Lara Saade’s academic work lies in the fields of constitutional law and comparative constitutionalism, with particular attention to constitutional practice, constitutional adjudication, and the relationship between written and unwritten constitutional norms.

She is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Law at the University of Rennes 2. Her doctoral research, entitled “Towards a Renewed Theory of Lebanese Constitutionalism: The Articulation between Written and Unwritten Constitutional Law”, examines how unwritten constitutional norms operate within Lebanon’s written constitutional framework. The research analyses their legitimacy, normative force, typology, and modes of interaction with codified constitutional law, situating the Lebanese case within a broader comparative constitutional perspective.

Her research interests include constitutional law and theory, comparative constitutionalism, constitutional practice and adjudication, governance, legal legitimacy, and the protection of fundamental rights and equality. Her work engages with constitutional systems in plural and transitional contexts, with a particular focus on the role of informal norms and institutional practice.

She has authored and contributed to a range of academic publications and policy-oriented research on constitutional law, governance, and fundamental rights in Lebanon and the Arab region. Her publications address, inter alia, constitutional responses to states of emergency, social accountability frameworks, and gender equality within constitutional and legal systems. She has contributed to The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 and to regional scholarly initiatives in comparative constitutional law. She has also held editorial responsibilities in constitutional law, notably as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Constitutional Law in the Middle East and North Africa.