Nadine Abdalla
Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University in Cairo (AUC)
About Me
Nadine Abdalla is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at The American University in Cairo (AUC). In 2015/2016, she was a EUME Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics at the Freie Universitat of Berlin. In 2014, she got her PhD from Sciences-Po Grenoble with highest honors and in 2006, her MA from Sciences-Po Paris in France.
She has received several prestigious awards and fellowships such as “Europe in the Middle East and the Middle East in Europe” (EUME) and The Center of Economics, Juridical and Social Studies (CEDEJ) post-doctoral fellowships; The German Institute for International and Security Affairs and The Swiss Confederation doctoral fellowships; and The Eiffel Master’s scholarship of excellence.
She has worked for Egyptian and European Research Centers such as Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) in Cairo and The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP) in Berlin. Abdalla also participates actively in the research activities of The Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) based in Barcelona (ranked 7th best think tank network worldwide, according to the University of Pennsylvania’s 2014 “Global Go to Think Tanks Ranking”) and is member of The Arab German Academy for Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), based in Berlin.
Her research papers and articles have been published by both distinguished academic journals, such as Mediterranean Politics and well renowned policy outlets, such as the Middle East Institute (MEI) in Washington, The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) in Barcelona and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Abdalla also writes a weekly column for the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm and has several articles published in other Egyptian newspapers.
— Social movements (labor & youth movements) in the MENA region with a focus on Egypt / State-society relations
— bottom-up approaches to democracy and socio-political transformation in the MENA region with a focus on Egypt
— Euro-Med relations with a focus on EU democracy assistance policies
Selected Publications
ABDALLA, N. (2020, February), Local Activism in post-2011 Egypt. Paris: Arab Reform Initiative (ARI). Retrieved from: https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/local-activism-in-post-2011-egypt/
ABDALLA, N. (2016). Youth Movements in the Egyptian Transformation: Strategies and Repertoires of Political Participation. Mediterranean Politics, 21(1), 44-63. doi: 10.1080/13629395.2015.1081445 Retrieved from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13629395.2015.1081445
ABDALLA, N. (2016, March). The Quest for Accountability and Sociopolitical Change in Egypt: Repertoire of Actions and Challenges for Youth Activism in the Local Level. In S. Colombo (Ed.), Youth Activism in the South of the Mediterranean Countries since the Arab Uprising: Challenges and Policy Options. Joint Policy Study (2). Barcelona: The Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo), pp. 27-44. Retrieved from: https://www.euromesco.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/201602-EuroMe- SCo-Joint-Policy-Study-2.pdf
ABDALLA, N. (2013, March). Egypt's Revolutionary Youth- From Street Politics to Party Politics. SWP Comments. Berlin: The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) (SWP), pp. 1-7. Retrieved from:: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-youth- from-street-politics-to-party-politics/