Dr. Omar Sadr is a political scientist with over a decade of experience with academia and think tanks. He is a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) and the founding editor-in-chief and host of Negotiating Ideas, an online magazine and podcast on democracy and pluralism. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor of political science at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), as a researcher at the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), and at Kabul University's National Centre for Policy Research (NCPR).

His primary research interests include the political theory of pluralism, governance, human rights, and political Islam. Dr. Sadr has made significant contributions to his field. His book, Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan, which won a 2022 book prize for Best Book in Social Science from the Central Eurasian Studies Society, examines the challenges to peaceful coexistence in a pluralistic society and develops a political theory of governance of diversity. Dr. Sadr holds a Ph.D. (2018) from South Asian University (SAU), a university established by the SAARC nations.