Elise Massicard is a political sociologist. Her research focuses on the political sociology of contemporary Turkey. She studies relationships between space and politics, which she inquires through parties, social movements, the sociology of institutions, state-society relations, and everyday politics. By looking and actors in the political field (rulers, activists, citizens, officers, intermediaries), she explore the autonomy of politics from other social fields. Through qualitative in-depth studies, she focus on the analysis of actors, and the way they are entrenched spatially and socially, but also the circulations - including transnational. She coordinated the collective project "Order and compromise: modalities of government and administration in Turkey and in the Ottoman Empire since the 19th century to the present day" funded by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (2008-2012). She is a member of the collective research project “The manufacture of electoral truth. National Controversies and International Circulations » funded by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (2022-2025).

Elise Massicard holds degrees in Political Science (Sciences Po), Turkish Studies (INALCO) and Social Sciences (Freie Universität Berlin); she received her PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po in 2002. A permanent researcher at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) since 2003, she was first affiliated with the Centre d’études administratives, politiques et sociales in Lille, before joining the Turkish and Ottoman Studies team at the EHESS in 2008. In 2009, she was Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley. Between 2010 and 2014, she was a research fellow at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies in Istanbul, Turkey, and the head of the Observatoire de la vie politique turque (OVIPOT). Back in France she became a member of CERI/Sciences Po. She was a visiting scholar at Northwestern University (USA) in 2019. 

She is a founding member and a member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Turkish Studies. She is also a member of the Editorial board of the journals Critique Internationale, Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, and Diyar. Zeitschrift für Osmanistik Türkei- und Nahostforschung (Germany). Elise Massicard is a founding member of the Consortium of European Symposia on Turkey. Since 2017, she is vice chair of the Scientific Interest Group “Middle East and Muslim World”, (GIS MOMM), and she chairs its priority project on structuring French research on Turkish worlds. She is the author of The Alevis in Turkey and Europe: Identity and Managing Territorial Diversity (Routledge, 2012) and of Street-level Governing. Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey, (Stanford University Press, 2022). She coedited with Nicole Watts Negotiating political power in Turkey: Breaking up the Party (Routledge, 2013). She coedited with Marc Aymes and Benjamin Gourisse Order and Compromise. Government Practices in Turkey from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early 21st Century (Brill, 2015). She co-edited with Alain Dieckhoff and Christophe Jaffrelot Contemporary Populists in Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

The manufacture of electoral truth. National controversies and international circulations (VERELECT)

