Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: +20226151750
ABOUT
Sandrine Gamblin is an assistant professor of Political Science, and director of the Middle East Studies Center, at the American University in Cairo. Before joining AUC, S. Gamblin worked for the French foreign affairs ministry, at the French University in Egypt.
Gamblin holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (Middle East Studies), from Science Po Paris. Her thesis was dedicated to the political economy of tourism and antiquities in Egypt, with a specific focus on the region of Luxor. She has also studied and published on electoral process and political transition in Egypt and the Middle East. She has extensively lived and worked in the region. As a researcher, she has been associate to the Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation Economiques et Juridiques (CEDEJ). As a consultant, she worked with international agencies, such as the UNDP, USAID and the International Crisis Group. As an assistant professor, she taught Political Science and Middle East Studies in Lebanon and Egypt.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Conflict Resolution
Democratization
Ethnography
Middle East/Near East Studies
Political Economy
Urban Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Egypt
Lebanon
Specialties
Governance/elections/local Politics
Conflict Resolution/peace Process
Tourism Studies/heritage Management
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
French (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (advanced)
German (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2007
| Political Science
| Sciences Po Paris
MA
| 1994
| Middle East Studies
| Sciences Po Paris
MA
| 1993
| International Relations
| Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Abstracts
Manufacturing the Modern City: Tourism and Antiquities in Luxor (Egypt) at the turn of the 20th century
Heritage tourism versus Leisure Tourism in Post- 2011 Egypt: Notes about crisis management, resilience and strategic choices
