Through her doctoral studies she worked for NGOs, private agencies, research institutes, and government institutions researching and advising on issues related to civil society, peace and security in the MENA region with a focus on Libya where she lived in 2013 and 2014. She received in 2018 the Durham University Early Career Researcher Impact and Engagement Award. Long-distance Nationalism and Belonging in the Libyan Diaspora (1969-2011) The article explores the significance of the Libyan diaspora for the politics of the homeland and for nation-building in Libya before the 2011 revolution. The focus is on the migratory flows of Libyan nationals from Libya that resulted in the formation of the Libyan diaspora between 1969 and 2011. The historical analysis of the migratory flows, with a focus on long-distance nationalism projects enacted by opposition groups in exile, is combined with the empirical analysis of the micro interactional social mechanisms at work in the diaspora that suffuse the everyday lives of individuals. The historical and empirical analysis of the case of the Libyan diaspora provides an opportunity to unpack the mutually constitutive relationship between concepts of nation, nation-state, nationalism and belonging in the context of transnational processes in the twenty-first century.
This paper argues that an evidence-based approach to advocacy led by and targeting women could amplify women's positioning in the political and economic realms. Participatory Action Research is examined as a process for mobilisation, coalitionbuilding and evidence-based advocacy and action, through a case study of a
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