Dr. Omar Sadr is the founder and host of Negotiating Ideas. He is also a senior research scholar at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets (CGM). Previously, he worked as an assistant professor of political science at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), as a researcher at the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), and at the National Centre for Policy Research (NCPR), Kabul University. His primary research interests include pluralism and governance of cultural diversity, political Islam, democracy in diverse societies, challenges to liberal democracy, and statebuilding. He has been an advocate of political reform, constitutionalism, and pluralism.
Dr. Sadr holds a Ph.D. (2018) from South Asian University (SAU), a university established by the SAARC nations. His most recent book, Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan, which won a 2022 book prize for Best Book in Social Science from the Central Eurasian Studies Society, examines the challenges to peaceful coexistence in a pluralistic society and develops a theory of governance of diversity.
His work has appeared in venues such as Fair Observer, The Atlantic Council, Jadaliyya, and The National Interest. He also appears regularly on BBC Persian, Afghanistan International, and ToloNews (three prominent Persian TVs).
Sadr has received numerous fellowships, including the Global Academy Fellowship at the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, the Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) Fellowship at the Institute of International Education (IIE), and the CAMCA Fellowship at the Rumsfeld Foundation and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. He is also a member of the New University in Exile Consortium at The New School in New York.
Website: www.omarsadr.com
Email: sadromar@gmail.com