Program Director of the Environmental Politics Program, Arab Reform Initiative

Sarine Karajerjian is the Director of the Environmental Politics Program at the Arab Reform Initiative with expertise in environmental policy, public affairs, and strategic management. Prior to working at ARI, Sarine worked for 15 years at the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs since the Institute’s inception. Her previous work covered strategic management, fundraising and outreach, and partnerships and grants management. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and writing her dissertation on the exile and trauma of Syrian refugee women in Beirut. She holds a Masters’ degree in Environmental Policy Planning and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from AUB.