Bassant Hassib

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Assistant Professor of Political Science at the British University in Egypt, and a former Consultant with the Atlantic Council. She became a fellow at Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) at the University of Leicester in 2021. She holds a Ph.D. in the Euro-Mediterranean Studies, from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. Her current research is on cybersecurity governance in Egypt and the GCC, (counter)surveillance, digital rights, digital economies and sexualities, counterterrorism and civil society in Egypt, military cyber and AI capabilities, and the securitization of cryptocurrencies in MENA.