Dina Yunis is an urban and SWANA scholar. She’s highly dedicated and results-oriented Ethnographic Researcher at King's College London, where she is a few months away from defending her PhD in Middle Eastern Studies. Her expertise lies in conducting in-depth research on complex socio-political issues, with a focus on the role of public space and expression in conflict societies and marginalised communities.

Previously, she has worked as a research consultant at MIT, where she contributed to a comprehensive study on health, low-income housing, and urban development in Boston’s Chinatown. She drafted surveys, analysed data, and ensured data accuracy. As an Arab Youth Program Coordinator at the Issam Fares Institute, she managed and coordinated projects focused on youth-related issues in Lebanon and broader Arab region. She also facilitated workshops on topics such as youth dignity, wellbeing, and rights.

She has over seven years of experience in conducting qualitative and participatory research on urban, cultural, and political issues in the MENA region. Her core competencies include environmental policy, online content creation, editing, and thematic/visual analysis. Her mission is to critically understand the spatial/visual politics of everyday creative mediums and practices within spaces of conflict. Her current research project, titled "Spray, Space, & Society: Unveiling the Layers of Graffiti in Post-War Beirut", examines the role and impact of graffiti writing in expressing and challenging power relations, identities, and narratives during and after major political upheavals in Lebanon.