Sarah Erickson

Sarah is a Project Coordinator for the Space Security and WMD Programmes at UNIDIR. She coordinates the Space Security Portal as well as oversees the development of forthcoming digital tools for the Programme. In 2023-2024, she led UNIDIR’s participation in the Group of Governmental Experts on Further Practical Measures for Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space, established pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 77/250 as the substantive consultant to the Group. She also conducts research and analysis on space security issues and supports the design and implementation of the Programme’s strategies and projects.

Sarah is a PhD student at the University of Maryland, where her research focuses on the space-nuclear security nexus. She holds a dual master’s degree from the Middleburry Institute of International Studies at Monterey and Moscow State Institute of International Relations in WMD Nonproliferation, Nuclear Policy and Global Security. She also holds a MA in Russian Literature and a BA in Linguistics from the University of Arizona. Prior to UNIDIR, Sarah worked with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the Russian Center for Policy Research (PIR Center), and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Sarah was a recipient of the IAEA Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellowship.

She speaks English, Spanish and Russian.