Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab (she/هي) is the Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University, where she also serves as an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Migration Studies at the Department of Communication, Mobility and Identity. In 2025, her research was awarded the Lisa Gilad Prize from the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), as well as the School of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Achievement Award.
Dr. Diab is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, a Global Fellow at Brown University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies and a Senior Associate on Migration at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP).
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2259 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4158-7728 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminldiab/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/@jasminldiab |
| ResearchGate | https://lau.academia.edu/JasminLilianDiab |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
- Gender relations
- Poverty and inequality
- Conflict, war and violence
- International relations and geopolitical transformations
- Political situation, repression and regime transitions
- Migration policy and other public policies
- Migrant communities and networks
- Migrant aspirations and attitudes
- Health services and situation
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Roles
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Lebanese American University
University, Beirut, Lebanon
Assistant Professor of Migration Studies -
Lebanese American University
University, Hamra, Lebanon
Director, Institute for Migration Studies -
American University of Beirut
University, Hamra, Lebanon
Refugee Health Program Coordinator, Global Health Institute -
Notre Dame University-Louaize
University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Research and Project Manager, Lebanese Emigration Research Center
Research
Intersectional impetus: amplifying migrant and refugee resistance in Lebanon’s antiracist feminist struggle
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
Missiles and Misfits: Reimagining Home and Security for Queer Internally Displaced Persons From South Lebanon
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal on Migration and Human Security |
Nomads of the Void: Unpacking the Enigmatic Lives and Survival of Syrian Dom Refugee Women in North Lebanon
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Asli Saban |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal on Migration and Human Security | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Multiple borders in one war: Constructing mental maps of Syrian refugees as threats
| Authors | Jennifer Skulte‐Ouaiss, Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism |
Inclusive inquiry: a compassionate journey in trauma-informed qualitative research with GBV survivors from displaced communities
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Dana Al-Azzeh |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Psychology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
On the margins of refuge: Queer Syrian refugees and the politics of belonging and mobility in post-2019 Lebanon
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Bechara Samneh |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Discrimination and the Law | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refugee voices vs. humanitarian choices: how much can refugee-led organizations redefine power and agency in post-2019 Lebanon?
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Simona Jasiukaitis, Yara El-Zakka |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Humanitarian Action | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Compounding challenges for Syrian refugees in Türkiye in the wake of the earthquake
| Authors | Rasha Kaloti, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Munzer Alkhalil, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | The Lancet Global Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Gender identity as a barrier to accessing adequate and inclusive healthcare for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Northern regions
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Bechara Samneh, Dima Masoud, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Human Dynamics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refuge in silos: how three of the largest MENA hosts address Syrian mass displacement in the absence of coordinated efforts and responses
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Research Handbook on Asylum and Refugee Policy | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Health in Crisis: A Paradox of Access for Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Hosts
| Authors | Yasmine Fakhry, Hussein F. Hassan, Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Health Services Insights | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refugees and Human Rights Law During the Trump Administration
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands: Confronting Trump’s Reign of Terror | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
An Identity Quandary in Lebanon
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Georgetown Journal of International Affairs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Protection beyond refuge: expanding on the need for an intersectional approach to Syrian refugees social protection in Jordan
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Research Handbook on Asylum and Refugee Policy | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Youth development and spatial configurations: socio-spatial inequalities in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
| Authors | Yara El-Zakka, Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Perceived facilitators and barriers to the provision of sexual and reproductive health services in response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon
| Authors | Fouad M Fouad, Mahmoud Hashoush, Jasmin Lilian Diab, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Women's Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Gender, Migration and Environment in the MENA: Vulnerabilities, Frameworks and Ways Forward
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Chiara Scissa |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Migration Affairs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The gender dimensions of sexual violence against migrant domestic workers in post-2019 Lebanon
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Banchi Yimer, Tsigereda Birhanu, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Driver of Inequality for Refugees and Vulnerable Groups
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Omar Asfour, Aula Abbara |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Covid-19 pan-disciplinary and international | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Safe, Voluntary, and Dignified Return for Syrian Refugees from Lebanon
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab, Crawley Heaven |
| Year | 2023 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Safe Return and Voluntary Repatriation for Syrian Refugees from Lebanon: What Needs to Happen Next?
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2023 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
From Exclusionary to Participatory Feminist Peacebuilding in Lebanon: Examining the Roles of Refugees, Migrants and Women in All Their Diversity
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Al-Raida | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Integrating refugees into national health systems amid political and economic constraints in the EMR: Approaches from Lebanon and Jordan
| Authors | Shadi Saleh, Sarah Ibrahim, Jasmin Lilian Diab, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Global Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The political economy of health in conflict: Lessons learned from three states in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during COVID-19
| Authors | Fouad M Fouad, Lurdes Soares, Jasmin Lilian Diab, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Global Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
What Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Syria Have Taught Us About the Politics of International Refugee Law
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | TRC Journal of Humanitarian Action | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refugee, Asylum Seeker or Migrant? Words Matter. People Matter. Politics Matters.
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | Forced Migration Studies: Current Interventions | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Bridging the Gap between Social Protection and a Humanitarian Response: Lebanon’s Refugees amid Host Community Fatigue, COVID-19 and Good Practices
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Migration Affairs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19
| Authors | Fouad M. Fouad, Andres Barkil-Oteo, Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Public Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
On Refuge and Displacement: Challenges to the Provision of Rights and Protection for Syrians Inside and Outside Syrian Borders
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2021 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Pandemic-linked Vulnerabilities for Forced Migrants: The Increase in Gender-based Violence in the Arab World
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Migration Affairs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration, Refugees and Illegal Routes in Times of Health Crisis: The Case of the Lebanon-Syria Border
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Gender and Migration in Times of COVID-19: Additional Risks on Migrant Women in the MENA and How to Address Them
| Authors | Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Identities Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
An Integrated Approach to Syrian Refugees’ Health Care in Lebanon
| Authors | Guita Hourani, Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | J. of Health Science |
An Integrated Approach to Syrian Refugees’ Health Care in Lebanon
| Authors | Guita Hourani, Jasmin Lilian Diab |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Health Science | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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