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Sophie Russo

Associate Research Fellow

Center for International Studies (CERI)

Duration: from 11 August 2022 to 11 July 2025

Research Interest(s): Sociology of policing, conflict and conflict, sociology of capitalism, state formation, Pakistan

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): South Asia

Country(ies): Pakistan

Language(s): French, English, Urdu

Biography

Sophie Russo is an associate PhD doctor at CERI. Her research focuses on the role played by local state and non-state authorities in maintaining order, and on the dynamics of state formation in Pakistan. She defended her thesis, entitled "The arts of order: Protecting trade and containing violence in Karachi's bazaars", at Sciences Po in November 2022. She taught political science at Sciences Po and is now a teaching fellow in the political science department at the University of Paris-Nanterre.

Thesis topic

Les arts de l’ordre : protéger le commerce et endiguer la violence dans les bazars de Karachi, supervised by Gilles Favarel-Garrigues & Laurent Gayer

Teaching

• Sciences Po, "Introduction to Political Science" (Licence, 2018-2020)

• Sciences Po, "Political Sociology of Crime and Policing in South Asia" (Licence, 2019-2021)

• Université Paris-Nanterre, "Sociologie du droit et de la justice" (Licence, 2021-2022)

• Université Paris-Nanterre, "Sociologie politique de l'international" (Master, 2021)

• Université Paris-Nanterre, "Enquête en sciences sociales approfondie" (Licence, 2022)

• Université Paris-Nanterre, "Introduction aux études postcoloniales" (Licence, 2023)

• Université Paris-Nanterre, "Philosophie politique" (Licence, 2023)

publications

  • Sophie Russo. L’expertise sous contrainte. La participation d’acteurs économiques au travail policier à Karachi. Gouvernement & action publique, 2023, 12 (3), pp.53-76. ⟨10.3917/gap.233.0053⟩. ⟨hal-04624303⟩
  • Anthony Amicelle, Laurent Gayer, Jacobo Grajales, Sophie Russo. Histoires et actualités de l’accumulation coercitive. MagAFSP , 2023, Fronts pionniers de la recherche. Les nouveaux groupes AFSP, 4, pp.12-13. ⟨hal-04247744⟩
  • Sophie Russo. The arts of order : protecting trade and containing violence in Karachi's old city bazaars. Humanities and Social Sciences. Institut d'études politiques de Paris - Science Po, 2022. English. ⟨NNT : 2022IEPP0033⟩. ⟨tel-04064439⟩
  • Camille Abescat, Pablo Barnier-Khawam, Alix Chaplain, Léonard Colomba-Petteng, Claire Duboscq, et al.. Terrains « sans contact » : l’enquête qualitative en sciences sociales pendant la pandémie. Tracés : Revue de Sciences Humaines, 2022, 42, pp.75-93. ⟨10.4000/traces.13768⟩. ⟨hal-03861180⟩
  • Laurent Gayer, Sophie Russo. ‘LET'S BEAT CRIME TOGETHER’: Corporate Mobilizations for Security in Karachi. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2022, 46 (4), pp.594-613. ⟨10.1111/1468-2427.13084⟩. ⟨hal-03930462⟩
  • Sophie Russo. La fabrique de l’autorité publique dans le bazar de Karachi : apolitisme, piété et ethos de la confrontation. Critique Internationale, 2022, 2022/1 (N° 94), pp.33-52. ⟨10.3917/crii.094.0036⟩. ⟨hal-03697351⟩
  • Sophie Russo. L'« affaire Asia Bibi » au Pakistan : 'Etat pris au piège de partis islamistes auto-justiciers ?. Bulletins de l'Observatoire international du religieux, 2019, n° 32. ⟨hal-03456012⟩

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