Valeria was a Visiting fellow at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre She holds a PhD in Demography from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and has extensive experience in population data collection, management and analysis. Her work revolves around the use of demographic methods in the study of conflict affected, forcibly displaced and other vulnerable populations to inform humanitarian and development policies and advance human rights and international justice. In 2018 she was appointed as Head of Refugee Registration and Eligibility Services at UNRWA. Prior to joining UNRWA, she worked as Demographer and Statistician at the . Before then, she was Research Officer at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre and at the , and served as Research Consultant for and .