I am a writer, researcher and consultant specialising in the Mediterranean region with a particular focus on Libya. I have reported on and researched Libya since February 2011 and lived there in 2014. I conduct action-oriented research and analysis on a range of topics including Libya’s energy sector, local governance, security, civil society, violent extremism and youth empowerment. I have worked with organisations including International Crisis Group (ICG), the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the European Council on Foreign Relations and the European University Institute. I am a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, an Associate Fellow at ICSR, King's College London, an Associate Research Fellow at ISPI in Milan and an Associate Researcher at the Mediterranean Platform at the LUISS School of Government in Rome.I am a contributing author to "The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath" an edited volume published by Hurst/Oxford University Press in 2015 and “Violence and Social Transformation in Libya” an edited volume published by Hurst/Oxford University Press in 2023.I have worked on wider initiatives with UNESCO, the Anna Lindh Foundation, the British Council and other cultural organisations. I have a particular interest in memorialisation processes in post-conflict and divided societies and contributed to the 2020 UN Special Rapporteur report on memorialisation. I am a consultant with the War Childhood Museum, the world's only museum dedicated to documenting the experience of children in conflict.I am a member of the Board of Trustees at the Brussels-based think-tank Friends of Europe. As a journalist, my work has appeared in publications including the Economist, Foreign Policy, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Guardian and Monocle. I have worked on a number of radio documentaries for the BBC, one of which - on post-conflict Northern Ireland - won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award. I began my career reporting on post-conflict Northern Ireland for domestic and international media. I spent almost a decade as a roving staff foreign correspondent for the Irish Times, reporting from more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. I am a former Laurence Stern fellow at the Washington Post. I have served on the jury of the Samir Kassir Awards which honour exceptional journalism across the Middle East and North Africa. Twitter: @MaryFitzgerWebsite: www.mary-fitzgerald.com