Shada Aamer

Shada Aamer (Amer) is a Palestinian researcher, political feminist activist, and PhD student with the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter- Strategies (IRGAC) at the University of Potsdam. Her interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of organizational sociology, settler colonial studies, political sociology, feminist and decolonial theory, and critical human rights scholarship. Drawing on both academic research and years of socio-political activism, she examines how power, hegemony, and authoritarian dynamics are reproduced within civil society and activist spaces in Palestine/Israel. Aamer holds degrees in law, human rights, sociology, and organizational development, including an LL.B, an LL.M in Human Rights and International Law, and a master’s degree in Sociology and Organizational Development. Her current PhD research focuses on authoritarian and hegemonic dynamics within activist and collaborative movements, particularly in relation to settler colonialism, inequality, political organizing, and forms of counter-hegemony. Her work combines academic research with feminist, community, and human rights activism, focusing on collective agency, solidarity, and political change.