of Maternal Migration on Left-Behind Children: A Cross-Cultural Review,” Frontiers in Psychology, link
  27. Diab, J. L. (2025), “Displaced in a Land of Denial: Who is an IDP in Lebanon’s Reluctant War?,” Migration and Development, link
  28. Diab, J. L. & Alpes, J. (2024), “‘We don’t live in the future. We live in the now.’ How Time Intersects with (UN)Realistically Partnering with and for Refugees in Lebanon,” Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies (DiGeSt) 11(2): 148-158, link
  29. Diab, J. L. (2024), “Missiles and Misfits: Reimagining Home and Security for Queer Internally Displaced Persons from South Lebanon,” Journal on Migration and Human Security 12(4): 350-368, link
  30. Diab, J. L. & Saban, A. (2024), “Nomads of the Void: Unpacking the Enigmatic Lives and Survival of Syrian Dom Refugee Women in North Lebanon,” Journal on Migration and Human Security 12(4): 388-402, link
  31. Skulte-Ouaiss, J. & Diab, J. L. (2024), “Multiple Borders in One War: Constructing Mental Maps of Syrian Refugees as Threats,” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism: 1-19, link
  32. Fakhry, Y., Hussein, F. H. & Diab, J. L. (2024), “Health in Crisis: A Paradox of Access for Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Hosts,” Health Services Insights 17: 1-13, link
  33. Diab, J. L. & Samneh, B. (2024), “On the Margins of Refuge: Queer Syrian Refugees and the Politics of Belonging and Mobility in post-2019 Lebanon,” International Journal of Discrimination and the Law: 1-25, link
  34. Diab, J. L. & Al-Azzeh, D. (2024), “Inclusive Inquiry: A Compassionate Journey in Trauma-Informed Qualitative Research with GBV Survivors from Displaced Communities,” Frontiers in Psychology 15, link
  35. Diab, J. L., Jasiukaitis, S. & El-Zakka, Y. (2024), “Refugee Voices vs. Humanitarian Choices: How Much Can Refugee-Led Organizations Redefine Power and Agency in Post-2019 Lebanon?,” Journal of International Humanitarian Action 9(8), link
  36. Diab, J. L. & Skulte-Ouaiss, J. (2024), “An Identity Quandary in Lebanon,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, link
  37. Kaloti, R., Diab, J. L., Alkhalil, M. & Abbara, A. (2024), “Compounding Challenges for Syrian Refugees in Türkiye in the Wake of the Earthquake,” The Lancet Global Health, link
  38. Diab J. L. , Samneh B., Masoud D. and Cravero K. (2024), “Gender Identity as a Barrier to Accessing Adequate and Inclusive Healthcare for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon’s Northern Regions,” Frontiers in Human Dynamics 5:1205786, link
  39. El-Zakka Y. & Diab J. L. (2023), “Youth Development and Spatial Configurations: Socio-spatial Inequalities in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon,” Frontiers in Sociology 8:1192511, link
  40. Fouad, F. M., Hashoush, M., Diab, J. L. et al (2023), “Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to the Provision of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon,” Women’s Health 19, link
  41. Diab, J. L. & Scissa, C. (2023), “Gender, Migration and Environment in the MENA: Vulnerabilities, Frameworks and Ways Forward,” Journal of Migration Affairs 1-2: 11-20, link
  42. Diab, J. L. (2023), “From Exclusionary to Participatory Feminist Peacebuilding in Lebanon: Examining the Roles of Refugees, Migrants and Women in All Their Diversity,” Al-Raida 47(2): 116-123, link
  43. Diab, J. L., Yimer, B. et al (2023), “The Gender Dimensions of Sexual Violence against Migrant Domestic Workers in post-2019 Lebanon,” Frontiers in Sociology 7, link
  44. Diab, J. L. (2022), “What Ukraine, Afghanistan and Syria Have Taught Us About the Politics of International Refugee Law,” TRC Journal of Humanitarian Action 2(1), link
  45. Saleh, S., Ibrahim, S., Diab, J. L. & Osman, M. (2022), “Integrating Refugees into National Health Systems amid Political and Economic Constraints in the EMR: Approaches from Lebanon and Jordan,” Journal of Global Health 12, link
  46. Fouad, F. M., Soares, L., Diab, J. L. & Abouzeid, A. (2022), “The Political Economy of Health in Conflict: Lessons Learned from Three States in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during COVID-19,” Journal of Global Health 12-07001: 1-10, link
  47. Diab, J. L. (2021), “Bridging the Gap between Social Protection and a Humanitarian Response: Lebanon’s Refugees amid Host Community Fatigue, COVID-19 and Good Practices,” Journal of Migration Affairs 5(1): 110-126, link
  48. Diab, J. L. (2021), “Pandemic-linked Vulnerabilities for Forced Migrants: The Increase in Gender-based Violence in the Arab World,” Journal of Migration Affairs 3(1): 90-98, link
  49. Barkil-Oteo, A., Diab, J. L. & Fouad, M. F. (2021), “Mental Health in Lebanon’s Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19,” Frontiers in Public Health 8:1-6, link
  50. Diab, J. L. (2020), “Gender and Migration in Times of COVID-19: Additional Risks on Migrant Women in the MENA and How to Address Them,” Identities Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture  17(1-3): 162-164, link
  51. Diab, J. L. (2020), “Migration, Refugees and ‘Illegal’ Routes in Times of Health Crisis: The Case of the Lebanon-Syria Border,” Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics 17(3): 73-76, link
  52. Diab, J. L. (2020), “On Weaponizing Fear and Controlling Movement: Scaremongering and Migration amid Coronavirus,” Displaced Voices: A Journal of Archives, Migration and Cultural Heritage 1:25-30, link   
  53. Diab, J. L. (2019), “On Reappropriation and Socio-political Empowerment: Thawra. Hurriya. Intifada.,” Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gender Research 5(3): 10-11, link
  54. Diab, J. L. & Hourani, G. (2018), “An Integrated Approach to Syrian Refugees’ Healthcare in Lebanon,” Journal of Health Science 6(3): 163-170, link
  55. […] Diab, J. L. et al (2018), “Selected Regional Developments in Human Rights and Democratization during 2016: Rights amid Turmoil in the Arab Region,” Global Campus Human Rights Journal 1(2):479-496, link

