Khalil Fadl Osman is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies in Doha. He boasts a diverse career and a great wealth of experience spanning academia, diplomacy, and journalism in a range of geographic settings. He also taught politics and international relations at Indiana University and the American University of Kurdistan (Dohuk, Iraq), where he served as Acting Dean of the College of International Studies. Whilst at the BB C, he completed several high-profile assignments, including as the Arabic Service Bureau Chief in Baghdad and as a Correspondent in Dubai covering Gulf affairs. In addition to his two books, Sectarianism in Iraq: The Making of State and Nation since 1920 (2015) and Kirkuk: The Dialectics of Numbers and Narratives (in Arabic, 2018), his work has been published by the Arab Studies Quarterly , Journal of North African Studies , Protest , and Siyasat Arabiya . Mona Hedaya is a Research Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS). Mona's research focuses on forced displacement, international development, humanitarian policies and practices, and peacebuilding, with a special emphasis on the Arab world. Her work has been published in leading journals and research centers, including Third World Quarterly, Middle East Critique, ACRPS, and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

In 2019, she published a book in Arabic entitled Refugee Women: Adaptation of Syrian Refugee Breadwinners in Istanbul (2011-2018) . Additionally, she has participated in numerous conferences and workshops on topics of conflict, politics, social movements, and humanitarian action. Mona is a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN).