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Riva Kastoryano
CNRS Emeritus Research Professor
riva.kastoryano@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Nationalism, identity, community, minorities, diaspora
Discipline(s): Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe, Global realm , Middle East, Western Europe
Language(s): French, English, Spanish, Turkish, German

Denis Lacorne
FNSP Emeritus Research Professor
denis.lacorne@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): National identities, multiculturalism, religion and secularism, tolerance schemes
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Philosophy, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): North America, Western Europe
Country(ies): United States of America
Language(s): English

Stéphane Lacroix
Associate Professor
stephane.lacroix@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): The transformations of contemporary Islam; Salafism and Islamism; The religious policies of Arab states; The transformations of authoritarianism in the Arab world.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Language(s): English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, German
Anne Lancien
Postdoctoral Researcher
anne.lancien@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Sociology-politics of activism, popular education and the social and solidarity economy; socio-history of secularism and non- religiousness; socio-history of sexual and gendered violence; impact of religion in international relations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Language(s): French, English

Hélène Le Bail
CNRS Junior Professor
helene.lebail@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Migration policies, migrations and reproduction, migration and political participation
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): China, France, Japan
Language(s): Japanese, Chinese

Laurence Louër
Associate Professor, CERI Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs
laurence.louer@sciencespo.fr
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
Roland Marchal
CNRS Junior Professor
roland.marchal@sciencespo.fr
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
Esther Martin
PhD Candidate
esther.martin@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Thesis topic:
Vers une justice narrative ? Les biais des pratiques judiciaires dominantes en France dans le jugement du viol comme crime contre l'humanité, supervised by Julie Saada & Astrid von Busekist

Luis Martinez
FNSP Research Professor
luis.martinez@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): The State in the Maghreb, Islamism and political violence, security policies in the Mediterranean, oil rent and democracy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): North Africa
Country(ies): Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Language(s): English, Arabic

Nadia Marzouki
CNRS Junior Professor
nadia.marzouki@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Religion, religious pluralism, conversion, democracy, social movements, moral activism, civil disobedience, political participation, political Islam, Muslim minorities
Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): North Africa, Western Europe
Country(ies): France, United States of America

Élise Massicard
CNRS Research Professor
elise.massicard@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political sociology of Turkey, government intermediaries, Political territoriality
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, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Turkey
Language(s): English, German, Turkish, Spanish

Georges Mercier
PhD Candidate
georges.mercier@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Thesis topic:
Responsabilité politique et implications éthiques des constructivismes sociaux, supervised by Ariel Colonomos
Elisabeth Miljkovic
PhD Candidate
elisabeth.miljkovic@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe
Language(s): French, Russian, English, German
Thesis topic:
La communauté des descendant·es de la première vague d'émigration russe en France : contours et identifications, supervised by Kathy Rousselet.

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

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

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
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
