Dina Kiwan

Dina Kiwan is Reader in Comparative Education, University of Birmingham, UK. She has an interdisciplinary background in psychology, sociology and education, educated at the universities of Oxford, Harvard and UCL. In 2015-16, she was the Centre for Lebanese Studies Fellow at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and Associate Professor in Sociology, at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, since 2012. Her work focuses broadly on citizenship and inclusion, with critical policy analysis of education, naturalization and migration policies in pluralist societies, and societies in conflict.  Recent research has focused on how those deemed to be ‘marginalised’ and vulnerable’ constitute themselves as political actors.


Affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK


BAICE Role: Compare Editorial Board Member


Bio: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/kiwan-dina.aspx