Chiara Ayad was a Researcher and Programme Officer at ARI until July 2019, in charge of coordinating the project on Decentralization in the Middle East as well as research on Palestine. She holds a master’s degree in international security from Sciences Po Paris, the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and an undergraduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Sciences Po Menton and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.