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Dr Lina Fadel

Assistant Professor

MSc, PhD

Campus
Edinburgh
Research profile
Lina Fadel

Biography

I am a member of the Edinburgh Business School 'Doctoral Studies' team and teach Business Research Methods to doctoral candidates. I also am Global Course Co-ordinator and Edinburgh Course Leader for the MSc 'Research Philosophy and Practice' course. I act as a doctoral mentor and supervisor and Member of the Doctoral Review Committee that monitors quality and progress of the School’s Doctor of Business Administration students. I have so far supervised two doctorates to completion and now act as internal examiner at the University.

My background is in languages and intercultural studies and I have a strong interest in feminist and postcolonial theories. My research is interdisciplinary and focuses on a number of related topics that might be summed up as ways of approaching issues of sameness and difference in multicultural contexts. Among these is the (re)construction of identity and home-making among members of ethnic and peripheral groups, with a particular focus on the Syrian diaspora.

Following work with Syrian refugees in Scotland, I have developed a keen interest in socio-political and cultural issues that affect their belonging. My most recent project looks at narratives of belonging of highly-skilled Syrians in the UK.

I welcome PhD projects in the area of migration and refugee studies, which relate to home and place-making, liminal identities, race and othering in relation to identity negotiation and formation.

Qualifications

  • 2007 - 2015 – PhD in Languages (Heriot-Watt University)
  • 2006 - 2007 – MSc in Translating and Conference Interpreting (Heriot-Watt University)
  • 2003 - 2004 – Diploma in Critical Literary Studies
  • 1999 - 2003 – BA (Hons) in English Literature

Background

Before joining EBS in 2017, I taught Translation and Conference Interpreting at the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, School of Social Sciences, at Heriot-Watt University. I have since taught Organisational Behaviour at the MBA level and is now a member of the Doctoral Studies team and teach research methods at the masters and doctoral levels. I have also been heavily involved in designing and writing our new research methods courses that are now part of the revamped doctoral programme. Outside academia, I pride myself on the volunteer work I have done with Syrian refugees in Edinburgh since the first family arrived in the city in 2014.

Awards

2019, Awarded PGCILT and Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

Areas of interest

  • Displacement
  • Home
  • Identity
  • Belonging
  • Migration
  • Refugees
  • Social discourse
  • Gender