Amal Miri joined the Centre for Migration, Diversity and Justice (CMDJ) as a Postdoctoral Researcher. She holds a PhD in Gender & Diversity from Ghent University. In this ethnographic research at the intersection of marriage migration, motherhood and integration she conducted participatory research with Moroccan mothers in Flanders. She has published in several international peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and European Journal of Women’s Studies. In the past she worked as a community organizer and project researcher at ella vzw, a non-profit organization promoting the empowerment of minoritized women in Brussels and Flanders. In the previous years, Amal co-supervised the participatory and co-creative Horizon Europe ‘ReIncluGen’ project at the University of Antwerp. At the University of Antwerp, Amal teaches the BA course Sociology and is part of the MIGLOBA network on migration and global mobility. Additionally she is chair of Empact vzw, a Flemish socio-cultural umbrella organisation supporting and strengthening migrant-led associations.