Nadine Sika

Nadine Sika is a Professor and Chair of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science, The American University in Cairo (AUC). She has held prestigious roles including Humboldt Foundation Visiting Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (2014-2015), guest scholar at Tübingen University, and consultant to the UNDP. She serves on the Board of Directors of Baseera, an Egyptian public opinion polling institution, and acts as book review editor for Mediterranean Politics.

• PhD in Political Science, Cairo University (2008)
• MA in Political Science, American University in Cairo (2000)
• BA in Political Science, American University in Cairo (1997)

Her research focuses on democratization, contentious politics, and youth civic/political engagement in the MENA region. She leads international research programs on youth political participation and civil society dynamics in the Middle East, with recent work published in journals like Political Studies, Mediterranean Politics, and Journal of North African Studies.

As a Humboldt Foundation Visiting Fellow, Sika contributes to academic leadership through editorial roles and collaborative research. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Comparative Middle East Studies, Comparative Democratization, and State-Society relations. She has led two international collaborative research projects on youth engagement in the MENA region and is currently principal investigator for a civil society study in the Middle East.