Curriculum Vitae
Dina Mansour-Ille
Overseas Development Institute
203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 3817 0020 / Fax: +44 (0)20 7922 0399 / Nationality: EgyptianEmail:
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
· Political economy of human rights
· Migration and refugee studies
· Gender policy analysis
· Social movements and activism
· Middle East/EU-Mediterranean politics
QUALIFICATIONS
2014 / Ph.D. in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability (Summa Cum Laude)Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Thesis: “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty? The Politics of Development and Socio-Economic Rights in Egypt: A Moral Economy Approach to Social Change”
2009 / M.A. in International Human Rights Law (Honours)
American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Thesis: “Discrimination against the Poor in Law and Practice: The Poor as a Vulnerable Group”
2005 / B.Sc. in Political Science
Cairo University, Cairo Egypt
CURRENT POSTIONS
2016 –
/ Overseas Development Institute (London, UK)Senior Research Officer – Politics and Governance Programme
2014 –
/ Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (London, UK)Co-Editor-in-Chief
CAREER/POSITIONS HELD
2015 – 2016
/ Orient-Institute Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon)Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Max Weber Fellowship)
2016
/ International Center for Migration Policy Development (Vienna, Austria)Local Research Partner in Beirut – “Migrant in Countries in Crisis”: Lebanon Case-Study: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
2014 – 2016
/ Lebanese American University (Beirut, Lebanon)Adjunct Faculty – Institute of Migration Studies
2014 – 2015
/ Arab Council for the Social Sciences (Beirut, Lebanon)Fellowships and Research Grants Manager
2013 – 2014 / European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
Research Assistant – BORDERLANDS Project; INTERACT Project
2010 – 2013
/ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy)Doctoral Researcher
- Identity, Education and Social Change: The Case of Egypt
- Multilevel Governance and the Future of the European Union: Addressing its Crisis of Identity
2009 – 2010
/ Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (Cairo, Egypt)International Advocacy Researcher – International Human Rights Advocacy Project
2008
/ United Nations’ High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees (Cairo, Egypt) Eligibility Assistant (NUNV) – Refugee Status Determination (RSD) Unit2007 – 2008
/ American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)Teaching Assistant – International Human Rights Law Programme
2006 – 2007
/ American Chamber of Commerce (Cairo, Egypt)Assistant Economic Researcher/Junior Trade Officer
Language Skills:
Arabic: Native English: Near-native
German: Fluent/Proficient Italian: Intermediate
French: Basic Chinese: Basic
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles, Policy Briefs, and Working Papers
- Mansour-Ille, D., Ille, S. “Reinventing Revolutions: The Moral Politics of Cyberactivism in the Case of the Egyptian Secularist Movement” Policy and Internet [under review].
- Mansour, D. “"A Region without 'Spring’: A Tenacious Tale of Poverty, Inequality and Precarity", International Social Science Journal [upcoming].
Mansour, D. “The Socioeconomics of Exclusion: Re-questioning Citizenship in relation to Social Justice in PostArab Spring Egypt” Arab Citizenship Review No. 15, 19 February 2016[Policy Paper].
- Ille, S. and Mansour, D. “Rational Atrocities and State Formation: A Game-Theoretic Approach to the Case of ISIS”. The Economics of Peace and Security. Vol. 10 (2), Pages 21-30 (2015).
- Mansour, D. “Stirring the ‘Mix’: Gender and Religion within Islamic Contexts in Europe” On the Correlation of Center and Periphery – Global Humanities: Studies in Histories, Cultures, and Societies (Vol. 1) (January 31, 2015).
- Mansour, D. “Women’s Rights in Islamic Shari’a: Between Culture, Politics and Interpretation”. Muslim World Journal of Human Rights. Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 1–24, (November 2014) ISSN: 1554-4419.
- Mansour, D., Ille, S. and Madkour, M., “Clash of Identities: Understanding Social Conflict in Post-Arab Spring Egypt” in Identity, Difference and Belonging [Vol. 1], Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press (2014).
- Mansour, D. “Egyptian Film Censorship: Safeguarding Society, Upholding Taboos”. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media 4 (Winter 2012). Web. ISSN: 2009-4078.
Authored/Edited Books:
- Mansour, D. (et al. eds.), Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging [Paperback], Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press, (Vol. 1-2) (2014).
- Mansour, D. Discrimination against the Poor in Law and Practice: The Poor as a Vulnerable Group [Paperback], LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, (January 2013).
Short Pieces:
- Mansour, D. and Madkour, M. “Egypt Facing the Challenge of Democracy” Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations (2012).
- Mansour, D. “The Aspirations of the Muslim Brotherhood” Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations (2011).
- Mansour, D. “The ‘Right’ to Domestic Violence” Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations (2010).
Conferences and Presentations:
- The Internet, Policy and Politics Conferences, September 22-23, 2016, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, “Reinventing Revolutions: The Moral Politics of Cyberactivism in the Case of the Egyptian Secularist Movement.”
- Deconstructing Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, September 7, 2015, Queen Mary University, London, UK, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 15th Anniversary Event.
- The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies, March 27-28, 2015, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, “Beyond the Crisis: Syrian Refugees in Egypt.”
- Exploring an Agenda for Active Citizenship Conference, February 20-22, 2015, American University in Beirut, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, Beirut, Lebanon, “The Political Economy of Social Change: from the moral economy of the peasants to the “Arab Spring” in Egypt.”
- The Impact of Arab Uprisings on the Citizenship in the Arab World, November 12-14, 2014, University of Balamand, Koura, Lebanon, “Egypt in the Post-Arab Spring: A Country at the Cross-road between Identity Conflict and Social Change.”
- Media and Arab Spring Conference, April 14-5, 2012, University College Dublin, Clinton Institute, Dublin, Ireland, “The Paradox of Representation and the Use of New Media in the Arab Spring: Egypt as a Case Study."
- The 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, July 4-6, 2012, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, Section Chair in “Political Economy”.
- The Media, Communication and Democracy: Global and National Environments Conference, September 1-2, 2011, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, “The Middle East between Digital Democracy and Digital Society: Egypt as a Case Study.”
- AUC Social Justice Conference: Theory, Research and Practice, May 3-5, 2011, Cairo, Egypt, “Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right? Assessing the Millennium Development Goals in the Case of Egypt.”
- Seminar on “Religions in the Era of Globalization”, March 2010, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
- Istanbul Seminars, “Realigning liberalism: Pluralism, Integration, Identities”, May 19-24, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Law & Society Conference, May 29- June 2, 2008, Montreal, Canada, “Discrimination against the Poor in Law and Practice: The Poor as a Vulnerable Group.”