Helen Lackner is a French writer, resident in the UK, academic and researcher mostly known for her work on the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

and

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

in particular. She is the author among other books of ''Yemen in Crisis'', which won the

Grand Prix of Literary Associations The Grand Prix of Literary Associations (GPLA) were launched in 2013 in Cameroon, in partnership with Brasseries du Cameroun and sponsorship by Castel Beer. The GPLA are defined as bilingual English-and-French literary prizes, some being awar ...

2018, Research Category.,

Biography

Helen Lackner who is often introduced as an independent investigator, is currently a

Research Associate Research associates are researchers (scholars and professionals) that usually have an advanced degree beyond a Master's degree. In some universities/research institutes, such as Harvard/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health, the ...

at the London Middle East Institute SOAS. She has been researching on

since the 1970s, and lived there in various parts of the country for more than 15 years.

Publications

*''Why Yemen Matters. A Society in Transition.'' (Saqi, 2014) *''Yemen’s Peaceful Transition from Autocracy: could it have succeeded?'' (International IDEA 2016) *''Understanding the Yemeni Crisis: the transformation of tribal roles in recent decades'' (Durham, Luce Fellowship Paper 17, 2016) *''Yemen in Crisis: autocracy, neo-liberalism and the disintegration of a state'' (Saqi, 2017)

Awards and honours

2018, Research Category, for ''Yemen in Crisis''“Yemen in Crisis” d’Helen Lackner primé dans la Catégorie Recherche
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External links

Saqi BooksUniversity of London

References

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