Home>Sarah El-Abd
Research Interest(s): Peacekeeping, humanitarian affairs, civil-military relations, international law, peace and conflict studies.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East, West Africa
Country(ies): Lebanon, Mali
Language(s): English, Danish, Arabic, German, French, Spanish
Biography
Sarah El-abd is a PhD student in Political Science on the International Relations track at SciencesPo, Paris. Her research is concerned with UN peacekeeping and its engagement in humanitarian action - particularly focused on civil-military relations, challenges under international law, and She obtained an MSc in International Law and Security from the University of Southern Denmark in 2023 and an MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs from the University of York in 2023.
El-Abd is the awardee of the World Youth Democracy Award 2020 by the German Ministry of Interior. She was formerly a research assistant working on the SHAPEDEM-EU project at Roskilde University. Additionally, she has formerly worked for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs out of the Danish Embassy for Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, and has worked with numerous think tanks across Holland, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Denmark. She is a co-author of the upcoming book 'Un-Welcome To Denmark: The Paradigm Shift And Refugee Integration' with Michelle Pace for Manchester University Press.
Thesis topic
Humanitarians in Blue Helmets? How the United Nations Integrated Humanitarian Action in UN Peacekeeping Operations, supervised by Chiara Ruffa
Teaching
• Sciences Po, Reims: TA for Introduction to Political Science, College level
• Sciences Po, Paris: TA Grader for Introduction to International Human Rights Law
• Council of International Education Exchange, Copenhagen: Lecturer for Politics of Welfare & Happiness in Scandinavia, College level
• University of Southern Denmark: Instructor for International Politics and Organization, College level
• University of Southern Denmark: Instructor for Introduction to Political Science, College level
