PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh is the Principal Investigator leading the ERC-funded Analysing South-South Humanitarian Responses to Displacement from Syria: Views from Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey project. Since the mid-2000s, Elena’s research has focused on experiences of and responses to conflict-induced displacement, with a particular regional focus on the Middle East. She has conducted extensive research in refugee camps and urban areas including in Algeria, Cuba, Egypt, France, Lebanon, South Africa, Syria, Sweden, and the UK… Read more →
RESEARCH FELLOW
Aminath Nisha Zadhy-Cepoglu completed her doctoral research at Bilkent University, Turkey. Her research contributes to a deeper understanding of humanitarianism by analysing it as interpersonal and intersubjective interactions at the micro-level between aid agents, state officials, civic volunteers, locals and refugees. Ongoing research… Read more →
PROJECT & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Professional journalist, specialist in Politics and International Relations and Master in International Migration and Public Policy, Gabriela Bazzo is responsible for the coordination and communications of the Southern Responses to Displacement Project… Read more →
LOCAL RESEARCH TEAM
The Southern Responses project work closely with a team of bi-lingual and multi-lingual researchers based in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, including researchers who have themselves been affected by the Syrian conflict… Read more →