Selected Peer-Reviewed Chapters:

  1. Diab, J. L. (2024), “Protection beyond refuge: expanding on the need for an intersectional approach to Syrian refugees’ social protection in Jordan,” In: Freedman, J. & Santana de Andrade, G. (eds), Research Handbook on Asylum and Refugee Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, link
  2. Diab, J. L. (2024), “Refuge in silos: how three of the largest MENA hosts address Syrian mass displacement in the absence of coordinated efforts and responses,” In: Freedman, J. & Santana de Andrade, G. (eds), Research Handbook on Asylum and Refugee Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, link
  3. Diab, J. L. (2024), “Refugees and Human Rights Law During the Trump Administration,” In: Aldama, A. & Ordaz, J. (eds), Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands: Confronting Trump’s Reign of Terror, The University of Arizona Press, link
  4. Diab, J. L., Asfour, O., Abbara, A. (2023), “COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Driver of Inequality for Refugees and Vulnerable Groups,” In: Kraemer, A. & Medzech, M. (eds), Covid-19 pandisziplinär und international. Medizin, Kultur, Gesellschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, link
  5. Diab, J. L. (2022), “Refugee, Asylum Seeker or Migrant? Words Matter. People Matter. Politics Matters.” In: Schiocchet, L. & Nölle-Karimis, C. (eds), Forced Migration Studies: Current Interventions, Refugee Outreach & Research Network, link

Selected Papers, Commentary and Briefs:

