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Manon Deguet
manon.deguet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Rights of nature, Ecology, Peru, Bolivia
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Bolivia, Peru
Language(s): French, Spanish, English
Thesis topic:
La construction politique des droits de la nature : l’expérience péruviano-bolivienne autour du lac Titicaca, supervised by Sandrine Revet & Franck Poupeau
Camille Denicourt-Fauvel
camille.denicourtfauvel@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political violence, Democracy and democratization, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Political participation and mobilization
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Brazil, Chile
Thesis topic:
Au nom de la démocratie: entre impunité transitionnelle et extrême violence actuelle. Analyse à la lumière des cas du Chili et du Brésil post-transition, supervised by Olivier Dabène et Marie-Christine Doran

Charlotte Desmasures
charlotte.desmasures@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; Science, technology and power; Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Language(s): English, Russian
Thesis topic:
L'intégration des enjeux climatiques dans le mandat d'une organisation multilatérale de défense : le cas de l'OTAN, supervised by Frédéric Ramel & Bruno Charbonneau
Claire Duboscq
claire.duboscq@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Science, technology and power; Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Colombia
Thesis topic:
La fabrique du droit de la nature. Approche ethnographique de la judiciarisation de fleuves et forêt en Colombie, supervised by Sandrine Revet.

Katharina Egle
katharina.egle@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Politics of memory, ontological insecurity, post-colonial relations, interest groups, collective memory
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe, Middle East
Country(ies): France, Germany, Namibia, Algeria
Language(s): German, English, French, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Framing Ontological (In)security: The Role of Interest Groups in France and Germany's Politics of Memory, supervised by Mathias Delori

Sarah El-Abd
sarah.elabd@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Peacekeeping, humanitarian affairs, civil-military relations, international law, peace and conflict studies.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East, West Africa
Country(ies): Lebanon, Mali
Language(s): English, Danish, Arabic, German, French, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Humanitarians in Blue Helmets? How the United Nations Integrated Humanitarian Action in UN Peacekeeping Operations, supervised by Chiara Ruffa
Anastasia Fairchild
anastasia.fairchild@sciencespo.fr
Thesis topic:
Seeking Justice, Finding Dogma/Forgetting Collectively: the permeating influence of prosecuting, supervised by Nadège Ragaru.
Thibault Fournol
thibault.fournol@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific, multilateral practices, regional cooperation, informal diplomacy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , South Asia
Country(ies): India
Language(s): French, English, Hindi
Thesis topic:
Recomposition des pratiques multilatérales en Indo-Pacifique : l'approche indienne du multilatéralisme stratégique, supervised by Delphine Allès et Christophe Jaffrelot

Kévin Gauthier
kevin.gauthier@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): diplomatie studies ; state sovereignty ; outer space ; air space ; the high seas and deep seabed ; polar regions ; cyber space ; history and theory of international relations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Language(s): French, English, Chinese, Italian
Thesis topic:
States in planetary spaces diplomacy: navigating the polymorphic concept of sovereignty at the turn of the millennium, supervised by Thierry Balzacq
Anouk Gohier
anouk.gohier@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Urban energy governance, infrastructures, transformations of socio-technical systems
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia
Country(ies): Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia
Language(s): French, English, Dutch, Russian
Thesis topic:
From Air Pollution Crises to Energy Transitions: Urban Politics and Governance in Bishkek and Ulaanbaatar, supervised by Bayram Balci
Simon Gurtner
simon.gurtner@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Language(s): French, German, English, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Quand la démocratie inquiète : enquête sur le désir d’ordre à l’âge de l’incertitude. Subjectivations réactionnaires et mise en crise de la vérité dans les régimes démocratiques, supervised by Astrid von Busekist

Yuyang Hong
yuyang.hong@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): China's Foreign Policy, Sino-Taiwanese Relations, Diaspora Diplomacy, Bureaucracy and Foreign Policy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): China, Taiwan
Language(s): Chinese, English, French, Southern Min (Taiwanese Hokkien)
Thesis topic:
Les rouages invisibles du rouleau compresseur chinois : les rôles des « bureaucrates au niveau de la rue » chinois dans la formulation et l'exécution de la politique chinoise envers Taiwan/The hidden cogs of China's powerhouse: how Chinese street-level bureaucrats in local Taiwan Affairs Office influence and execute China's policy on Taiwan, supervised by Frnaçoise Mengin & Jérôme Doyon

Aizaz Hussain
aizaz.hussain@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Geoeconomics, Geopolitics, Terrorism, Nationalism, Hybrid Regimes, Populism, and Non-violence.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , South Asia
Country(ies): China, India, Pakistan, United States of America
Language(s): English, Urdu, Sindhi, Panjabi
Thesis topic:
The Impact of Chinese Geoeconomics on Ethnic Communities: A Case Study of Pakistan, supervised by Christophe Jaffrelot
Quentin Lacmari
quentin.lacmari@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Precarious work, moral economy, labor organisation and collective action, urban metabolism and networks
Discipline(s): Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Jordan
Language(s): French, English, Arabic, Persian, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Le travail en mouvement(s). Précarité, mobilité et (dé)mobilisation des livreurs de plateforme et collecteurs de déchets à Amman, supervised by Éric Verdeil & Lilian Mathieu
Hicham Lahouiri
hicham.lahouiri@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): israeli politics, study of political parties, local governance, development of political elites
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Israel
Thesis topic:
Le Likoud et les mandats locaux. Comment les mandats locaux permettent-ils l’émergence d’une nouvelle classe politique ?, supervised by Alain Dieckhoff
Iris Lambert
iris.lambert@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Ethics of political violence; Terrorist organisations and strategies of terrorism; International Relations; Data analysis
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Thesis topic:
Quelle que fut la part du feu : des FARC-EP au PKK, portrait d'une normativité rebelle, supervised by Ariel Colonomos

Laura Lisboa
marialaura.lisboa@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): North America, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, European Union
Thesis topic:
The Babel Tower of European Security: An analysis of the utility of the term 'hybrid threats' in a European context, supervised by Ariel Colonomos
Doha Lkasmi
doha.lkasmi@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Grand Strategy, Maghreb, Morocco, armament
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): North Africa
Country(ies): Morocco
Language(s): French, English, Arabic
Thesis topic:
La Grande stratégie du Maroc : déterminants de la politique étrangère, supervised by Thierry Balzacq
Hugo Longieras
hugo.longieras@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Thesis topic:
Agency of Local Staff in the UN Bureaucracy: How Local Staff Negotiate their Position within Hierarchies, supervised by Chiara Ruffa

Ciara Luxton
ciara.luxton@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Distributive justice, ethics, equality.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Thesis topic:
"Getting real about equality? Defending global egalitarianism after basic equality scepticism”
