Yasmina Abouzzohour is a political scientist in international and comparative politics. Her work examines how public opinion shapes civil–military relations and political economy in comparative perspective, situated in political behavior and international security studies. She uses cross-national survey evidence and mixed methods to study confidence in political institutions and its consequences for governance. Much of her research focuses on the Middle East and North Africa, with comparative extensions as comparable cross-national measures allow.

Abouzzohour is a Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, where she works closely with the Arab Barometer, a cross-national survey of Arab public opinion. She previously served as an Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Princeton's Department of Near Eastern Studies and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University's Middle East Initiative. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Oxford and a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, and she collaborates on survey design and dissemination with regional and international partners.

Research. Her peer-reviewed publications include the Journal of North African Studies (2023) and the Middle East Journal (2021). A book manuscript on adaptive monarchical statecraft is in progress. Ongoing projects extend research on confidence in the armed forces beyond MENA by aligning comparable public-opinion measures across regions; she also studies public opinion during external shocks, including the 2017 Qatar blockade, perceptions and implications of tax reform in rentier states, and attitudes toward climate change and environmental risks. Her research has received support from leading academic and policy institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East.

Teaching. Abouzzohour teaches international and comparative politics with a focus on research design and evidence literacy. Her courses combine short lectures with guided discussion, simulations, and structured work with cross-national datasets. At Princeton, she designed and introduced a course on political and economic development in MENA that prioritizes methods and data.