Abdelrahman Badri is an Assistant Professor of psychology at Ahfad University for Women (AUW) in Sudan and an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the American University in Cairo (AUC). His work bridges academic research and practice in global mental health, with a focus on Sudan and the wider MENA region.
Badri’s research centers on trauma psychology, cultural concepts and idioms of distress, and the development and validation of culturally grounded assessment tools, including the Ahfad Psychological Stress Scale for Sudanese survivors of political violence. He is particularly interested in the mental health of refugee and displaced populations, the psychosocial consequences of state and collective violence, and decolonial and transcultural approaches to assessment and care in humanitarian and post‑conflict settings.
He holds a PhD in Psychology from Stellenbosch University, an MA in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Trauma and Global Mental Health from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA in Psychology from the American University of Beirut.
Selected publications
Badri, A., Eltayeb, S., Mohamed, M., & Verdeli, H. (2020). Mental health and resilience status of Eritrean unaccompanied refugee minors in Sudan. Children and Youth Services Review, 116, 105088.
Badri, A., & Kagee, A. (2026). Psychological assessment in humanitarian conditions. In Resilience in the shadows: Mental health of vulnerable refugees and displaced communities in Africa (pp. 335–358). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
