Caroline Abu-Sada holds a Doctorate of Political Science and International Relations from Sciences Po, Paris.

Caroline Abu-Sada has worked on food security and has coordinated programmes in the field, notably in the Middle East, for Oxfam GB, the United Nations and MSF Switzerland.

She is currently Coordinator of the MSF-Switzerland Research Unit and is the author of "ONG palestiniennes et construction étatique, l’expérience de Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC) dans les Territoires occupés palestiniens, 1983-2005", IFPO, 2007; "Dans l’œil des autres. Perception de l'action humanitaire et de MSF", Ed. Antipodes, Lausanne, Suisse, 2011; "Le développement, une affaire d'ONG? Associations, Etats et Bailleurs dans le monde arabe", Karthala-IREMAM-IFPO, Paris, 2011. She has also written numerous papers, reports and chapters on humanitarian action, NGOs and the Middle East.

Dr Abu-Sada has taught political science at New York University, Paris and at Sciences Po, Lille.