Sylvia G. Maier

Dr. Sylvia G. Maier is a Clinical Professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs (SPS), where she serves as Academic Director of the MS in Global Affairs concentration in Global Gender Studies. She holds a PhD in Political Science and an MA from the University of Southern California.

Her research and teaching center on women's rights and gender equality, LGBT rights, and gender-inclusive urban planning and design, with fieldwork spanning Western Europe, Latin America, the UAE and the GCC, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Afghanistan. She has examined the politics of gendered integration and multiculturalism in Western Europe, including legal responses to honor-based violence against women. She is co-founder and deputy editor-in-chief of Women Across Frontiers, has served as VP and Director of Education Programs for The Peace Project, and previously chaired the SPS Faculty Council.

At the Ethical Tech CoLab she is Principal Investigator (PI) for the refugee project, guiding its research on displacement and the human condition.