Farah Ramzy is an assistant professor in the Department of Arabic Studies at the University of Strasbourg and a member of GEO UR-1340 (Groupe d'études orientales, slaves et néo-helléniques). She was previously a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, and earned her PhD in Political Science from Paris-Nanterre University and Lausanne University. She was a teaching fellow in Sciences Po Bordeaux and Sciences Po Menton, and has lectured in Sciences Po Reims and Cairo University. Her research on the contemporary Middle East focuses on contentious politics, politicization in authoritarian contexts, youth policies, and the sociology of education.