Nahla Mansour

I am a PhD researcher in Political Science at the European University Institute (EUI). My research asks whether political parties pay an electoral cost for ideological or ethnic moderation, and how electoral institutions condition that cost — across two contexts: left-right competition in Europe, and ethnic politics in deeply divided societies such as Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Before the EUI, I completed an MRes at the EUI, an Erasmus Mundus International Master’s in South European Studies (University of Glasgow, Autonomous University of Madrid, and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), and a BSc in Political Science at Cairo University.

My research interests span Political Parties, Ethnic politics, Electoral and Party systems, and Middle East Politics. You can reach me at nahla.mansour@eui.eu.