Talar Demirdjian is a Lebanese practitioner working on conflict, humanitarian response, and inclusive governance. Her work focuses on strengthening locally led action and creating spaces where dialogue, accountability, and meaningful participation are central to decision making.

She currently works with the Danish Refugee Council in Lebanon, supporting collaboration between diaspora organisations and local actors to enhance humanitarian and recovery efforts. Across her career, she has worked on conflict analysis, gender and social inclusion, migration and refugee policy, digital rights, and humanitarian innovation in the Middle East and international contexts. Her experience spans research, programme leadership, and strategic advisory roles, with a consistent focus on embedding equity and conflict sensitivity into policy and practice.

Talar is particularly interested in advancing women’s leadership in fragile and conflict-affected settings, and in exploring how mediation, reconciliation, and inclusive dialogue can strengthen both peacebuilding and humanitarian systems. She believes sustainable peace depends on shifting power toward those closest to conflict and ensuring their voices meaningfully shape the structures that affect their lives.

Participant in: December 2018 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes