About AlAnood

Dr. AlAnood AlShaikh is a researcher and consultant specialising in the shifts and synergies of cultural heritage. Her work combines historical analysis of culture, management research, and field knowledge, with particular emphasis on the socially embedded practices and meanings that underpin contemporary heritage-making processes that reshape cultural identities. She holds a Ph.D. in cultural heritage from the University of Birmingham (UK), and currently serves as ICOM-UAE Vice Chair, while working as a Postdoctoral Associate within the Arts and Humanities Division at New York University Abu Dhabi. Founder of DLALA—an interdisciplinary cultural advisory that seeks a contextual understanding of regional cultural heritage, focusing on documentation and cultural monitoring, institutionalised heritage, contemporary museumification, and context-sensitive safeguarding mechanisms, while contesting UNESCO inscription procedures. Dr. AlShaikh is an active participant in academic fora, and she advises governmental entities and international organisations as a regional expert on multiple international committees, including the expert facility of EU/UNESCO’s Culture|2030 Indicators, ICOMOS, and ACHS.

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