Research areas

Primary research areas

Sarah Johansen studies the EU’s financing for development and EU-Africa relations. Sarah is particularly interested in the EU's approach to taxation and Domestic Resource Mobilisation and researches how this forms EU as a global actor. Her focus is on Zambia, Sub-Saharan Africa, but the EU's role in international tax negotiations.

Current research

PhD project: The EU as a global actor: The case of Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa

Sarah Johansen researches the EU's global role and EU-Africa relations. In her PhD project, Sarah investigates how the EU's approach to financing development - and particularly support to Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Zambia, sub-Saharan Africa and in international tax negotiations - helps to define and redefine relations between the EU and Africa. The project contributes to understanding the EU's role, legitimacy and positionality as a global actor in a changing international order.

The project (2023-2026) is co-financed by the Danish Institute for International Studies and the Institute for Society and Business at Roskilde University.