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Mona Hedaya

Mona Hedaya received her master's degree in Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action, awarded with distinction, from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Prior to joining CHS, she worked at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS), between 2011 and 2019.

Mona Hedaya

Research Fellow

 
 
 
 
 
Mona Hedaya
CHS Staff

Biography


Mona Hedaya is a Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS). She received her master's degree in Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action, awarded with distinction, from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Prior to joining CHS, she worked at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS), between 2011 and 2019.

Mona's research focuses on forced displacement, humanitarian policies and practices, and peacebuilding, with a special emphasis on the Arab world. Her work has been published by a number of leading journals and research centers in the Arab region and internationally, including Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). In 2019, She published a book entitled "Refugee Women: Adaptation of Syrian Refugee Breadwinners in Istanbul (2011-2018)".

More broadly, her research interests extend to conflict analysis, mediation, and post-conflict reconstruction. As a research fellow at CHS, she contributed to various research and peacebuilding initiatives and projects. Besides, she has participated in numerous conferences and workshops on topics of conflict, politics, social movements, and humanitarian action.


Publications by Mona Hedaya

Journal Articles

4 Nov 2021

The Centrality of the Eastern Region in Sudan's Peace: Existing Tensions and Prevention of Escalation of Conflict

Eastern Sudan is in a critical stage, where local fault lines intersect with Horn of Africa tensions and regional and international ambitions. This study traces those fissures and their intersections in order to understand and analyze the conflict in the region. Its basic premise is that eastern Sudan represents the priority and geographical entry point in the Sudanese peace-building process, and that the establishment/strengthening of peace in this region is linked to a reciprocal relationship with the security and stability of the Horn of Africa...

Report

17 Aug 2021

Conflict Trends in the Arab World, 1946-2019

The Arab world has been long afflicted by multiple forms of armed conflict, a trend that has been increasing notably in the past decade. To reverse this trend and set the Arab world on a path to sustainable peace and recovery, it is vital to have a clear understanding of the trajectory of conflict in the region. This report is part of a wider effort by the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) to examine and contextualise issues related to conflict and peacemaking...

Books

31 Dec 2018

Refugee Women: Adaptation of Syrian Refugee Breadwinners in Istanbul (2011-2018)

After many Syrian refugee families lost their traditional breadwinner under the weight of the ongoing war, the task of supporting these families has fallen on the shoulders of women, who resorted to different types of economic coping/adaptation mechanisms...