Mashitah Hamidi is an Associate Professor of Migration Studies at the Department of Social Administration and Justice, Universiti Malaya. Her research interest is focusing on migration and displacement groups. She is currently a Head of Malaysian Population and Migration Research Center (MPMRC), Universiti Malaya. She obtained her Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Human Development and Masters in Human Resource Development (MHRD) from Universiti Putra Malaysia. She pursued her PhD in Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia. Her areas of research include migration and displacement, social organisation, social justice and women empowerment. She handled numerous research projects, including labour migrants, stateless children and refugee communities. She is a committee member of Anti-trafficking in Person and Smuggling of Migrants (ATIPSOM) for the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF). She delivered a keynote speech at the 1st World Conference on Gender Studies (WCGS) 2019 in Indonesia and 2026 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA) Beijing, China. Mashitah was appointed as a visiting professor at the Sociology Education Department, Faculty of Social Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, in 2022, a visiting scholar at the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Nanjing University, in 2025; and currently a visiting professor at the International Relations Department, Universitas Muhammadiyyah Yogjakta, Indonesia.