Comparative Politics: our Faculty

Associate Research Fellow

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

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FNSP Junior Researcher

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

FNSP Junior Researcher

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

FNSP Research Professor

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

Associate Research Fellow

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

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CNRS Research Professor, HDR

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

FNSP Junior Researcher, HDR

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

PhD Candidate

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

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FNSP Research Professor, HDR

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

Visiting Scholars

Research Interest(s): Democracy and Autocracy, Regime Transitions; Political Party Systems and Democratic Institutions; Decentralization and Local Governance; Authoritarian Legacies; Religion and Politics Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Africa Subfield Specialties: Democracy, Comparative Historical Analysis; Political Parties

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Geographical Area(s): Southern Africa, East Africa and The Horn, West Africa

Full Professor, HDR

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

FNSP Research Professor, HDR

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

Professor, HDR

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

FNSP Emeritus Research Professor

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

FNSP Research Professor

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

PhD Candidate

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

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PhD Candidate

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

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CNRS Emeritus Research Professor

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

Postdoctoral Researcher

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Associate Research Fellow

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

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