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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:
An investigation into cooperation, reciprocity and inequalities between states, supervised by Ariel Colonomos and Annabelle Lever
Marina Machuca de Godoi
marina.machucadegodoi@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Brazil
Language(s): Portuguese, French, English
Thesis topic:
Les technologies électorales au Brésil : controverses, mobilisations et circulations de savoirs, supervised by Hélène Combes

Alessandro Maffei
alessandro.maffei@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): International political economy, digital economy, digital policies, economic history, capitalism
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Economy, International Relations
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe, Global realm , North America, East Asia, Western Europe
Country(ies): China, United States of America
Language(s): Italian, English, French, Spanish
Thesis topic:
An IPE comparison between the US and China digital policies, supervised by Hugo Meijer

Sophie Maier
sophie.maier@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Populism; India; Discourses; Transnational Relations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): South Asia, Global realm , Central and Eastern Europe
Country(ies): United Kingdom, India, Germany
Language(s): German, English
Thesis topic:
Populist Networking: The special relationship between populist parties and non-democratic states, supervised by Christian Lequesne
Esther Martin
esther.martin@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Thesis topic:
Vers une justice narrative ? Les biais des pratiques judiciaires dominantes en France dans le jugement du viol comme crime contre l'humanité, supervised by Julie Saada & Astrid von Busekist
Philippe Martini Toriz
philippe.martinitoriz@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia
Country(ies): Bhutan, Ecuador
Thesis topic:
Les Indicateurs Internationaux de Développement et la Construction d'un Monde Pluriel, supervised by Ariel Colonomos

Rémi Meehan
remi.meehan@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Digital diplomacy, State use of social media, Public diplomacy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): North America, South Asia, Western Europe
Language(s): English, French
Thesis topic:
Public Diplomacy in the digital space: How states use social media to advance their narratives, supervised by Christian Lequesne

Georges Mercier
georges.mercier@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Thesis topic:
Responsabilité politique et implications éthiques des constructivismes sociaux, supervised by Ariel Colonomos
Elisabeth Miljkovic
elisabeth.miljkovic@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe
Language(s): French, Russian, English, German
Thesis topic:
La communauté des descendant·es de la première vague d'émigration russe en France : contours et identifications, supervised by Kathy Rousselet.
Léo Mugneret-La Gravière
leo.mugneretlagraviere@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Chinese politics, diaspora, authoritarianism
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): East Asia, Oceania
Country(ies): China
Language(s): French, English, Chinese, Spanish, German, Tahitian
Thesis topic:
China’s Party-State Diasporic Modes of Authoritarian Governance Among Overseas Chinese Communities in Europe and the Pacific, supervised by Françoise Mengin and Jérôme Doyon

Mohamed Amyn Nfaoui
mohamedamyn.nfaoui@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Elections, Sufism, Arab world, Electoral culture
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa
Country(ies): Morocco
Language(s): English, Arabic, Arabic (Moroccan)
Thesis topic:
La consolidation d'une culture électorale en contexte monarchique : imaginaires et matérialités des processus électoraux au Maroc (1997-2027), supervised by Hélène Combes
Augustin Normand
augustin.normand@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): European Union, Western Europe
Country(ies): China, France, Germany, Russian Federation
Thesis topic:
Le leadership du couple franco-allemand dans les relations commerciales de l’Union Européenne avec la Chine et la Russie, 2008-2021, supervised by Christian Lequesne
Edgar Paysant
edgar.paysant@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Security, civil-military relations, the French War on Terror, military sociology, gender, emotions
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Violence, war and peace, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe
Language(s): English
Thesis topic:
Protection and emotions in non-conventional military operations, supervised by Chiara Ruffa and Béatrice Châteauvert-Gagnon

Gabriel Pourre
gabriel.pourre@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Ethics of war, Just war, Law of Armed Conflict, Nuclear and deterrence strategy, International Political Theory
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Country(ies): United States of America
Language(s): English, Chinese, Italian
Thesis topic:
La politique de ciblage nucléaire des États-Unis face au droit des conflits armés, supervised by Ariel Colonomos
Benjamin Puybareau
benjamin.puybareau@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): The norm of secrecy in IR, normative debates in IR, history of secret services, intelligence service cooperation
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , North America, Western Europe
Country(ies): France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Thesis topic:
Secrecy and unveiling in international relations: the reconfigurations of the norm of secrecy in the Western world, supervised by Ariel Colonomos et de Thierry Balzacq
Grégoire Ramé
gregoire.rame@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Extractivism, political ecology and urban metabolisms
Discipline(s): Geography
Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): Taiwan
Language(s): French, English, Chinese
Thesis topic:
Les marchands de sable de Taïwan : pour une écologie urbaine de l'extractivisme ordinaire, supervised by Eric Verdeil & Melissa Marschke
Juliette Refle
juliette.refle@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, International Relations
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Environmental risks and planetary limits
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Benin, Nigeria
Thesis topic:
Expériences ordinaires des changements climatiques : mobilisations, adaptations, contestations dans les quartiers littoraux urbains de Lagos (Nigéria) et Cotonou (Bénin), supervised by Laurent Fourchard
Maximilian Reinold
maximilian.reinold@sciencespo.fr
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Oceania, Seas and Oceans, South Asia
Thesis topic:
Preserving Maritime Order in an Era of Great Power Competition Mapping the Emerging Naval Security Cooperation System in the Indo-Pacific and Europe’s Role Therein, supervised by Hugo Meijer
Éric Repetto
eric.repetto@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Thesis topic:
Sovereignty practices in the interactions between states and digital platforms, supervised by Thierry Balzacq
