About
Dr Nidal Al Haj Sleiman is the Kuwait Research Officer at the LSE Middle East Centre. She is a sociologist of education policy, leadership and international education.
Her work generally draws on theories of policy sociology, social and cultural justice, critical pedagogy and transformative learning, particularly in West Asia: Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon and Palestine. Her publications broadly address interconnection of policy, leadership and society, the sociology of international education, the political economy of education, post-colonial and settler-colonial theory in education. Nidal is also a co-founder of the SWANA Forum for Social Justice, a UCL alumni- and student-led community. Prior to her research career, Nidal worked as teacher and a school leader in Lebanon and Qatar, in public and international education settings.
Nidal holds a PhD from UCL’s Institute of Education in the sociology of international education and leadership, a Master's of Education from Walden University, and a Bachelor of Political Science and Public Administration from the American University of Beirut.
Research
Highlighted Work:
- Internationalization in International Schools (podcast)
- Leadership as a socially and culturally informed praxis: The question of internationalisation in international school leadership (article)
- Leadership for social justice in conflict-affected societies: Lessons learned from school leaders in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (blog)
- Examining educational leadership preparation and development programmes in the Gulf region: a comparative study of Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar (article)
- Deconstructing “educational leadership” in non-western contexts (blog)
- Home-making in the internationalised university: a theoretical and personal encounter through SWANA Forum for Social Justice (article)