Research Associate at the University of Leicester, leading the Kenya–UK research strand, while supporting GLASO’s coordination, stakeholder engagement, regional partnerships and wider international research activities.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Leicester, leading international research on LGBTIQ+ asylum in Mexico, Kenya, Lebanon, Spain, the UK and France. Director of GLASO and founder of the Queer(y)ing Asylum Conference.
Research Associate at the University of Leicester, leading the France–Lebanon research strand, while supporting GLASO’s coordination, stakeholder engagement, regional partnerships and wider international research activities.
Meet the researchers and collaborators behind GLASO. Our international and interdisciplinary team brings together expertise in LGBTIQ+ asylum, forced migration, policy, law, sociology and lived experience across the project’s different country contexts
Research Associate at the University of Leicester, leading the Kenya–UK research strand, while supporting GLASO’s coordination, stakeholder engagement, regional partnerships and wider international research activities.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Leicester, leading international research on LGBTIQ+ asylum in Mexico, Kenya, Lebanon, Spain, the UK and France. Director of GLASO and founder of the Queer(y)ing Asylum Conference.
Research Associate at the University of Leicester, leading the France–Lebanon research strand, while supporting GLASO’s coordination, stakeholder engagement, regional partnerships and wider international research activities.
Meet the researchers and collaborators behind GLASO. Our international and interdisciplinary team brings together expertise in LGBTIQ+ asylum, forced migration, policy, law, sociology and lived experience across the project’s different country contexts
Lebanon
Scotland
Spain
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Lebanon
Global
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GLASO works with organisations across the world that bring essential knowledge, networks and experience in LGBTIQ+ rights, asylum and forced migration. Our partners help connect the research with communities, practitioners and policymakers, while supporting its relevance and impact beyond academia.
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Kenyan human rights researcher, advocate, and legal practitioner focusing on LGBTQI+ rights, refugee protection, displacement, legal advocacy, social inclusion, and access to justice in East Africa
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Lecturer at the University of Bristol and Research Associate at the University of the Witwatersrand, researching gender identity, migration and asylum-seeking in Africa.
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Executive Director of MOSAIC, leading humanitarian and protection programmes for LGBTIQ+ communities across Lebanon and SWANA; PhD researcher at Ruhr University Bochum.
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Al Otro Lado’s Program Coordinator and passionate advocate for migrant and LGBTQI+ rights across Mexico, supporting vulnerable and marginalized communities.
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Sociologist and criminologist researching queer asylum, migration control, LGBTQ+ migration, ageing, and sexuality and gender governance across Europe and contemporary societies.
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Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at Lebanese American University and Assistant Professor, researching migration, forced displacement, gender, and sexuality.
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Community organizer and human rights advocate, Founder and Executive Director of Pachedu LGBTIQ International, advancing refugee rights, visibility, and inclusion.
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Postdoctoral researcher at IIS-UNAM, specialising in migration, religion, politics, sexuality, forced displacement, and LGBTIQ+ rights in Latin America, with refugee support experience.
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President of ACATHI, contributing directly to the project through community expertise, networks, and engagement with LGBTIQ+ migrants and refugees in Catalonia.
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Indonesian-Australian queer writer and sociologist based in Toulouse, researching gender, race, sexuality, migration, health inequalities, and decolonial methodologies.
GLASO’s governance structures are designed to make the project accountable, participatory and responsive to the communities it engages with. Our Alternative Ethics Board (AEB) and Regional Steering Committees (SCs) provide independent guidance, challenge and expertise throughout the research, helping shape its ethical approach, priorities and direction.
This section is currently being developed as we continue to expand GLASO’s governance structures and welcome new members. We are particularly recruiting people with lived experience of asylum and forced displacement to ensure that these perspectives are meaningfully represented in the project’s governance and decision-making.
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Kenyan human rights researcher, advocate, and legal practitioner focusing on LGBTQI+ rights, refugee protection, displacement, legal advocacy, social inclusion, and access to justice in East Africa
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Lecturer at the University of Bristol and Research Associate at the University of the Witwatersrand, researching gender identity, migration and asylum-seeking in Africa.
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Executive Director of MOSAIC, leading humanitarian and protection programmes for LGBTIQ+ communities across Lebanon and SWANA; PhD researcher at Ruhr University Bochum.
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Al Otro Lado’s Program Coordinator and passionate advocate for migrant and LGBTQI+ rights across Mexico, supporting vulnerable and marginalized communities.
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Sociologist and criminologist researching queer asylum, migration control, LGBTQ+ migration, ageing, and sexuality and gender governance across Europe and contemporary societies.
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Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at Lebanese American University and Assistant Professor, researching migration, forced displacement, gender, and sexuality.
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Community organizer and human rights advocate, Founder and Executive Director of Pachedu LGBTIQ International, advancing refugee rights, visibility, and inclusion.
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Postdoctoral researcher at IIS-UNAM, specialising in migration, religion, politics, sexuality, forced displacement, and LGBTIQ+ rights in Latin America, with refugee support experience.
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President of ACATHI, contributing directly to the project through community expertise, networks, and engagement with LGBTIQ+ migrants and refugees in Catalonia.
he/she
Indonesian-Australian queer writer and sociologist based in Toulouse, researching gender, race, sexuality, migration, health inequalities, and decolonial methodologies.
GLASO’s governance structures are designed to make the project accountable, participatory and responsive to the communities it engages with. Our Alternative Ethics Board (AEB) and Regional Steering Committees (SCs) provide independent guidance, challenge and expertise throughout the research, helping shape its ethical approach, priorities and direction.
This section is currently being developed as we continue to expand GLASO’s governance structures and welcome new members. We are particularly recruiting people with lived experience of asylum and forced displacement to ensure that these perspectives are meaningfully represented in the project’s governance and decision-making.
