Sarah Anne Rennick

Sarah Anne Rennick holds a dual Ph.D. in Political Science from Lund University and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.  She is a researcher at CMES and the Deputy Director of the Arab Reform Initiative. She is also adjunct lecturer in political science at Sciences Po Paris.

Her research focuses on social movements and alternative forms of political engagement in the Arab region. More particularly, her work explores patterns and factors influencing youth mobilization and civic and political participation, putting forth a concept of “youth” as generational political practice. She also works on Arab diaspora mobilization and transnational/translocal political remittances, and their impact on the creation of new identities, solidarities, and political practices in both host and home sites.