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Dr Pauline Poupart
Researcher
Dr Pauline Poupart
Dr Pauline Poupart is a Researcher in the Sahel and West Africa Programme. Prior to joining SIPRI in 2021, Pauline did her doctoral thesis in Sciencespo Paris (CERI) analyzing the exercise of the Libyan and Algerian power through the mediations conducted in Sahara-Sahel between 2006 and 2018 in Northern Mali and Niger assessing the perceptions of the Sahelian actors, State and non-state, involved in them.
In 2019, she was part of the scientific organization committee of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. Previously, Pauline worked from 2014 as a teaching assistant and seminar lecturer in International Relations in Sciencespo Paris and Reims, in the University of Lille 2 and was a teaching fellow at INALCO for the year 2020-2021.
Subject expertise
Conflict dynamics, Conflict resolution, Mediation, Post-conflict peacebuilding, Relations with the State / Identity politics and perceptions/ Regional foreign policy /Power politics
Regional expertise
West Africa- Sahel, North Africa
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Languages
French, English, Arabic, Spanish
Education
PhD in International Relations, CERI - Sciencespo Paris: PhD title 'Power mediations in the Sahara-Sahel: The role of Algeria and Libya in conflict management for Northern Mali and Niger (2006-2018)'
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
External publications
- P., Poupart, 'De "médiateur" à "terroriste", la figure d'Iyad Ag Ghali' In Fréquenter les Infréquentables, CNRS EDITIONS, pp.187-194 (2023)
- P., Poupart, 'Being Tuareg in a Libyan South in transition: citizenship not yet achieved', L'Année du Maghreb, n°28, Vol.2, pp.59-81 (2022)
- P., Poupart, 'When power disperses: The relationships between the Sahara-Sahel and the Maghreb since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi (2011-2018)', Herodote, n°172, Issue 1, pp.101-121 (2019)
- P., Poupart, 'Azawad as an issue in peace negotiations in Mali: What Status for a disputed territory ?', Confluences Méditerranée, Vol. 101, Issue 2, pp.97-112 (2017)