Chloe Bernadaux
- chloebernadaux2028@u.northwestern.edu
- 2001 Sheridan Rd., 3120
Program Area(s): Comparative Politics; Methods; International Relations
Regional Specialization(s): Middle East
Dissertation Committee: Wendy Pearlman (chair), Ana Arjona, Iza Ding, Jordan Gans-Morse
Research Interest(s): Chloe Bernadaux is a Ph.D. student in comparative politics. Her research interests include Authoritarian politics, political economy of the Middle East, political violence, urban and everyday politics. She was previously a writer on these subjects for several platforms, including the Lebanese newspaper L’Orient Le Jour, the Middle East Institute (MEI), and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She received both her BA in Political Science, and her MA in International Security from Sciences Po Paris.
Recent Publications:
- “The Pictures and the Frame: Banknote Iconography and Bottom-Up Nationalism in Pre-and Post-Revolutionary Tunisia” (with Jacques Hymans). 2026. Nations and Nationalism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.70089
Honors/Awards:
- 2026 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
- 2026 Minar Award Grant (Northwestern Political Science Department)
- 2025 Marvin and Carol Soroos Grant (Northwestern Political Science Department)
- 2025 and 2026 MENA Summer Language and Research Grant (MENA Program, Northwestern University)
- 2025 Summer Language Training Award, Roberta Buffett Institute (Northwestern University)
- 2025 Historical and Political Economy (HPE) Project Grant (external)
- 2024 Society for Political Methodology - Polmeth travel funding grant (external)
- 2024-2025 Mellon Cluster Fellow (Northwestern MENA Program)
- Spring 2020 - Kuwait Program Award for Best Graduate Paper (MA), Sciences Po Paris"