  1. Diab, J. L. (2026), Fighting to Be Felt: Reimagining Feminist Protection Through the Lives of Trans Syrian Refugee Sex Workers in Lebanon, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  2. Diab, J. L. (2025), Unmasking Protection: Why Accountability Must Guide Lebanon’s Approach to Migrant Domestic Work, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, link
  3. Awkal, A. J. & Diab, J. L. (2025), Where Return is a Beginning: Female-Headed Households and Gendered Struggles for Recovery in South Lebanon, Researching Internal Displacement, University of London, link
  4. Diab, J. L. & Cheaito, H. (2025), Volatile Bodies: The Queer Syrian Refugee as a Site of Postwar Fantasy in Lebanon, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  5. Diab, J. L. (2025), Evacuated or Expelled? The Legal and Political Realities of Forced Displacement and Return in South Lebanon, Opinio Juris, link
  6. Almasri, S., Diab, J. L. & Maple, N. (2025), Durable Disillusionment: (Ir)Relevance of Solutions in Protracted Crises, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  7. Diab, J. L. (2025), Excluding the Excluded: Displacement, Political Discourse, and the New Leadership Paradigm in Syria and Lebanon, Arab Reform Initiative, link
  8. Diab, J. L. (2025), A Legal First or a Lone Victory? The Precedent and Pitfalls of Lebanon’s First Migrant Slavery Case, Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University, link
  9. Diab, J. L. (2025), Lebanon’s 2025 Syrian Repatriation Agenda: Consent under Constraint?, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, link
  10. Diab, J. L. (2025), Humanitarians Have the Responsibility to Listen, The New Humanitarian, link
  11. Diab, J. L. (2025), Trauma-Informed Participatory Research: Ethical Pathways in Displacement and Migration Studies, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  12. Diab, J. L. (2024), “Written in the trees, the soil, and the stones”: Stories of return to South Lebanon after the ceasefire, Untold Mag, link
  13. Diab, J. L. & Samneh, B. (2024), Trapped between Neglect and Precarity: How the Migrant-led Mkalles Shelter Exposes the Dangers of Lebanon’s Kafala System in Times of Crisis and War, Raseef22, link
  14. Diab, J. L. (2024), ‘Lebanon wanted us gone … it was a risk to leave’ − Syrian refugees who fled Israeli bombs face hostility and uncertainty on return, The Conversation, link
  15. Diab, J. L. (2024), Forced Displacement by Any Other Name: Unmasking the Myth of ‘Voluntary Evacuation’ in Lebanon’s Protracted Warfare, Third World Approaches to International Law Review, link
  16. Diab, J. L. (2024), Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Among Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon’s Informal Shelters, LSE Human Rights, The London School of Economics and Political Science, link
  17. Diab, J. L. (2024), The Moral Imperative to Protect Lebanon’s LGBTIQ+ Displaced, The New Humanitarian, link
  18. Diab, J. L., Samneh, B. & Nasr, S. (2024), Beirut’s Invisible Displacement: The LGBTIQ+ Experience Amid Conflict, Beirut Today, link
  19. Diab, J. L. (2024), Bouncing between War-torn Countries: Displacement in Lebanon and Syria Highlights Cyclical Nature of Cross-border Refuge, The Conversation, link
  20. Diab, J. L. & Janmyr, M. (2024), Unprepared and Unsupported: Lebanon’s Migrant Workers Amid Surging Israeli Attacks, The Column: Silenced Lands, Powerful Voices, Al-Rawiya Magazine, link
  21. Diab, J. L. (2024), “Safe Enough for Me, But Not for You?”: How Europe Redefines Refuge for Refugees, Border Criminologies, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, link
  22. Diab, J. L. & Skulte-Ouaiss, J. (2024), Ignored, Displaced and Powerless: Lebanon’s IDPs Caught Between Escalating Hostilities and Government Neglect, Researching Internal Displacement, University of London, link
  23. Diab, J. L. & Crawley, H. (2023), Safe, Voluntary, and Dignified Return for Syrian Refugees from Lebanon, United Nations University Center for Policy Research, link
  24. Diab, J. L. (2023), Safe Return and Voluntary Repatriation for Syrian Refugees from Lebanon: What Needs to Happen Next?, United Nations University Center for Policy Research, link
  25. Diab, J. L. (2023), Selective and Strategic Indifference: Lebanon’s Migration and Refugee Landscapes in the Absence of Inclusive Legal Frameworks, Mixed Migration Review, Mixed Migration Centre, link
  26. Diab, J. L. & Skulte-Ouaiss, J. (2023), A Cascading Crisis: Looming Threats of Mass Internal Displacement from South Lebanon in the Wake of the Israel-Hamas Armed Conflict, Researching Internal Displacement, University of London, link
  27. Diab, J. L. (2023), Repatriating Syrians from Lebanon: A pivotal role for UNHCR, United Nations University Center for Policy Research, link
  28. Diab, J. L. (2023), Gender and Security in Lebanon During and Post-COVID-19: The Case of Migrant and Refugee Women, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, link
