Nina Maadad

Dr. Nina Maadad is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Adelaide, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics. She holds a strong focus on global educational challenges, particularly refugee education, multiculturalism, and academic mobility. Her research spans multiple countries including Australia, Indonesia, Lebanon, Turkey, and Sweden.

Key research interests include refugee integration, language acquisition in diverse contexts, and policy analysis in cross-cultural education systems. Dr. Maadad’s work often addresses the interplay between education systems and societal structures, with recent emphases on online learning dynamics post-2020 and multilevel factors affecting student outcomes in secular vs. religious schools.

Her publications from 2020-2025 consistently analyze refugee education across geopolitical contexts, emphasizing systemic barriers faced by displaced populations. This includes studies on child marriage dynamics among refugee girls, comparative education policies for Arabic-speaking refugees, and the role of first language attrition in multilingual settings.

No specific scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials, though her extensive publication record indicates significant academic contribution. Advising activities are not detailed here, but her research often collaborates with international teams addressing global educational inequities.