Our vision, mission and values
Vision
D4R envisages a world in which knowledge production ecosystems challenged with crises are resilient, responsive, inclusive and agile, able to generate locally-led and contextually relevant research and drive innovations and creativity, towards enhanced humanitarian impact.
Mission
D4R works to support a system that delivers timely, impactful research that can inform improved humanitarian response and recovery efforts in crisis-affected settings. Mobilising expertise and empowering leadership in-country and within the diaspora, D4R drives connections and encourages collaborations, helping amplify voices and facilitating surge support to the local research community whilst enabling an avenue for diaspora to support initiatives in their country of origin.
Values
- Collaboration: Fostering partnerships and inclusive engagement with diverse stakeholders.
- Courage: Promoting a culture of courage, where difficult issues are discussed respectfully, diverse perspectives are encouraged, and injustices bravely challenged.
- Innovation: Encouraging innovative approaches and solutions to address complex systems challenges.
- Integrity: Upholding ethical approaches, accountability and transparency in all activities.
- Inclusivity: Ensuring that all activities are culturally sensitive, contextually appropriate and inclusive.
Our activities
Get involved
Who will the network convene?
D4R: Lebanon will convene those who work in research relevant to humanitarian crises, their impact, or humanitarian response.
Any individual in the diaspora or in Lebanon who self-identifies that the network might be relevant to them is encouraged to register. Researchers and knowledge producers are the primary target audience. The network also welcomes all those who engage with the humanitarian research ecosystem, including those in knowledge translation, and all who use, disseminate or have an interest in research relevant to humanitarian crises and contexts. This includes those engaged with such functions regardless of institutional setting (e.g. researchers at universities, thinktanks, NGOs, etc.).
Click here to sign up for D4R:Lebanon.
Meet the Team
D4R: Lebanon is an initiative of the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (CHL), Deakin University, in partnership with the Office of Research, American University of Beirut. CHL manages and administers the network, as part of its broader D4R initiative.
Our Team
Co-Chairs
- Dr Marian Abouzeid, Senior Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership
- Prof Elie Akl, Vice Provost for Research, American University of Beirut
Secretariat
Co-ordinators
- Petra Helal, Crisis Leadership Program Co-ordinator, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership
- Rima Rassi, Instructor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, American University of Beirut
Administration
- Yumna Maalouf, Executive Administrator, Office of Research, American University of Beirut
Ambassadors
Professor Abla M. Sibai
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences,
American University of Beirut
LEBANON
Professor Richard G. Maroun
Vice Rector for Research / Vice-recteur à la recherche
Saint Joseph University of Beirut / Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
LEBANON
Associate Professor Tamirace Fakhoury
Associate Professor of International Politics and Conflict, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University
USA
