Walīd Malik has been working as a Researcher and Policy Adviser at the German Institute for Human Rights since 2021. His current focus includes children's and youth rights, human rights education, and human rights-based research.
Previously, he served for several years as an advisor in historical-political education, specializing in antisemitism and anti-Muslim racism, including at the Anne Frank Educational Center in Frankfurt am Main. In the aftermath of the far-right terrorist attack in Hanau, Hesse, in 2020, Walīd Malik was appointed as an expert to the State of Hesse's advisory panel on “ Group-Focused Enmity and Anti-Muslim Racism”.
Walīd Malik holds a B.A. in Political Science and Law, as well as an M.A. in International Studies and Peace and Conflict Research, earned at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the Technical University Darmstadt, and the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Fellow with 'Humanity in Action' and an alumni scholar of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the German Foundation for Integration, and the Network Inclusion Leaders (NILE).
