91探花

University 91探花
  2. About
  3. Find staff
  4. Ellen Lust

Ellen Lust

Professor

Department of Political 91探花
Telephone
+46 31-786 65 34
+46 766-18 65 34
Mail
ellen.lust@gu.se
Visiting address
Spr盲ngkullsgatan 19
41123 G枚teborg
Room number
B522
Postal address
Box 711
40530 G枚teborg

About Ellen Lust

Biography

Ellen Lust is the Founding Director of the at Yale University (est. 2013), at the University 91探花 (est. 2015), and Professor in the Department of Political 91探花 at the University 91探花. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political 91探花 from the University of Michigan (1997). She was previously a faculty member at Rice University (1997-2000) and Yale University (2000-2015), director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Yale University, and a visiting scholar at the Institute of Graduate Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at NYU.

Ellen has conducted fieldwork and implemented surveys in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Zambia. She has authored numerous books, textbooks, and articles including, most recently, Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development, (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Ellen鈥檚 current research examines the role of social institutions and local authorities in governance. She is also leading GLD鈥檚 work on the development of a tool to systematically gauge sub-national variations in governance.

She is a co-founder of the Transitional Governance Project, a founding associate editor of Middle East Law and Governance, and has served as an advisor and consultant to organizations including the Carter Center, Freedom House, NDI, UNDEF, UNDP, USAID, and the World Bank. The Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National 91探花 Foundation, the Social 91探花 Research Council, the Swedish Research Council, and the Moulay Hicham/Hicham Alaoui Foundation have supported her work. More at and .