Marginality and Liminality
Spatial Politics and Violence
Emotional Geographies
Palestinian Society in Israel
Youth Studies
Current Projects
I am developing a research project titled “Hometowns in the Margins: The Emotional Geographies of Palestinian Arab Youth in Israel”, which explores how Palestinian young people in Israel relate emotionally to their hometowns amid structural marginalization, spatial fragmentation, and contested identities. The project integrates emotional geographies with youth studies, using ethnographic and participatory methods. In parallel, I am continuing a previous project on the gendered and spatial dimensions of community violence and organized crime, focusing on its emotional impact on young Palestinian Arab women in Israel.
Curriculum Vitae
Fellowships and Grants
February 2021 | Competitive Conference and Fieldwork Funding (CCFF) at Green Templeton College
October 2019 | Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford
October 2015 | Ofakim Honours Scholarship at the University of Haifa
Prizes
June 2022 | Outstanding Presentation Prize | The 4th Haifa Social Science Conference
Education
October 2021 – April 2024: University of Oxford | DPhil, Social Intervention & Policy Evaluation | Rhodes Scholar
October 2019 – September 2021: University of Oxford | MPhil, Evidence-Based Social Intervention & Policy Evaluation | Rhodes Scholar (Awarded distinction)
October 2015 – September 2018: University of Haifa | BSc, Psychology & Ofakim Honours Program
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Mansour, L. (2024). Echoes of violence: experiences of Palestinian Arab students during the violent events of May 2021. Higher Education (2024).
Mansour, L. (2024). ‘Not ours’: Palestinian Arab students’ perceptions of the campus ethnonational climate in Israeli higher education. Race, Ethnicity and Education.
Mansour, L. (2024). Palestinian Arab undergraduate students’ transition to Israeli higher education: a mixed methods study. Studies in Higher Education. Vol 49 (2).
Chapters in books
Mansour, L. (2025). “Palestinian Citizens of Israel in the Shadow of the War on Gaza,” In Being Christian After the Desolation of Gaza, Eds. Fisk, B. & Wagner, R. Wipf and Stock Publishers.
Edited reports
Eyal-Lubling, R., Mansour, L. (2024). Resilience and Resilience Development in Young Adulthood. Gandyr Foundation & Yated Program – The Welfare Ministry. In Hebrew.
Mansour, L., Shalabi, M., & Aharoni, S. (2024). War, Welfare and Resilience: insights from professionals in the shadow of war. Ad’ar: The Professional Forum to Fight the Murder of Women. In English, Hebrew, & Arabic.
Presentations
July 2024: Mada Al-Carmel | Annual Early Career Researchers Conference. In Arabic.
June 2024: Centre for Global Higher Education Webinar series; invited talk.
April 2024: Israeli Sociological Society Annual Conference | Youth Studies roundtable; invited talk. In Hebrew.
January 2024: CEBI Seminar | Department of Social Policy and Intervention.
September 2023: The 30th European Sociological Association Research Network Mid-Term conference (ESA RN30); co-presented with Dr Roni Eyal-Lubling.
July 2022: The 10th European Conference on Education (ECE 2022) | IAFOR.
June 2022: The 4th Haifa Social Science Conference | Idit Fellowship; Awarded outstanding presentation.
March 2022: STORIES 2022 | Oxford University’s Department of Education.