Elsadig Elsheikh
Research Associate
614-247-6334
elsheikh.1@osu.edu
Elsadig joined the staff of the Kirwan Institute in 2008 as a research associate for the international program with a focus on racial/ethnic dimensions of various conflicts around the world. Before coming to the Kirwan Institute, Elsadig worked with various grassroots & advocacy organizations in fields of Internal Displaced Persons, indigenous population, human rights, immigration, anti-racism, and social mobilizations in Sudan, Greece, Colombia, and the US.
He received his MA in social justice & sustainable development and a graduate diploma in conflict transformation across cultures both from the SIT Graduate Institute in 2008. In 2005, he received a B.A. in political science & international studies from the Ohio State University, and prior to that he studied international relations at the Pandeion University in Athens, Greece.
Research Interests: The political economy and formation of the nation-state in the Third World; The impacts of globalization upon indigenous populations; and Issues of colonialism, class and power structure in the context of the global South.
