Dina Taha
Assistant Professor of Sociology
| Degrees: | PhD |
| Email: | dina.taha@dohainstitute.edu.qa |
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Dina Taha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Doha, Qatar and an affiliated scholar with the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada where she received her PhD degree in Sociology in 2022. Her research focuses on the sociology of migration, family, marriage and gender. Her theoretical and pedagogical approaches are informed by community-based and decolonial practices. Prior to joining DI, Dina was the senior researcher at the Centre for Community-Based Research located in the University of Waterloo campus, where she has provided invaluable insights on numerous regional and national projects, spanning from food security to digital equity among racialized minorities, refugees and newcomers.
Taha is the Lead Principal Investigator on a three-year Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)-funded project titled Fertility, Faith, and Family: Tracing Fertility Preservation Trends, Experiences, and Challenges in Qatar. She also leads a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grant in collaboration with Nisa Homes, pioneering a culturally and religiously tailored shelter system for minority women in Canada. Her scholarship has been featured in leading academic journals, including the British Journal of Sociology and Ethnic and Migration Studies. Dina is a member of Association of Middle Easter Women’s Studies (AMEWS), the Arab Council for Social Sciences (ACSS) and the International Sociological Association (ISA).