Dr. Al Zoubi is a Development Economist. She is a lecturer of politics and development studies at Global Development Studies and Political Science Department at Saint Mary’s University, Canada; and a co-leader of Global Young Academy At-Risk scholars’ initiative. She was  a former lecturer of Gender and Forced Migration, and Middle East Politics at Christ church collage and Department of politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford; A former researcher at Oxford Department for International Development; And a visiting professor at Glasgow University. Dr. Al Zoubi is a consultant of women, peace building and conflict prevention for UN Women and Global Network of Women and Peace Builders/NY, and a livelihood and gender expert for the European Union Delegation (EUD) to Syria. Her research has focused on issues of gender and rural development, including issues of women’s empowerment, and its role in rural development. Since the war broke out in Syria in 2011, her concern has been researching ways to improve the livelihoods and food security of affected households including internal displaced and refugee households, especially women/girls, and the women-headed households.  She focuses on gender-based violence, education, building capacities, and the host country policies that reshape refugee livelihoods and economics.