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Mohamed Amyn Nfaoui
PhD Candidate
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

Shreya Parikh
Associate Research Fellow
shreya.parikh@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): East Africa and The Horn, West Africa, North Africa, Middle East
Country(ies): Tunisia, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire
Language(s): English, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Arabic, Arabic (Tunisian), Arabic (North Levantine), Urdu
Thesis topic:
Race and Racialization in North Africa: The case of Blackness in "Arab" Tunisia, sous la direction de Daniel Sabbagh et Charles Kurzman (Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

Catherine Perron
FNSP Junior Researcher
catherine.perron@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Memory and identity, policies of history and policies of memory vis-à-vis territorial losses and forced migrations, policies of the past.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe
Country(ies): Germany
Language(s): German, English, Czech

Sandrine Perrot
FNSP Junior Researcher
sandrine.perrot@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Sociology of the vote, sociology of political parties, armed conflicts, violence
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Science, technology and power, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa, East Africa and The Horn
Country(ies): Uganda
Language(s): French, English

Karoline Postel-Vinay
FNSP Research Professor
karoline.postelvinay@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Narratives in international politics, from the global to the planetary, Japan in Northeast Asia, Connectivity geopolitics
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , East Asia
Country(ies): Japan
Language(s): French, English, Japanese

Lucas Puygrenier
Associate Research Fellow
lucas.puygrenier@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Migration and labour, unlawful accumulation, state-capital relations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Global economy, capitalism, extraction, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Language(s): French
Thesis topic:
Redundant people: capitalism and the art of governing mobilities in Malta, supervised by Béatrice Hibou

Nadège Ragaru
CNRS Research Professor
nadege.ragaru@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): History and historiography of World War II and of the Holocaust in Southeastern Europe, historical sociology of communism and identities, arts and politics
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, Violence, war and peace, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe
Country(ies): Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia
Language(s): English, Bulgarian, Macedonian, German, Serbian, Russian, Romanian, Hebrew

David Recondo
FNSP Junior Researcher
david.recondo@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Politics of multiculturalism, legalization of Indian customs, Indian autonomy, "intercultural" justice
Discipline(s): Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Bolivia, Mexico
Language(s): English, Spanish
Juliette Refle
PhD Candidate
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

Sandrine Revet
FNSP Research Professor
sandrine.revet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Catastrophes and risks, environment, international organizations
Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits, Science, technology and power, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Colombia
Language(s): Spanish, English
Jean-Louis Rocca
Full Professor
jeanlouis.rocca@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Social stratification, emergence of the middle class, social contestation, democratization
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): China
Language(s): English, Chinese

Kathy-Jeanne Rousselet
FNSP Research Professor
kathy.rousselet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Religion and politics; Russian Orthodox Church; The processes of memorialization (commemoration); Post-Soviet Russia
Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Russia
Country(ies): Russian Federation
Language(s): Russian, English, German

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

Jacques Rupnik
FNSP Emeritus Research Professor
jacques.rupnik@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Democratic transition, European integration, EU enlargement, EU neighborhood policies, nationalism, democracy.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe
Language(s): English, Russian, Polish, German, Slovak, Czech

Sophie Russo
Associate Research Fellow
sophie.russo@sciencespo.fr
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
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

Daniel Sabbagh
FNSP Research Professor
daniel.sabbagh@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Discrimination and affirmative action, race issues in the US, law, politics, death penalty, in the US, US-China relations.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): North America
Country(ies): United States of America
Language(s): English, German, Spanish, Italian

Dan Sanaren
PhD Candidate
dan.sanaren@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Benin, Ghana
Thesis topic:
La police morale du cadre de vie : Policing, hygiène et environnement urbain à Cotonou et Accra, supervised by Laurent Fourchard

Eugenio Sánchez
PhD Candidate
eugenio.sanchez@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Economic Statecraft, Industrial Policy, Global Value Chains, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Foreign Policy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe, Global realm , Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe
Country(ies): France, Germany
Language(s): Czech, French, English, Portuguese
Thesis topic:
Comparative Economic Statecraft: How State-Business Relations Shape Modern Great Power Competition, supervised by Hugo Meijer

Jacques Sémelin
CNRS Emeritus Research Professor
jacques.semelin@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Genocide and mass violence, survival and rescue in genocidal situations, civil resistance.
Discipline(s): Political Science, History
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Language(s): English
Jusmeet Sihra
Associate Research Fellow
jusmeet.sihra@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): South Asia
Country(ies): India
Thesis topic:
Relegation of Ex‑Untouchables in Urban India: a Study of Socio‑Spatial Segregation in Ajmer, supervised by Christophe Jaffrelot & Nurit Stadler
