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Ahmad Fahim Abdullatif
PhD Candidate
ahmadfahim.abdullatif@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political sociology of the state, Armed forces in Afghanistan, Violence and mobilisation, Western military interventions
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia
Country(ies): Afghanistan
Language(s): Persian, Pashto, English, French, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic
Thesis topic:
The Afghan State and its recompositions: a socio-historical study of armed forces in Afghanistan (1880-1993), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix & Adam Baczko
Vera Ageeva
PhD Candidate
vera.ageeva@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Russia and China in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Russia
Country(ies): France, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Thesis topic:
Russian and Chinese grand strategies in Kazakhstan, supervised by Thierry Balzacq et Kathy Rousselet

Adam Baczko
CNRS Junior Professor
adam.baczko@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Sociology of civil wars, Taliban Courts in Afghanistan, Armed conflict in Syria, Western military interventions
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Violence, war and peace, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Global economy, capitalism, extraction
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Middle East
Country(ies): Afghanistan, Syria
Language(s): French, English, Spanish, Polish

Bayram Balci
CNRS Research Engineer, HDR
bayram.balci@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Islamism, migrations, pilgrimages, identity conflicts.
Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Global realm , Russia, Middle East
Country(ies): Turkey
Anouk Gohier
PhD Candidate
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

Altay Goyushov
Visiting Scholars
altay.goyushov@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Islam, Conflicts, Nationalism, Democracy, Civil Society
Discipline(s): History
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia
Country(ies): Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, Turkey
Language(s): Azerbaijani, English, Turkish

Robert Kluijver
Associate Research Fellow
robertkluijver@gmail.com
Research Interest(s): Self-governance, State and society in non-Western settings, transnational governance, war on terror
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Art, humanities, and international research, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, East Africa and The Horn, Global realm , Middle East
Country(ies): Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Language(s): English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Arabic
Thesis topic:
The State in Somalia : between self-governance and international order, supervised by Luis Martinez

Chiara Ruffa
Professor
chiara.ruffa@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Peacekeeping, Multilateralism, Fieldwork, Military Organizations, Norms, Cultures, Global hierarchies
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Sociology
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Central Africa, Middle East, West Africa, Western Europe
Country(ies): Afghanistan, Central African Republic, France, Italy, Lebanon, Mali
Language(s): French, English, German, Italian, Swedish

Lukas Wahden
PhD Candidate
lukas.wahden@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Arctic / Antarctica, Seas and Oceans, Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus / Central Asia, Global realm
Country(ies): China, Russian Federation
Language(s): German, English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Danish
Thesis topic:
‘Osvoenie’ beyond sovereignty: Russia’s policies towards the polar regions, high and deep sea, and outer space, supervised by Hugo Meijer and Marlène Laruelle
