Lama Mourad, Carleton University

Research

local governance migration public health Middle East

Latest funding

Transnational Lifelines: Diaspora-led Action and Local Governance in Lebanon
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$98,750
Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Municipal Politics and COVID-19 in Lebanon: Governance and Decision-Making amid Overlapping Crises
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,694

All 5 grants and awards

Transnational Lifelines: Diaspora-led Action and Local Governance in Lebanon

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mourad, Lama

$98,750

Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: forced migration; knowledge co-production; power; partnered research; policy processes; global South; global governance of displacement; global refugee regime

$20,000

Municipal Politics and COVID-19 in Lebanon: Governance and Decision-Making amid Overlapping Crises

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Mourad, Lama

Keywords: local governance; migration; public health; Middle East

$24,694

Civil society and the global refugee regime: understanding and enhancing impact through the implementation of global refugee policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: refugees; global refugee regime; global refugee policy; policy implementation; civil society; NGOs; capacity-building; South-North partnership; training and mentoring; knowledge mobilization

$1,704,935

Civil society and the global refugee regime: understanding and enhancing impact through the implementation of global refugee policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: refugees; global refugee regime; global refugee policy; policy implementation; civil society; NGOs; capacity-building; South-North partnership; training and mentoring; knowledge mobilization

$795,047

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: local governance Dear Professor Mourad, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on local governance connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Transnational Lifelines: Diaspora-led Action and Local Governance in Lebanon" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]