  29. Diab, J. L. (2023), On Prosecution, Persecution and Protection: Unpacking Anti-Refugee Narratives, Kinopolitics and Selective Outrage in Lebanon, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  30. Diab, J. L., Skulte-Ouaiss, J. et al (2022), Working with LGBTIQ+ Persons in Forced Displacement: Narratives from Afghanistan and Lebanon, Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University, link
  31. Diab, J. L. (2022), Kinopolitics and the Myth of Borders: How Ukraine Shapes Lebanon’s Refugee Landscape, Middle East Women’s Initiative, Wilson Center, link
  32. Diab, J. L. (2022), What Ukraine, Afghanistan and Syria Have Taught Us About the Political Will Behind International Refugee Law, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  33. Diab, J. L. (2022), Gaps in Migration Governance and Refugees as Political Leverage: The Case of the Route from Lebanon to Belarus, Conflict, Peace and Democracy Policy Blog, University of Graz, link
  34. Diab, J. L. (2021), Dispossession, Gender Identity, and Wellness in Lebanon: Marginalized Refugees Endure Growing Barriers to Basic Healthcare, Al-Rawiya Magazine, link
  35. Diab, J. L. (2021), Refugee Ever After: Why Are We Letting Palestinians Become the World’s Permanent Refugees, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  36. Diab, J. L. (2021), Refugee, Asylum Seeker or Migrant? Words Matter. People Matter. Politics Matters., Refugee Outreach & Research Network, link
  37. Diab, J. L., Hashoush, M. and Ibrahim, S. (2021), Asylum, Repatriation and Border Management during a Pandemic: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, The Critical Refugee Studies Collective, University of California, link
  38. Diab, J. L. (2021), Whose Responsibility Is It? Challenges to UN Responsibility-Sharing Models in Lebanon during COVID-19, LSE Middle East Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science, link
  39. Diab, J. L. (2021), “New” and “Old” Refugees Navigate Emerging Political Economic Realities in Lebanon’s Chatila Camp, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, link
  40. Diab, J. L. & Fouad, M. F. (2021), Political Economy Realities for Urban Refugees in Beirut: Intersectional Concerns over Health, Security and Livelihoods, Respond Migration, Uppsala University, link
  41. Diab, J. L. (2021), Refugee Women in Lebanon Hit the Hardest by COVID-19, LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, The London School of Economics and Political Science, link
  42. Diab, J. L. (2021), Intersectionality in Crimmigration: Gender, Race and Crossing Borders, Strife Blog and Journal, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, link
  43. Diab, J. L. (2021), On Queering Movement amid Historical Invisibility: Sexuality, Gender and Migration, Network for Migration Matters, link
  44. Diab, J. L. & Naal, H. (2020), On Hierarchy of Emergencies: SGBV and Mental Health among Refugees in Times of COVID-19, South of Global Health Blog, Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut, link
  45. Diab, J. L. (2020), Refugees in the MENA Remain Uniquely Vulnerable to the Effects of COVID-19 amid Political and Economic Constraints, South of Global Health Blog, Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut, link
  46. Diab, J. L. (2020), Gender and Migration in Times of COVID-19: Additional Risks on Migrant Women in the MENA and How to Address Them, Identities Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture Blog, link
  47. Diab, J. L. (2020), International Migration and Refugee Law in Times of Health Crisis: When Movement is Restricted and Social Distancing is Impossible, Groningen Journal of International Law Blog, link
  48. Abdul Sater, Z. & Diab, J. L. (2020), The COVID-19 Arab Monitor: Highlighting the Status and Response to COVID-19 in the Arab Region, South of Global Health Blog, Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut, link
  49. Diab, J. L. (2020), On Selective Racism: All Black Lives Matter, Including the Ones Hired Under the Kafala System, Foreign Policy News, link
  50. Diab, J. L. (2020), Protecting Migrant Workers’ Rights in Lebanon amid Political, Economic and Health Crises, Rights!, link
  51. Diab, J. L. (2020), Syrian Refugees in Lebanon amid Confinement, Health Scares and Escalating Needs, Refugee Hosts, link
  52. Diab, J. L. (2020), When Official Borders Don’t Matter: Migration, Refugees and Illegal Routes in Times of Health Crisis, Living Refugee Archive, University of East London, link
  53. Diab, J. L. (2020), Coronavirus amid Regional Instability in the Middle East, E-International Relations, link
  54. Diab, J. L. & Fouad, M. F. (2020), Navigating Access to Healthcare in Lebanon: The Political Economy of Health across Conflict, Revolution and Applicability, E-International Relations, link
  55. Diab, J. L. (2019), They Called Her “Lady Liberty”: On the Birth of a State Conceived in the Womb of the Lebanese Woman, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut, link

Selected Reports and Studies:

  1. Diab, J. L. (2025), Safety Audit Report on GBV, SRH, and Shelter Accessibility in Lebanon, CARE International, link
  2. Diab, J. L., Petro, M. & Samneh, B. (2024), Lebanon’s Migrants and “Other” Refugees: A Needs Assessment, Jesuit Refugee Service, link
  3. Diab, J. L. (2024), Rapid Gender Analysis: Gender, Conflict and Internal Displacement in and from South Lebanon, CARE International & UN Women, link
  4. Daigle, M., Spencer, A., Diab, J. L., et al (2023), Sex, Health and Rights in Displacement and Humanitarian Response: Crises Upon Crises in Lebanon and Beyond, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, link
  5. Diab, J. L. & Jouhari, I. (2023), Conflict, Crisis and Migration: Maritime Irregular Migration from Lebanon Since, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, link
  6. Diab, J. L. (2022), Democracy and Human Rights: Syrian Refugee Youth in Lebanon 2021, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, link
  7. Diab, J. L. (2022), Understanding Remittances as a Coping Strategy amidst Lebanon’s Crises: Opportunities and Challenges for Aid Actors, Mercy Corps, link
  8. Coutts, A., Daoud, A., Diab, J. L., Fouad, M. F. et al (2022), How Politics Made a Nation Sick: The Political Economy of Health in Lebanon, King’s College London, link
  9. Ostrowski, J., McCann, K., Zard, M., Agarwal-Harding, P., Zeng, W., Diab, J. L. et al (2022), The Big Questions in Forced Displacement and Health: Jordan Country Report 2022, Columbia University, link
  10. Coutts, A., Daoud, A., Diab, J. L., Fouad, M. F. et al (2020), The Political Economy of Health in Lebanon, The Failed State: How Politics and Policy Shapes Population Health and Wellbeing, King’s College London, link

Selected Edited Collections and Books:

  1. AbouAssi, K., Diab, J. L. & Nabatchi, T. (2025), “Inside the Camp: Reimagining Refugee Governance for a Changing World,” Policy and Working Paper Series, Institute for Migration Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, link
  2. Fynn Bruey, V., Diab, J. L. & Norby, P. (2025), “Climate Change and Environmental Displacement,” Journal of Internal Displacement 15(1), link
  3. Norman, K., Martín Gil, A. & Diab, J. L. (2024), “Climate-Induced Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa,” Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, link
  4. Diab, J. L. (2021), “Migrant Rights and Migrant Wrongs: Bilateral Relations, Asylum and Security under the Safe Third Country Agreement,” Bedey and Thoms Media, ISBN: 978-3-95935-570-4, link
  5. Diab, J. L. (2021), “Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights,” E-International Relations Publishing, ISBN: 978-1910814598, link

​Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy, International Relations and Diplomacy, School of Advanced International and Political Studies (HEIP), Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (CEDS), 2021
  • Advanced Diploma, Feminist Writings, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2021
  • Master of Advanced Study, Human Rights and Democratization, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ), 2018
  • Master of Arts, International Law, Notre Dame University (NDU), 2017
  • Diploma, International Criminal Law and Procedure, T.M.C. Asser Institute, 2013
  • Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs and Diplomacy, Notre Dame University (NDU), 2013