Maïa Hawad

Maïa Tellit Hawad holds an M.A. in Contemporary Philosophy from Panthéon-Sorbonne Université (Paris 1). Her previous research explored the imaginaries of the Sahara in environmental and political philosophy as well as French Africanist sciences. Her current work, which interrogates the intersection of race, geography, and mining extractivist logics within the current administration of the Sahara, focuses on nomadic becomings in contemporary Tuareg societies. Since 2023, she has been part of the teaching team for Research Studio RS6 in the Environmental Architecture program at the Royal College of Art in London.