Sarah Anne Rennick is Deputy Director for Research at the Arab Reform Initiative, where she leads the program on Inclusive Politics. Her research lies in the domains of contentious politics and social movement theory, the study of democratization and autocratization processes, and peace and conflict studies. She is currently researching youth political sociology in the region and investigating the relationship between political and social mobilization and dynamics of continuity and change. Committed to engaged scholarship, she integrates participatory methods into her research and regularly engages in policy outreach and public dialogue. She holds a dual PhD in political science from Lund University and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).”