Houwayda MATTA BOU RAMIA

أستاذ
Coordinateur du cycle doctoral - /Coordinateur du cycle doctoral - Travail social/Directeur - ELFS/Titulaire - Chaire de recherche sur les déplacements forcés - المعهد العالي للعمل الاجتماعي

+961 (1) 421 000 تحويلة 5545 houwayda.bouramia@usj.edu.lb

Houwayda Matta Bou Ramia has been a professor at the Lebanese School of Social Work (ELFS) at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) since 2004. She holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Ottawa and a doctorate in social work from the University of Montreal. She coordinates the doctoral program in social work and holds the Research Chair on Forced Displacement in the Middle East, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Her research focuses on the identity of social work, family education in situations of child abuse, policies and practices related to drug addiction, irregular maritime migration from Northern Lebanon, the intercultural competencies of social workers, and intercommunity tensions in Lebanon between displaced persons and host communities. Prof. Matta has published numerous works and serves as a scientific consultant for various research projects and strategic initiatives with NGOs on a variety of social issues in Lebanon, particularly those concerning minorities and vulnerable groups.

محاور البحث

- Domestic violence and issues related to family and childhood.

- Family education.

- Professional identity and professionalization in social work.

- Drug addiction: analysis of policies and practices, and socio-professional integration.

- Forced displacement (irregular migration, intercommunity tensions, vulnerable groups, particularly individuals belonging to the LGBTQ+ community, etc.).

المنشورات والمداخلات

Publications principales :

Khoury, J., Matta, H. and El-Hoss, T. (2024) 'Lebanon’s Child Protection System'. In Brown, L., El-Hoss, T., and Gearon, A., (eds) (2024) The development of child protection systems and practice in low to middle income countries. London: Policy Press.

Matta, Houwayda, Chouchani, Rita, Salameh, Maguy, (2023). Travailleurs sociaux libanais à l’épreuve de l’histoire et de l’altérité, Dans Les Politiques Sociales 2023/3 (N° 3-4), pages 83 à 95, Éditions Service social dans le Monde, ISSN 1374-1942, DOI 10.3917/lps.233.0083

Abboud C., Matta, H., Khater M. (2023). “History and the Concepts Underlying the Lebanese Maronite Order Affordable Housing Projects”, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences - MJSS Vol. 14 No. 4 July 2023 edition. ISSN: 2039-9340, E-ISSN: 2039-2117

Matta, Houwayda, Hazaz, May, (2020). « Drogues illicites au Liban : analyse des politiques et des pratiques », Drogues, santé et société. En primeur, Dernier numéro, No 1 / février 2020 / Non thématique, Volume 18, p. 49-68.

Matta, Houwayda, Hazaz, May (2011). « L'insertion socioprofessionnelle des personnes ex-toxicomanes au Liban : perceptions, réalité et défis », dans Drogues, santé et société, Vol. 10, no 1 : Les usagers des opioïdes : expériences, traitement de la dépendance et insertion sociale, pp. 197-237.

Communications principales :

Matta, H. Baltagi, R. (2024). LGBTQI+ Rights in the Arab Region: Challenges and Struggles, International Conference on Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Migration, 04-05 March 2024, Center on Gender and Forced Displacement -CGFD-Asian Institute of Technology- AIT, Bangkok, Thailand.

Matta, H. (2023). Syriens réfugiés au Liban : lecture multidimensionnelle des tensions intercommunautaires, 27 novembre 2023, Foire internationale du livre de Guadalajara, Table 1: Regional displacement in Africa, Asia ante the Middle East: Nexus between development, humanitarian aid and peace, which will be held on Monday, November 27, 2023, University Center of Administrative Economic Sciences (CUCEA) of the University of Guadalajara.

Matta, H. (2022). La pratique du travail social aujourd’hui : comment articuler recherche et actions sur le terrain ?, les Rendez-vous de la recherche, wébinaires en ligne organisés par la Fédération internationale des universités catholiques (FIUC), 13 juin 2022

Matta H., Khoury, J. (2022). Expérience de mères libanaises actrices de maltraitance : un chez soi contraignant affectant l’individualisation, 9ème congrès de l'AIFRIS, Paroles, expériences et actions des usagèr·e·s dans l’intervention sociale : rendre visible l’invisible, atelier 47 : Rupture et attentes dans les trajectoires familiales. Bruxelles 2022, (4 - 8 juillet 2022)

Matta, Houwayda, Hazaz, May, (2017). « Lebanese Youth and Substance Use and Abuse: A pathway marked by losses and exclusion, Young People and Inequalities, International conference, Sectorial Group IFCU, social Sciences, October 16-18, 2017, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.