Elsadig Elsheikh

Senior Research Associate
614-247-6334
elsadig.elsheikh@gmail.com

Elsadig joined the staff of the Kirwan Institute in 2008 as a research associate for the international program to lead the development research and projects aimed at leveraging our understanding of various societies in terms of racially, ethnically, economically, and socially excluded groups and communities. Before coming to the Kirwan Institute, Elsadig worked with various grassroots and advocacy organizations in fields of Internal Displaced Persons, Indigenous population, human rights, immigration, anti-racism, and social mobilizations in Sudan, Greece, Colombia, and the United States.

Elsadig was a fellow in the 2009 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University. 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 Panteion University in Athens, Greece.

Research Interests: Food Justice, Human & Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Social Movements, Environmental Health, and Colonialism.