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Dr Malak Benslama-Dabdoub is a Lecturer in Law at Royal Holloway University. She holds a PhD in Law from Queen Mary University of London, an MSc from University College London, an LLM from Queen Mary University of London, and an LLB From University Paris II Pantheon-Assas.

Prior coming to Royal Holloway, Malak taught at SOAS University of London and Queen Mary University of London.

Her research interests include refugee law, decoloniality, statelessness, Palestinian refugees, and the Kurds. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Human Rights Law, PhD, 'Nationality and Statelessness in International Refugee Law: a Decolonial Perspective on Syrian Asylum-Seekers in the UK and France', Queen Mary University of London

Award Date: 27 Nov 2023

Global Migration, MSc, University College London

Award Date: 1 Sept 2019

Human Rights Law, LLM, Queen Mary University of London

Award Date: 1 Sept 2018

French law, LLB, University of Paris 2 - Panthéon Assas

Award Date: 1 Jun 2016