Sara Hofkes is a PhD Candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and specializing in Multilateral institutions and Diplomacy. She is particularly interested in crisis governance and diplomacy.

She graduated with a master of International Relations and Diplomacy jointly taught by Leiden University and the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael. For her thesis, she investigated how international health crises have led to reform within the World Health Organization.

During her studies, she was also one of the editors-in-chief at the West Wing Think Tank in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In this role, she advised the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the United Nations on how to shape its position on pandemic preparedness and response.

In her free time, she likes to go on long hikes in nature with her dog or read a good book.