Sarah Bermeo is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, where she also serves as co-director of the Duke Program on Climate, Resilience, and Mobility. She is a political economist whose research explores the intersection of international relations and development, with a specific focus on foreign aid, migration, and climate change.

Bermeo is the author of 'Targeted Development: Industrialized Country Strategy in a Globalizing World' (Oxford, 2018).