Chercheur
Born in 1980, Laurent Bonnefoy holds a double degree in political science and in Arabic and specializes in the study of contemporary Salafist movements in the Arabian Peninsula. He joined CERI in January 2013 asCNRS research fellow and is currently the deputy principal investigator of the European Research CouncilAdvanced Grant “When authoritarianism fails in the Arab world” (WAFAW-2013-2017), run by François Burgat. Laurent Bonnefoy graduated from Sciences Po in 2001 and received his PhD in political science and international relations in 2007.
He was a research associate at the French Center for Archeology and Social Sciences in Sana (CEFAS) between 2001 and 2009 and a research fellow in charge of the Palestine Office of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) from 2010 to 2012. He also consulted for the International Crisis Group (2009), was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Research and Study on Arabic and Muslim World (2008-2009), and taught at the Universities of Tours and Sana.
Since September 1st, 2018, Laurent Bonnefoy is on temporary assignement with the CNRS at the French Center for Archeology and Social Sciences based in Muscat, Oman.
He was a research associate at the French Center for Archeology and Social Sciences in Sana (CEFAS) between 2001 and 2009 and a research fellow in charge of the Palestine Office of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) from 2010 to 2012. He also consulted for the International Crisis Group (2009), was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Research and Study on Arabic and Muslim World (2008-2009), and taught at the Universities of Tours and Sana.
Since September 1st, 2018, Laurent Bonnefoy is on temporary assignement with the CNRS at the French Center for Archeology and Social Sciences based in Muscat, Oman.
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Work in Progress
Transnational religious mobilizations and networks, Leisure activities of the Arab youth, Yemenite political spectrum
Research Interests
Mobililzation and transnational religious networks
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Disciplines
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KeywordsSaudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, YemenTransnational actors', 'Wars / Conflicts', 'Diasporas', 'State', 'Borders', 'Identities', 'Migrations', 'Collective mobilizations', 'Religions', 'Networks', 'Territory', 'Terrorism', 'Theory of International Relations', 'Transnational', 'Violence
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Webhttp://ceri-sciences-po.academia.edu/LaurentBonnefoy
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Languages
English, Arabic

Last Publications
- Yemen: Salafis and the war (Working Paper)
- Confidences saoudiennes (Compte rendu, critique)
- Yémen : l’impossible contrôle (Article dans une revue sans comité de lecture)
- De la liberté d’expression des « voix musulmanes » en France (Contribution à un site web)
- Ces villes, si anciennes, si modernes (Contribution à un site web)
- L'intrication des acteurs locaux, régionaux et internationaux au Yémen (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- Face au conflit yéménite, une communauté internationale fragmentée (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- The scientific potentials of self-confinement in the Arabian Peninsula (Article dans une revue avec comité de lecture)
- La télévision en temps de ramadan : un miroir de la guerre (Article dans une revue sans comité de lecture)
- Les islamistes et la guerre : une profonde recomposition (Article dans une revue sans comité de lecture)