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Laurent Bonnefoy
CNRS Junior Professor
laurent.bonnefoy@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Social movements, mobilizations and transnational religious networks
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Yemen
Language(s): English, Arabic

Julie Bouchet
PhD Candidate
julie.bouchet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): International relations, security studies, strategic studies, political philosophy and ethics, IHL, influence, foreign policy of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Language(s): French, Russian, Italian, Arabic
Thesis topic:
L’instrumentalisation des arguments éthiques à des fins stratégiques au Moyen-Orient : analyse, implications stratégiques et contre-mesures, supervised by Bayram Balci and Thierry Balzacq

Michaël Bourdon
PhD Candidate
michael.bourdon@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Entrepreneurship, start-ups, the State, elites, modernity, digital transition
Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Ghana, Togo
Language(s): French, English
Thesis topic:
Un nouvel entrepreneuriat du développement ? Les start-ups, l'Etat et la recomposition du capitalisme en Afrique de l'Ouest, supervised by Richard Banégas

Eddine Bouyahi
Associate Research Fellow
eddine.bouyahi@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Southern Africa
Language(s): French, English
Thesis topic:
Incumbent Populism in Southern Africa: Race, Land, Liberation and Dominant Parties. Comparative Study of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, supervised by William Reno & Richard Banégas

David Camroux
Associate Researcher
david.camroux@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Comparative regional integration (EU-Asia) : The EU as a global actor in Asia; Nationalism, ‘nation-building’, regime consolidation and regionalization in Southeast Asia; Domestic politics, religious resurgence in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand; Migration, globalization and ‘transnationalism’ in Southeast Asia; Australia in their Asian environment
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Oceania
Country(ies): New Zealand

Antonela Capelle-Pogacean
FNSP Junior Researcher
antonela.capellepogacean@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Social history of citizenship, nationalism, religion, historical sociology of communism
Discipline(s): Political Science, History
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe
Country(ies): Hungary, Romania
Language(s): English, Hungarian, Romanian
Alice Carchereux
PhD Candidate
alice.carchereux@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Environmental risks and planetary limits
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa
Country(ies): Gabon
Thesis topic:
L'Etat en restes : gouverner par et sur l'ordure au Gabon, supervised by Béatrice Hibou and Didier Péclard
Alix Chaplain
Associate Research Fellow
alix.chaplain@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Lebanon
Thesis topic:
La diversification des configurations de fourniture d'électricité au Liban, supervised by Eric Verdeil
Sofyaine Chbari
PhD Candidate
sofyaine.chbari@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political parties, popular classes
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe
Country(ies): Argentina, France
Thesis topic:
Mettre le peuple en (parti) mouvement ? Sociologie politique comparée de l’incorporation des secteurs populaires dans les partis-mouvements en France et en Argentine, supervised by Hélène Combes
Maya Chehade
Associate Research Fellow
maya.chehade@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Forced migration, refugees, Middle East, entrepreneurial trajectories, international development policy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Egypt, Jordan, Syria
Language(s): Arabic, French, English, German, Spanish
Thesis topic:
“Proving oneself” : entrepreneurial trajectories of syrian refugees in Jordan and Egypt (2011-2023), supervised by Jean-Pierre Filiu

Sinan Chu
Associate Researcher
chusinan.90220@gmail.com
Research Interest(s): Politique ethnique de la Chine, histoire intellectuelle de la Chine, science et politique, théorie critique des relations internationales, perspectives non occidentales des relations internationales
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): Science, technology and power, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): China
Language(s): Chinese, English, German, Italian

Samy Cohen
FNSP Emeritus Research Professor
samy.cohen@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Democracy and the fight against terrorism, Power, the army and society in Israel, The ethics of the war against terrorism, The entrepreneurs of peace and human rights in Israel, the Israeli democracy.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Sociology
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East
Country(ies): Israel
Language(s): English

Hélène Combes
CNRS Research Professor
helene.combes@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Corruption, elections, political parties, social movements
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe
Country(ies): Mexico, Spain
Language(s): French, Spanish, English
Pablo Corroyer
Associate Research Fellow
pablo.corroyer@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Language(s): English, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Politiser l’environnement, embuer l’État : la fabrique d’un territoire contestataire à Bure (France), supervised by Hélène Combes and Sylvaine Bulle

María-Katrina Cortez
PhD Candidate
mariakatrinabianca.cortez@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): French Right, Democracy Crisis, Radical-right populist parties, Discourse on religion and immigration, Christianity, Comparative Politics, Politics of Resentment, Monarchy, Youth Politics, Identitarian Catholicism, Urban-Rural Divide, Political Geography, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Cultural backlash theory, Social identity theory
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Thesis topic:
The Politics of Resentment and Distrust : the Changing Political Attitudes of Radicalized Youth in France, supervised by Emiliano Grossman et de Juliette Galonnier

Pablo Cussac García
Associate Research Fellow
pablo.cussac@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Policy instruments, new public management, bureaucratic capacities, energy policies, comparison
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Global economy, capitalism, extraction
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe
Country(ies): Chile, France, Mexico, Spain
Language(s): French, Spanish, English, Catalan, Portuguese, German
Thesis topic:
Gouverner par les standards : l'évaluation des enseignants et les processus d'étatisation managériale au Mexique et au Chili (années 1990‑2020), supervised by Philippe Bezes & Hélène Combes

Hugo d'Assenza-David
PhD Candidate
hugo.dassenzadavid@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Policy, Governance, Risk, Planning, State, Engineering Sciences, Cities and Territories, Anthropocene
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Public Policy
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Language(s): French, English, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Quand la matière compte : la construction du risque métabolique et la gouvernance des planifications territoriales dans les régions de Paris et Amsterdam, supervised by Eric Verdeil & Olivier Borraz
Olivier Dabène
Full Professor
olivier.dabene@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Democracy, regional integration, regionalism
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Language(s): Spanish, English, Portuguese, French

Manon Deguet
PhD Candidate
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
PhD Candidate
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
