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My research explores how political violence transforms contemporary politics, with a particular focus on authoritarianism, religion and politics, international security, and the Middle East and North Africa. Working at the intersection of contemporary political theory and critical security studies, I examine how violence shapes political order, becomes justified, and is experienced and resisted.
I teach in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and contribute to research clusters at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Prior to joining Laurier, I served as a College Professor of Politics at Sheridan College. I received a Bachelor of Arts and Science (Honours) from McMaster University, an MSt in Theology from the University of Oxford, and both an MRes in Political Research and a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Aberdeen.
My research focuses on political violence, authoritarianism, religion and politics, international security, and the Middle East and North Africa. My current projects examine Christian Zionism and political violence in Gaza, necropolitics and authoritarian remaking in post-2013 Egypt, and the relationship between artificial intelligence, warfare, and the differential valuation of life.
- Hynek, Sarah. "Weaponizing Democratization: Street Battles and Transformation in Post-Revolutionary Egypt." Middle East Critique. (2024)
- Hynek, Sarah. "Human Rights in Egypt: five years after the revolution." Journal of Global Faultlines. (2016)
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