Elisa DOMINGUES DOS SANTOS

Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center and Turkey/Middle East Program

Research interests:

Türkiye
Horn of Africa
Red Sea
Middle East-Africa relations, Turkey-Africa relations

Since May 2023, Elisa Domingues dos Santos is an Associate Research Fellow at Ifri's Turkey and Middle East Program and Sub-Saharan Africa Center. After two years as a project manager for these two units, she is now doing a PhD in political science at the Université catholique de Lille and is attached to the C3RD and ETHICS laboratories. She is also an associate researcher at the Institut Français des Etudes Anatoliennes (Ifea) in Istanbul.

Her research focuses on the relations between Turkey and sub-Saharan Africa. She is a regular contributor to Ifri's Turkey 2050 program.

Domaines d'expertise
Afrique subsaharienne
Observatoire de l’Afrique centrale et australe
Gouverner la transition urbaine en Afrique
Élections, gouvernance et évolutions de l’État
L'Afrique dans les relations internationales
Questions de sécurité
Mutations sociales et économiques de l'Afrique
Enjeux énergétiques en Afrique
Turquie
Dialogue franco-turc
Observatoire de la Turquie