Liyana is an interdisciplinary scholar of the Middle East, with a particular interest in Palestine. She has previously held appointments as lecturer at the Australian National University, research fellow at the University of Sussex, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney, and research associate at the Centre for Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. In 2022 she was awarded the Exiting Violence Fellowship by Columbia Global Centers. Liyana’s research interests encompass gender, popular resistance, restorative justice, and anti-racism.
Selected Publications
Books
Kayali, L., (2020) Palestinian Women and Popular Resistance: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Strategies, London: Routledge.
Articles
Soutphommasane, T, Kayali, L., Smith, D., Park, J., Caluya, G. (2025) ‘Pimps, star chambers, ratbags and Westphalians: Parliamentary debates about racial discrimination in Australia, 1975-1995’, Australian Journal of Politics & History, 71(4), 669-700.
Lederman, Z., Browne, T., Kayali, L., Lederman, S, Orr, Z. (2025) ‘Loneliness as Lack of Solidarity: The Case of Palestinians Standing Alone’, Bioethics, 39(1), 76–89.
Kayali, L. (2024) ‘Transformative incrementalism: Palestinian women's strategies of resistance and resilience amid gendered insecurity and neoliberal co-optation’, Security Dialogue. [Online First]
Kayali, L., & Walters, M. A. (2021) ‘Responding to Hate Incidents on University Campuses: Benefits and Barriers to Establishing a Restorative Justice Programme’, Contemporary Justice Review, 24(1), 64–84.
Reports
Kayali, L. & Walters, M. A., (2020) 'Restoring Respect: Addressing Anti-LGBTQ Hate Incidents on University Campuses through Restorative Justice', in Alexi De Greef & Kelly Grossthal (ed.), Safe to Be: Handbook, Speak Out Project, United Kingdom, pp. 78-96.
Kayali, L. & Walters, M., (2018) Prejudice and Hate on University Campuses: Repairing Harms through Student-Led Restorative Dialogue (Preliminary Report), Brighton: University of Sussex
Holland, B., Kayali, L. & Walters, M., (2019) Safeguarding Students against Hate and Prejudice on University Campuses: Developing a Restorative Practice, Brighton: University of Brighton & University of Sussex
Kayali, L. & Walters, M., (2019) Prejudice and Hate on University Campuses: Repairing Harms through Student-Led Restorative Dialogue (Final Evaluation Report), Brighton: University of Sussex
