Latin America and the Caribbean: 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

Assistant Professor (CPJ)

Research Interest(s): Youth, Illegal Economies, Institutional Violence, Organized Crime, Informal Housing

Discipline(s): Anthropology

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories; Violence, war and peace; Art, humanities, and international research

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador, Mexico

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

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): Political parties, popular classes

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe

Country(ies): Argentina, France

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CNRS Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Corruption, elections, political parties, social movements

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Science, technology and power

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe

Country(ies): Mexico, Spain

Language(s): French, Spanish, English

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

Research Interest(s): Rights of nature, Ecology, Peru, Bolivia

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Bolivia, Peru

Language(s): French, Spanish, English

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PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Political violence, Democracy and democratization, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Political participation and mobilization

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Brazil, Chile

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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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Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

PhD Candidate

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Science, technology and power

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Brazil

Language(s): Portuguese, French, English

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Associate Research Fellow

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

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

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Global realm

Country(ies): Bhutan, Ecuador

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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

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

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Environmental commons governance, Rights of nature and international conservation, Collective governance regimes in Antarctica, Role of non-state actors in international dynamics, Sociopolitics of cooperation in planetary spaces.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): Environmental risks and planetary limits; Science, technology and power; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Arctic / Antarctica, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Southern Africa, Russia, Western Europe

Language(s): Spanish, French, English

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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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PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Negotiation, transnational climate governance, UNFCCC, small states

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Environmental risks and planetary limits; Art, humanities, and international research

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania

Language(s): French, English, Italian

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Visiting Scholars

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