Biography
Discover the journey, vision, and major achievements of the women and men who shape Euromed University of Fes.
m.slighoua@ueuromed.org
Prof. Mounia Slighoua
Habilitated Lecturer in Political Science
Mounia Slighoua is a Moroccan academic and researcher. She serves as Habilitated Lecturer in Political Science at the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences of the Euromed University of Fes (UEMF).
Graduated from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI), she completed undergraduate studies in international studies, focused on international cooperation and development, then graduate studies in international studies, diplomacy and American studies. Her background includes university mobility experiences and internships in the United States and the United Kingdom. She then pursued doctoral studies in France and defended, in 2016, a doctorate in comparative law at the University Toulouse 1 Capitole. Titled “The evolution of women's rights in the Arab Spring countries: Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia”, this thesis, defended with the distinction “Very honorable with the Congratulations of the Jury”, was published by Éditions Universitaires Européennes (ISBN-10: 3841661343; ISBN-13: 9783841661340).
Her main research areas concern sustainable development, women’s rights, human rights and migration. Her work can be consulted through:
• ResearchGate: Mounia Slighoua
• ORCID: 0000-0002-9317-2498
• Scopus Author ID: 55115860500
Mounia Slighoua has participated in workshops, seminars and scientific meetings in Morocco and internationally. At UEMF, she supervises doctoral research and master’s projects, mainly in the fields corresponding to her main research areas.
Affiliated since January 2017 with the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences at UEMF, she has contributed to coordinating double-degree programs in political science, in partnership with Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne University. She has the honor of serving as an academic and scientific consultant to the Executive Office of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Chair. She has also had the privilege of collaborating, notably as a “project officer”, with the Research Institute for European, Mediterranean and African Studies (RIEMAS), UEMF’s think tank.