Sarah Lockwood

Dr Lockwood worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, before joining the Centre of Development Studies in 2021. She is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of Cape Town, where she co-founded the Political Parties in Africa project. In addition to her academic work, she is a Senior Consultant for Menas Associates, where she provides strategic, political and integrity risk analysis for Southern Africa. She is a Fellow of Clare College.

Education

• Master’s Degree Harvard University (2012 — 2014)
• Master of Science (MSc) University of Oxford (2011 — 2012)
• BA Columbia University in the City of New York (2008 — 2011)

Companies

• Fellow, Clare College Clare College (2021)
• Assistant Professor of Development Studies University of Cambridge (2021)
• Research Affiliate at the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa University of Cape Town (2019)
• Senior Consultant Menas Associates (2015)
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar and Lecturer Columbia University in the City of New York (2019 — 2021)
• Graduate Affiliate Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) (2017 — 2019)
• Journalist and Media Consultant Journalist (2003 — 2008)