Helen Lackner

Helen Lackner is a writer, resident in the UK, academic and researcher mostly known for her work on the Middle East and Yemen in particular. ^[1]

She is the author among other books of Yemen in Crisis, which won the Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2018, Research Category., ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Helen Lackner who is often introduced as an independent investigator, ^[4] is currently a Research Associate at the London Middle East Institute SOAS. ^[5] She has been researching on Yemen 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

• Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2018, Research Category, for Yemen in Crisis ^[6]

External links

• Saqi Books Archived 2019-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
• University of London Archived 2019-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. "Helen Lackner, a Yemen expert..." : in The Guardian
2. "Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2018: And the Winners are…": on Bamenda Online Archived 2019-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Helen Lackner wins Grand Prix of Literary Associations": on Book Brunch
4. "Chercheure indépendante, elle a travaillé et vécu au Yémen pendant plus de quinze ans": read on pressegauche.org
5. "Helen Lackner, est chercheuse associée au London Middle East Institute (LMEI)": read on RFI
6. “Yemen in Crisis” d’Helen Lackner primé dans la Catégorie Recherche: on Camer.be