Biography
I'm an adjunct-assistant professor at the Zakat Foundation Institute at Indianapolis University, USA, and research fellow on diaspora and bi-cultural philanthropy and volunteering at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in the Netherlands. I'm an internationally trained cultural and social anthropologist with two master-degrees in Cultural and Social Anthropology and Sociology of non-Western societies, and I hold a PhD in Business and Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Through my topic on diaspora and bi-cultural volunteering and philanthropy in the country of origin yet done by diaspora and bi-cultural citizens, volunteers and philanthropists who live in the country of residence, my aim is to contribute to the intercultural dialogue in academia and practice. I mainly focus on philanthropic and voluntary behavior of diaspora and bi-cultural philanthropists and volunteers (think of refugees, economical immigrants, and those who are raised in two (or more) ethnical environments). My research is done in international contexts in which diaspora and bi-cultural philanthropists and volunteers are active, their personal motives (intergenerational philanthropic traditions, interpersonal layers of philanthropic mechanisms and the search for a sense of belonging). Along with the possible effects of diaspora and bi-cultural philanthropy and volunteering (in both the country of residence and the country of origin). One may think of the effects of (what may seem as) neo/post-colonial behavior, philanthropic activism, de-colonialization of philanthropy and the development diasporic aid and engagements in crises in the homeland.
I am the project-lead of the EU-funded project "Museums and Restoration Volunteering for Inclusion" (MARVI), the chair of the board of the expertise centre HuCom, the advisor and board-member of the World Opera Lab Netherlands and Yep Africa Foundation, and I teach courses on Humanitarian Leadership Practices, Diaspora Nonprofit, Diaspora philanthropy and volunteering, Diaspora engagement, and the process of decolonization (in e.g. nonprofit organisations) through diaspora nonprofit organisations and individual diaspora channels at several universities worldwide.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- ouacha@rsm.nl
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Work
- Malika Ouacha & Ralf H.Y. Wieriks (2025) - De paradox in de duurzaamheidsregelgeving - gelden de SDGs echt voor iedereen?: De rol van diaspora in de implementatie van de SDGs in het Globale Zuiden
- Malika Ouacha (2025) - Diaspora Nonprofits in an Islamic (faith-based) Nation State: an empirical case study on Morocco
- Malika Ouacha, J. Isanski, J. Kozak & B. Dyczewski (2025) - Special Issue: Searching for a Better Life with my Community: migratory trends in religious-based social networks - Religions, 16 (3) - [link]
- Malika Ouacha, Lucas Meijs & Kees Biekart (2024) - Diasporic Philanthropy and the Sense of Belonging as an Expression of Diasporic Cultural Identity and Inclusion - Voluntas, 35 (6), 1081-1090 - doi: 10.1007/s11266-024-00674-3 - [link]
- Malika Ouacha (2024) - Film Review. The Football Aficionado. Directed by Sharmin Mojtahedzadeh and Paliz Khoshdel - Urbanities, 14 (2) - [link]
- Malika Ouacha (2024) - Receiving by giving: The examining of cross-border diasporic and bi-cultural philanthropy
- Malika Ouacha (2023) - (Be)longing to the village: how the earthquake in Morocco reveals the importance of the homeland in diaspora identity. - DevISSues, Oktober 2023 - [link]
- Malika Ouacha (2023) - Book review: Şebnem Eroğlu. Poverty and International Migration. A Multi-Site and Intergenerational Perspective - International Review of Social History, 68 (2), 328 - 331 - doi: 10.1017/s0020859023000275
- Malika Ouacha (2023) - Claudia Bernardi et al. (eds), <i>Moving Workers. Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im/Mobilities</i>.: [Work in Global and Historical Perspective, Vol. 19] (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023?) 267 pp. ISBN 9783111136516 - Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 21 (2), 181-184 - doi: 10.52024/p3de5h19 - [link]
- Philine van Overbeeke & Malika Ouacha (2022) - The value of diasporic cross-border philanthropy and voluntourism - doi: 10.4337/9781800378155.00021 - [link]
- Malika Ouacha (9 februari 2024) - Nederlanders met Marokkaanse wortels geven ruimhartig aan de herkomstregio van hun ouders of grootouders
- Malika Ouacha (13 december 2023) - Verdiep je oprecht in Diaspora groepen
- Malika Ouacha (4 mei 2023) - Koninklijke erkenning voor onderdrukte Amazigh gemeenschap: Yennayer wordt Marokkaanse feestdag
- Malika Ouacha (13 december 2022) - Promovendus Malika Ouacha: verdiep je oprecht in diaspora groepen
- Malika Ouacha (30 september 2021) - Zes Vrouwen in de Wetenschap
- Malika Ouacha (7 juni 2021) - De traditie en schoonheid van Amazigh-gezichtstatoeages uitgelegd
- Malika Ouacha (2025) - Chairperson of the Board Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom) (Other)
Activiteit: Other › Professional - Thomas Swerts, Mieke Kox, Malika Ouacha & Nanneke Winters (2024) - Ethnograpic Incubator @EUR (Chair)
Activiteit: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Malika Ouacha (2024) - ARNOVAs common interest group "Diaspora & Bi-cultural Philanthropy" (External organisation) (Chair)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic - Malika Ouacha (2024) - Eramus+ Project “Museums and Restoration Volunteering for Inclusion” (MARVI) (co-funded by the EU) (External organisation) (Chair)
Activiteit: Membership of board › Academic - Malika Ouacha (2024) - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activiteit: Editorial work › Academic - Malika Ouacha (2024) - Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activiteit: Editorial work › Academic - Malika Ouacha (2020) - Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activiteit: Editorial work › Academic
- Malika Ouacha (2023) - New Emerging Scholar Award
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Start date approval
- oktober 2023
- End date approval
- september 2025
- Place
- LONDON
- Description
- Het geven van 2 online lectures via Zoom.
Centrum van Filantropie VU Amsterdam
- Start date approval
- februari 2024
- End date approval
- februari 2027
- Place
- AMSTERDAM
- Description
- Lecture on Diaspora philanthropy
SIT Study Abroad
- Start date approval
- februari 2024
- End date approval
- februari 2027
- Place
- VANCOUVER, CANADA
- Description
- Lecture on Diaspora philanthropy
Zakat Foundation Insitute, IU, USA
- Start date approval
- juli 2025
- End date approval
- juni 2028
- Place
- INDIANAPOLIS, USA
- Description
- Adjunct-Ass. Professor Hum. Practices & Leadership
Professionele ontwikkeling II
- Level
- bachelor 2
- Year Level
- bachelor 2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BK2204
Professional Development II
- Level
- bachelor 2
- Year Level
- bachelor 2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BT2204
Adjunct-Assistant Professor
- Start date approval
- april 2025