Elsadig Elsheikh
Senior Research Associate
614-247-6334
elsadig.elsheikh@gmail.com
Elsadig joined the staff of the Kirwan Institute in 2008, before coming to the Institute, Elsadig worked with various grassroots and advocacy organizations in the fields of Internal Displaced Persons, Indigenous population, human rights, immigration, anti-racism, and social justice in Sudan, Greece, Colombia, and the United States.
Elsadig was a fellow of the 2009 Human Rights Advocates Program at the Institute of the study of human rights at Columbia University. He received his MA (2008) in social justice & sustainable development and a graduate diploma (2007) in conflict transformation across cultures both from the SIT Graduate Institute. In 2005, he received his B.A. Dual major in political science & international studies from the Ohio State University, and prior to that he studied international relations at Panteion University in Athens, Greece.
Research Interests: Colonia & postcolonial politics, Medical anthropology, Human & Indigenous peoples’ rights, Political ecology, and Social Movements.
