Zina Nimeh is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT’s School of Governance in the Netherlands, where she runs the Master’s specialization in Social Protection Policy Financing and Budgeting (part of the M.Sc. programme in Public Policy and Human Development). Her current research interests include multidimensional poverty, social exclusion, inequality, social stratification, citizenship and social protection policy design. Her regional focus is the Middle East and North Africa.