Global economy, capitalism and extraction: our Faculty

CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Sociology of civil wars, Taliban courts in Afghanistan, armed conflict in Syria, Western military interventions, state formation in Mali, political economy in the context of violence in Mexico.

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, West Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Afghanistan, Syria, Mali, Mexico

Language(s): French, English, Spanish, Polish

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interest(s): Mineral resources, global warming, green extractivism, mining governance

Discipline(s): Anthropology

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Environmental risks and planetary limits

Geographical Area(s): Arctic / Antarctica, Global realm

Language(s): French, English, Greenlandic, German, Danish

PhD Candidate

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

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interest(s): Post-doctoral researcher attached to CERI with CNRS funding, in collaboration with the French Institute of the Near East.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Art, humanities, and international research; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria

Language(s): Arabic, English

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interest(s): Extractivism, Cosmopolitics, Environmental anthropology, Political anthropology, Water, Gender

Discipline(s): Anthropology

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Environmental risks and planetary limits

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Colombia

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): International environmental governance, Global environmental commons, Seabed

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Environmental risks and planetary limits; Global economy, capitalism, extraction

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Seas and Oceans

Language(s): French, English

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Associate Research Fellow

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

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PhD Candidate

Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Science, technology and power; Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Colombia

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CNRS Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Vigitanlism, Capitalism, Police

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Violence, war and peace; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Art, humanities, and international research

Geographical Area(s): South Asia

Country(ies): India, Pakistan

Language(s): French, English, Spanish, Urdu

CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Police, justice, environmental conflicts, crime reporting, illegalism, capitalism

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Environmental risks and planetary limits; Security, defence, nuclear weapons; Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Southern Africa, Western Europe

Country(ies): Malawi, France

CNRS Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Historical sociology of the economy, domination, neo-liberalism, social movements

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Political Theory

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): North Africa

Country(ies): Morocco, Tunisia

Language(s): English, Portuguese

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Geoeconomics, Geopolitics, Terrorism, Nationalism, Hybrid Regimes, Populism, and Non-violence.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; Art, humanities, and international research

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , South Asia

Country(ies): China, India, Pakistan, United States of America

Language(s): English, Urdu, Sindhi, Panjabi

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Assistant Professor

Research Interest(s): 0ceans, environmental surveillance, science in society, territorialisation, infrastructures, Fiji, New Caledonia, Pacific Island States

Discipline(s): Geography

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Environmental risks and planetary limits; Science, technology and power

Geographical Area(s): Oceania, Seas and Oceans, Global realm

Language(s): French, English

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Precarious work, moral economy, labor organisation and collective action, urban metabolism and networks

Discipline(s): Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Jordan

Language(s): French, English, Arabic, Persian, Spanish

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Associate Professor, CERI Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs

Research Interest(s): Shia Islam and politics, transformation of the Welfare State in the Gulf monarchies, minorities, policies of identity

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Bahrain

Language(s): English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): International political economy, digital economy, digital policies, economic history, capitalism

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Economy, International Relations

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe, Global realm , North America, East Asia, Western Europe

Country(ies): China, United States of America

Language(s): Italian, English, French, Spanish

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CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Armed conflicts in Central Africa and in the Horn of Africa, great powers and Africa

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, International Relations

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Security, defence, nuclear weapons; Violence, war and peace

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

Language(s): English, Italian, Spanish

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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PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Extractivism, political ecology and urban metabolisms

Discipline(s): Geography

Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

Geographical Area(s): East Asia

Country(ies): Taiwan

Language(s): French, English, Chinese

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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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