Salma Daoudi

Salma Daoudi is a Non-resident Fellow at TIMEP focusing on health and conflict in the MENA region. Her research primarily revolves around the weaponisation of health in Syria and its repercussions beyond the locus and temporality of violence. She has previously worked as a researcher and policy analyst, focusing predominantly on human (in)security in asymmetric warfare, the security-development nexus and more broadly MENA geopolitics.

Salma is currently a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford, specialising in international security and global health, with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa. She graduated in International Studies from Al Akhawayn University, Morocco, and in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, UK, as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She speaks fluent Arabic, French, English, and Spanish, and has knowledge of Russian and Farsi.