Firoz studies “resilience-based” approaches to humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, exploring intersections between humanitarianism, ethics and forced migration in the Middle East.

Refugee/asylum migration and displacement, transnationalism, human rights, transitional justice, militarism, and conflict and peace in the Horn of Africa and northern Uganda.

Shyla Gonzalez-Dogan is a community-based scholar that focuses on community-led organizing as a remedy for social issues. Her research centers primarily on identity formation and practices of inclusion and exclusion.

Abraham specializes in the politics of science and technology, and is particularly interested in nuclear studies, innovation in the informal sector, refugees and host communities, and postcolonial theory.