Dr. Sarah Seif

Biography

Sarah Seif is a Postdoctoral Research Associate working on the RESPOND.EU project at King's College London, based in the School of Government. Her research focuses on media corruption and the legacy of digital media capture. Sarah holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, where her doctoral research examined the relationship between media and government in the context of terrorism reporting in the United Kingdom. Prior to embarking on her PhD, she obtained a Master’s in International Peace and Security from King's College London, and her undergraduate degree (MA Hons) in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. Sarah has also worked as a researcher at PRELT CCCPA, concentrating on gender and terrorism, as well as serving as an intelligence analyst in the field of geopolitics. Her research interests encompass media corruption and capture, postcolonial and decolonial feminist approaches, critical perspectives on terrorism, and the politics of narrative creation and discourse, particularly at the intersection of gender, race, religion, and citizenship. She currently co-convenes the Colonial, Postcolonial, and Decolonial Working Group within the British International Studies Association.

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