Alaa Shatila

Senior Expert Researcher of MENA countries

Alaa Shatila is a Senior Expert Researcher of MENA countries and a researcher in development and sociology with over four years of experience. Her work specialises in gender equality, displacement and social justice, with an emphasis on gender and human rights.

She has experience in qualitative research design, data collection, thematic analysis and policy-focused writing. Her PhD research focuses on gender and women’s empowerment in prolonged conflict and refugeehood, using intersectional feminist and decolonial frameworks to centre marginalised voices.

Alaa has led field research and analysis and coordinated participatory and policy-relevant studies. She works with sensitive data and prepares reports and policy briefs with cultural sensitivity. Fluent in Arabic and English, her work is focused particularly on the Middle East.