Lubana Al-Sayed, M.Sc.
Doctoral Candidate (Extern)
Lubana Al-Sayed studied food technology engineering at Aleppo University, Syria. She holds a European Joint Master Food Identity from the École Supérieure d'Agriculture d'Angers, France. Lubana Al-Sayed received an award from Food Security Center to conduct her doctoral studies at the Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, at the University of Hohenheim. Her research explores the well-being of refugees concerning their food-related life and the food-related knowledge networks that refugees are taking part in to determine their role as knowledge brokers.
Social conditions of food-related well-being in times of crisis: A study on refugees and their role as knowledge brokers
- Food-related well-being
- Migration
- Well-being
- Food justice
- Sustainable food systems
- Food technology
| Since 2016 | Doctoral Candidate, Department of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim, funded by Exceed project (DAAD & BMZ). |
| 2015 - 2016 | Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator, Shafak Organization, Gaziantep, Turkey |
| 2013 - 2015 | European Joint Master Food Identity, Ecole Supérieur d'Agriculture d'Angers, ISARA Lyon, Vetagro Sup Clermont-Ferrand (France), Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy), USAMV-Cluj (Romania), Universidad de Leon & INEA Valladolid (Spain). Funded by Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. |
| 2009 - 2013 | Research Assistant, Faculty of Technological Engineering, Department of Food Technology, University of Aleppo, Syria |
| 2004 - 2009 | B.Sc. in Food Technology Engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria |
| Al-Sayed L. & Bieling C. (2021): Understanding food-related well-being in a diaspora situation: The psychological and social dimensions. Journal of Refugee Studies, 35 (1): 551–575. |
| Al-Sayed L. & Bieling C. (2020): Food-related well-being in times of crisis: Conceptual considerations and empirical findings for Syrian refugees in Germany, Journal of Migration and Health. Elsevier, 1–2: 100005. |
| Schmitt R, Fülle J, Abou Rizk J, Al-Sayed L, Masserrat N, Schüle E, Scherbaum V (2019): Nutritional habits of female asylum seekers – from tradition to adaptation. Ernahrungs Umschau 66(3): 45–51. |
| Al-Sayed L. (2019): Technologies at the Crossroads of Food Security and Migration. In: Piatti, C., Graeff-Hönninger, S., Khajehei, F. (eds) Food Tech Transitions. Springer, Cham. |
| Al-Sayed L. et al. (2018): Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) as pre-treatment for freeze-drying of plant tissues, 21st International Drying Symposium, pp. 11–14.. |
| 31.05.2021: | 6th International Conference on Food History and Cultures, Institut Européen d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation (IEHCA), France |
| 06.12.2019: | The Refugee Consumer: Paradoxes of Integration in Everyday Life, Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany |
| 14.10.2019: | The Universe(s) of Refugees: Rethinking Forced Migration, Portuguese National Library, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 11.10.2019: | Sustainable Food Systems - Sustainable Diets, The American University of Rome, Italy |
| 04.10.2018: | 2nd Conference of the Network for Refugee Research, the Center for Flight and Migration, Eichstätt, Germany |
| 17.09.2018: | Tropentag 2018 - Global food security and food safety: the role of universities, University of Ghent, Belgium |
| 06.09.2018: | Food 2030: Towards sustainable agri-food systems, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
