Lamis Abdelaaty

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Courses

2024 Spring
- PSC 435 Humanitarian Action in World Politics
2023 Fall
- PSC 767 International Human Rights
- PSC 310 Refugees in International Politics
2023 Spring
- PSC 435 Humanitarian Action in World Politics
- PSC 752 International Law and Organizations

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

International relations, human rights and humanitarian action, asylum and migration

Research Grant Awards and Projects

"Refugees in Crisis", Sponsored by Gerda Henkel Stiftung.

"Seminar on the Effectiveness of Human Rights Treaties", Sponsored by CUSE Grants - Interdisciplinary Seminar Grant.

"Refugees in Crisis", Sponsored by Faculty Creative Activities and Research (FCAR) Grant Program.

"Refugees in Crisis", Sponsored by Appleby-Mosher Fund for Faculty Research.

"Refugees in Crisis", Sponsored by Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Engagement (SOURCE) Research Assistant Grant.

Selected Publications

Book
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees. Oxford University Press, 2021.
Journal Articles
- Steele, L. G., Abdelaaty, L. E. and Than, N., "Attitudes about Refugees and Immigrants Arriving in the United States: A Conjoint Experiment." Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2023.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Do Rights Violations Deter Refugees?." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023.
- Thorson, E. A., Abdelaaty, L. E., "Misperceptions about Refugee Policy." American Political Science Review, 2023.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Steele, L. G., "Explaining Attitudes toward Refugees and Immigrants in Europe." Political Studies , 2022.
- Steele, L. G., Bostic, A., Lynch, S. M. and Abdelaaty, L. E., "Measuring Ethnic Diversity." Annual Review of Sociology, 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary: Introduction to Special Issue." Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies , 2022.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Refugees and Guesthood in Turkey." Journal of Refugee Studies , 2021.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Rivalry, Ethnicity, and Asylum Admissions Worldwide." International Interactions , 2021.
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "The Relationship Between Human Rights and Refugee Protection: An Empirical Analysis." International Journal of Human Rights , 2021.
- Steele, L. G., Abdelaaty, L. E., "Ethnic Diversity and Attitudes towards Refugees." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , 2019.
Essay
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Explaining State Responses to Refugees." In Migration and Citizenship: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship. , 2016.
Journal Review
- Abdelaaty, L. E., "Review of Refugees in International Relations." Betts, A., Loescher, G. (eds.) Journal of Politics , 2012.
Newspaper Article
- Abdelaaty, L. E., Hamlin, R., "Migrants’ or ‘Refugees’? It’s the Wrong Question." Washington Post: Monkey Cage, 2015.

Presentations and Events

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture, University of Oxford, "Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (November 16, 2023)

Abdelaaty, L. E., Blinder, S., Hamlin, R., 29th International Conference of Europeanists, Council of European Studies, "The Effect of Economic Versus Legal and Moral Arguments on Attitudes toward Refugees" (June 27, 2023)

Migration Politics Residential Fellowship, "The Emissary Speaks: Political Agency in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence" (May 22, 2023)

International Conference on Forced Migration, University of California, Los Angeles, "The Emissary Speaks: Political Agency in Refugee-UNHCR Correspondence" (April 14, 2023)