Lydie Belporo

Lydie C. Belporo is a Senior Desk Officer at Global Affairs Canada. and a PhD candidate at the School of Criminology at the University of Montreal, where she is completing a thesis on the governance of disengagement from violent extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Holder of two master's degrees in international relations and international law from the University of Montreal, she coordinated the PREV-IMPACT project for the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Canada until 2020. ​

She then served as a research associate for the international study on the prevention of radicalization and violent extremism in the Francophone world, conducted in collaboration with the “Organisation Internationale de la francophonie”, published in 2022. Recipient of numerous academic awards and doctoral scholarships, Lydie has distinguished herself in the regional humanitarian law competition organized by the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) and in the national literary competition on fair trade organized by the organization Aide Internationale pour l'Enfance in Quebec.