Mona Younes

Biography

Dr. Mona Younes is specialized in the field of ‘Online Education’ as well as ‘Education in Emergencies’. She has finished her Master’s Degree in Online Education from the University of Southern Queensland, before moving to Lancaster University to acquire a PhD in ‘Education and Social Justice’. Mona’s focus, research and expertise crystalizes around the educational needs and challenges of refugees, specially refugees in developing countries and the potentials of blended and online learning, to improve their lives. Mona worked with a long list of international organizations, e.g. UNICEF, ‘UNESCO, UNHCR, War Child Holland, Plan International investigating the challenges and potentials of EdTech to empower marginalized populations and/or improve the efficiency of the educational systems especially in developing countries. To serve those organizations better, Dr. Younes founded in 2020 “Beyond Borders",  a US-based corporation that focuses on EiE and EdTech esp. in crisis and conflict contexts.

Dr. Younes worked for over 15 years in the educational sector in different countries across the MENA region, Sub-Saharan Africa and South-Asia. She started as a teacher, then teacher trainer, then Head of Department, and Senior e-Learning Specialist. During her long career, she founded online learning and training departments, managed large-scale educational projects, and worked with schools, ministries, academia and the private sector.