Sara Daub

Sara Daub is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), supported by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and the German Federal Foreign Office. She concurrently holds a Research Fellow position at the Hertie School’s Centre for International Security in Berlin.

Her research focuses on international relations, specializing in conflict and migration studies. She employs quantitative and mixed-method approaches to study non-state actors' behavior, internationalized civil wars, diaspora politics, rebel governance, foreign aid, and foreign policy preferences. Her work has been published in the Journal of Peace Research and the Routledge Handbook of Proxy Wars.

Recent Projects: Sara investigates how external actors influence conflict dynamics and civilian victimization, as well as diaspora preferences regarding foreign policy dimensions. Her current fellowship project is titled Political Support for Militant Groups: Threat or Chance for World Order?

• Awards: Christiane-Rajewsky-Preis 2025 (Hertie School) for her dissertation on diaspora sponsorship of rebel groups.
• Education: PhD in Political Science (Hertie School, 2024); Fulbright research stay at University of Maryland; DAAD-funded research at Uppsala University.