Country of Origin:
Palestine/Israel
WLS Award:
2008-2009
About:
Graduate Program: Master’s program in Non-Governmental Organizations and Development at the London School of Economics, UK
Background & Goals: Lana Tatour works in the field of human rights, development, community empowerment, peace building and Palestinian-Israeli dialogue. She worked for more than a decade in a number of human rights and peace-building NGOs in Israel/Palestine.
Through her thesis, Tatour analyzed the socio-political reality of NGO politics in order to articulate viable and beneficial strategies for more effective social and political transformation. After her studies, she hoped to return to the Middle East to bridge the gap between NGOs and local political groups to maximize their knowledge and enhance their capacity to promote their collective agenda.
Post-Degree Projects: Tatour is a Fellow at the Australian Human Rights Centre and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, in the School of Social Sciences. She wrote her PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick (UK). She has taught at the University of Westminster, University of Warwick and University of New South Wales.
