ECRs in conversation with Berj Dekramanjian: Role of Citizens (or Collective Actions) in Fighting the Spread of Invasive Mosquitoes in the MENA Region.

In this podcast, Noor Alabbas, our ECR Representative, speaks to
Berj Dekramanjian, a Pre-doctoral researcher at DEMOSOC and a PhD
fellow for AGAUR. Berj speaks about the human mosquito
interaction project and explains why this project is relevant to
the MENA region and how social policy relates to it, taking into
account the climate change challenges and human mobility
dimension as well. In this project, Berj focuses on citizens'
science by studying why people participate in the mosquito
interaction project and what drives citizens to be part of such a
project.


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Berj Dekramanjian is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of
Political and Social Sciences of Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a
member of the DemoSoc Research Group. His doctoral research
focuses on mapping human mobility by utilising mobile phone
positioning and associating it with acculturation and well-being
using Ecological momentary assessment techniques under the
supervision of Dr John Palmer. Berj holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Psychology from Haigazian University in Lebanon and a Master's
degree in Work and Organizational Psychology from Tallinn
University of Technology in Estonia and Maastricht University in
The Netherlands.


Professionally, he has worked with Greenpeace both in Beirut and
Istanbul in a regional capacity and led a leadership program with
Initiatives of Change Institute in Switzerland.


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This episode is part of the podcast series organised in the
framework of MENASP’s Early Career Researchers initiative. The
ECR MENASP podcast series aims to discuss relevant social
policies related to topics that are current and relevant to the
region.


Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the MENASP podcasts are
those of the invited speakers. They do not purport to reflect the
opinions or views of the Middle East and North Africa Social
Policy (MENASP) Network or the University of Bath.