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Rachel Beatty Riedl
Visiting Scholars
rbeattyriedl@cornell.edu
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
Jean-Louis Rocca
Full Professor, HDR
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, HDR
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

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

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

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
Charza Shahabuddin
Postdoctoral Researcher
charza.shahabuddin@sciences.po.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
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

Frédéric Strack
Postdoctoral Researcher
frederic.strack@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Religious Minorities; Social Regulation; Public Regulation; Laïcité; Qualitative Methods
Discipline(s): Political Science
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): North America, Western Europe

Alphan Telek
PhD Candidate
alphan.telek@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Precarization, precarity, precariat, Turkey, Middle-East, populism, autocratization
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Art, humanities, and international research; Global economy, capitalism, extraction; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Turkey
Language(s): Turkish, French, English
Thesis topic:
Les liens entre précarisation et mobilisation en Turquie/The bonds between precarization and mobilization in Turkey, supervised by Elise Massicard

Hélène Thiollet
CNRS Junior Professor
helene.thiollet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Migration policies in the South, global governance of mobilities.
Discipline(s): Political Science, Geography
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): East Africa and The Horn, Global realm , Middle East
Language(s): English, Arabic, Spanish, French
Thesis topic:
Migrations et intégrations dans le Sud de la mer Rouge : migrants et réfugiés érythréens dans le monde arabe 1991-2007 sous la direction du Pr Bertrand Badie.

Karine Tinat
Visiting Scholars
karine.tinat@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Gender-based violence, sexuality and the body, subjectivities, gender identities
Discipline(s): Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, North America
Country(ies): Mexico
Language(s): French, Spanish, English

Gilles Verniers
Postdoctoral Researcher
gilles.verniers@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political representation, Democracy, Political violence, Gender and politics, Political minorities
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): South Asia
Country(ies): India, Pakistan
Language(s): French, English

Astrid von Busekist
Professor, HDR
astrid.vonbusekist@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Politics of language, Law and religion
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Language(s): French, English, German, Dutch, Hebrew

Corneel Weyers
PhD Candidate
corneel.weyers@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Decolonialism, diplomacy, democracy, populism, capitalism
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Language(s): Dutch, French
Thesis topic:
The impacts of populism on diplomatic policymaking, supervised by Christian Lequesne & Leslie Wehner

Jasmine Zerinini
jasmine.zerinini@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): South Asia
Country(ies): India
Language(s): French, English, Spanish

Binxin Zhang
Associate Research Fellow
binxin.zhang@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Racial studies; Chinese nationalism; China-African relations; race and international law
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , East Asia
Country(ies): China
Language(s): English, Chinese
Thesis topic:
Meet the Other and (Re)define the Self: Africans in China and Chinese Imaginings of Race, Nation and World Order, supervised by Françoise Mengin
