About
Duaa is Experienced legal and policy researcher with a strong background in education policy, linguistics and governance. Duaa’s PhD research at the University of Cambridge applies Critical Discourse Analysis and quantitative methods to examine neutrality in British education policies, assessing how language and statistical framing shape governance decisions. Duaa specialises in analysing large datasets, employing word frequency analysis, sentiment scoring, and statistical modelling to assess policy bias and impact. My expertise in legal consultancy, finance, governance, and high-level due diligence complements Duaa’s research, making her adept at policy evaluation and regulatory analysis. Duaa served as a chair of Governors in a London school and is the Founder of a University of Cambridge spin-out LegalTech platform, developed in partnership with Cambridge Enterprise which aims to support universities in meeting their statutory obligations under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
Qualifications
- University of Cambridge - PhD in Education
- University of Cambridge - MPhil in Knowledge, Power & Politics
- Birkbeck University - MA Corporate Governance & Business Ethics
- London School of Business and Finance - Global MBA & ACCA (Part Qualified)
- Northumbria University - PG Diploma in Data Protection & Information Governance
- London South Bank University -BA (Hons) Accounting
Publications
- Denmead, T., Shareef, A., & Karim, D. (2024). White educability: lessons from the terror trial of a far-right nationalist in England. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 46(2), 194–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2024.2396906
- Karim, D (2025) A tug of Laws, special issue of Gender and Justice on forced marriage, Manchester University Press (In press)
- Denmead, T., Shareef, A., & Karim, D. (2025). Rethinking Britain’s Prevent from a Global Critical Race and Racism Framework for Education (In press)
- Denmead et al. (2025). Critical Knowledge-Making in the Age of Prevent: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnography of Muslim Female Doctoral Students (In press)
- Denmead et al. (2025). Contesting the ‘imperilled Muslim woman’ trope through visual art education: A global critical race feminist perspective (In press)
- Shahid et al. (2025). Anti-racism and Gaza in UK medical colleges: developing communication pathways through communities of inquiry (In press)
- Scott-Baumann A. & Karim D, (2025). Power, and the global politics of knowledge (In press)