Elsadig Elsheikh

Elsadig Elsheikh is the Director of the UC Berkeley’s Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute. He oversees the program’s projects on climate justice, food systems, forced migration, Islamophobia, and human rights mechanisms. Elsheikh also co-leads the Inclusiveness Index initiative, an annual assessment of global inclusivity and marginality; the Shahidi Project, an investigative project monitoring the role of corporate power within the food system; and the Nile Project, a cultural initiative that aims to inspire, inform, and connect the Nile citizens to facilitate greater collaboration and cultivate climate resilience in the Nile Basin.

Elsheikh's research focuses on the global North-global South inequity related to socio-political dynamics, nation-state and citizenship, and structural mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. Elsheikh has authored and co-authored a number of Berkeley’s publications (to see a list of publications, click here: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/elsadig-elsheikh)

Elsheikh worked extensively in many countries, including Sudan, Greece, Colombia, and the United States, and holds degrees and trainings from Panteion University/Athens, Greece, the Ohio State University/Ohio, SIT Graduate Institute/Vermont, and Columbia University/New York.