Stacey Links

Dr. Stacey Links is a Lecturer at Leiden University, affiliated with the Humanities Institute for Area Studies (HIAS). She holds a PhD from Utrecht University's Department of Law, Governance, and Economics, focusing on the human rights dimension of Sino-African relations. Her research emphasizes South-South cooperation, postcolonial frameworks, and African agency in global policy. She concurrently serves as a research fellow at the LeidenAsiaCentre and a non-resident fellow at the African Policy Research Institute (Berlin). She is also on the editorial board of the Cross-Cultural Human Rights Review.

Her work bridges academia and policy, advocating for African-centered approaches in international policy-making. She teaches International Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, and Global Political Economy at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her policy consultations span institutions in both the global North and South, emphasizing ethical engagement with rising powers.

Dr. Links' career includes roles in human rights and development organizations across South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Haiti, and the Netherlands. She actively contributes to scholarly and policy dialogues on contemporary IR, blending critical discourse with practical policy insights.