Mona Fawaz is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, where she teaches and conducts research on urban transformations and planning. She also holds an appointment as an honorary professor at University College London (Bartlett) for the 2022-2025 period.
Her extensive research covers urban history and historiography, social and spatial justice, informality and the law, land, housing, property, and space.