• Elise Massicard. The production of electoral results in Turkey: actors, struggles, controversies. Turkish Studies, 2025, 22 p. ⟨10.1080/14683849.2025.2581594⟩. ⟨hal-05357674⟩
• Elise Massicard. L’autoritarisme électoral face aux mobilisations populaires en Turquie. 2025. ⟨hal-05082536⟩
• Elise Massicard, Necati Mert Gümüş. Qui va protéger les urnes ? Concurrences et coopérations autour de la cause de la regularité des élections en Turquie. Pôle Sud - Revue de science politique de l'Europe méridionale, 2025, 2024/2 (61), pp.37-56. ⟨10.3917/psud.061.0037⟩. ⟨hal-05000466⟩
• Yohanan Benhaim, Elise Massicard, Alexandre Toumarkine. La dynamique des coalitions électorales en Turquie. Pôle Sud - Revue de science politique de l'Europe méridionale, 2025, 2024/2 (61), pp.13-36. ⟨10.3917/psud.061.0013⟩. ⟨hal-05000457⟩
• Elise Massicard. Response - Embodying the State in the Margins. 2025. ⟨hal-04940673⟩
• Elise Massicard. Illiberalism as a Key to De-Democratization: The Case of Turkey. Marlène Laruelle (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism, 1, Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, pp.601-624, 2024, 9780197639108. ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197639108.013.25⟩. ⟨hal-04355389⟩
• Elise Massicard. When frontline work functions as an enclave: insights from Turkey. Rik Peeters, Gabriela Lotta, and Fernando Nieto-Morales (eds). Street-Level Bureaucracy in Weak State Institutions, Policy Press; Bristol University Press, pp.195-212, 2024, 978-1-4473-6877-9. ⟨10.2307/jj.9692611.15⟩. ⟨hal-04828968⟩
• Elise Massicard. La Turquie dans les années 1990 - Quelques repères historiques. 2024. ⟨hal-04870018⟩
• Elise Massicard. Mahalleyi Yönetmek. Muhtarlar Üzerinden Türkiye'de Devlet-Toplum İlişkileri. İletişim Yayınları, 373 p., 2023, 9789750535734. ⟨hal-04302224⟩
• Adam Baczko, Laurent Gayer, Elise Massicard. La monographie comparative : embrasser la tension entre singularité et universalité. Critique Internationale, 2023, N° 100 (3), pp.101-117. ⟨10.3917/crii.100.0101⟩. ⟨hal-04203674⟩
• Natacha Aveline-Dubach, David Ambrosetti, Elise Massicard, Frédérique Langue, Frédéric Keck, et al.. "Le CNRS et les études aréales", rapport du groupe de recherches sur les études aréales (reponsable du GT N. Aveline-Dubach) in "Rapport de prospective du Conseil Scientifique de l'Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales du CNRS". Conseil scientifique de l'Institut des Sciences Humaines et sociales du CNRS. 2023, pp.6-15. ⟨halshs-03837643⟩
• Elise Massicard. The State from its Margins: A perspective from street level Turkey. 2022. ⟨hal-03729333⟩
• Elise Massicard. Une trajectoire originale de (dés)autonomisation de l’échelle locale par rapport à la sphère partisane : les maires de quartier en Turquie républicaine. Isil Erdinç et Benjamin Gourisse (dir.). La domination politique en Turquie. Une analyse relationnelle, Karthala, 2022, 9782811129927. ⟨hal-03691856⟩
• Elise Massicard. Street-Level Governing. Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey. Stanford University Press, 344 p., 2022, Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures, 9781503628410. ⟨hal-03691630⟩
• Elise Massicard, Alexandre Toumarkine, Julien Boucly. Les études sur les domaines turc, kurde et ottoman en France. GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans. , n° 5, 2022, Cahier du GIS, 9782493818034. ⟨hal-03828419⟩
• Elise Massicard, Marielle Morin, Eric Vallet. Les centres de recherche américains et européens au Maghreb, au Moyen-Orient et en Asie Centrale. GIS Moyen-Orient et mondes musulmans. n° 1, 2022, Cahier du GIS, 9782493818003. ⟨hal-03633862⟩
• Elise Massicard. Ruling for the People or Ruling the People? Governing the Third Sector in Turkey. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2_11. Contemporary Populists in Power, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.193-209, 2022, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783030840785. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2_11⟩. ⟨hal-03605822⟩
• Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot, Elise Massicard. Introduction: Populists in Power, a Global Perspective. Contemporary Populists in Power, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1-13, 2022, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783030840785. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2_1⟩. ⟨hal-03605711⟩
• Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot, Elise Massicard (Dir.). Contemporary Populists in Power. Palgrave Macmillan, 316 p., 2022, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783030840785. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2⟩. ⟨hal-03605690⟩
• Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot, Elise Massicard. Who are the Contemporary Populists in Power?. 2022. ⟨hal-03729532⟩
• Elise Massicard. La Turquie contemporaine. Universalia 2022, Encyclopædia Universalis, pp.163-173, 2022, 9782341012270. ⟨hal-03757555⟩
• Elise Massicard. Les chefs de quartier en Turquie, figures originales de « gouvernement par le bas ». Moyen-Orient, 2021, 52 (octobre-décembre 2021). ⟨hal-03485813⟩
• Elise Massicard. Parties and politics in Turkey. Joost Jongerden. The Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Turkey, Routledge, pp.103 - 116, 2021, 9780367209025. ⟨10.4324/9780429264030-9⟩. ⟨hal-03380926⟩
• Elise Massicard. Penser les pratiques du « bien » au prisme des configurations relationnelles conflictuelles. Une approche par les pratiques de multiples acteurs. Laura Ruiz de Elvira et Sahar Aurore Saeidnia (dir.). Les mondes de la bien-faisance Les pratiques du bien au prisme des sciences sociales, CNRS Éditions, pp.147-158, 2021, 9782271132055. ⟨hal-03485465⟩
• Elise Massicard. Populisme en Turquie : vers la fin de la démocratie ?. 2021, pp.en ligne. ⟨hal-03380929⟩
• Françoise Daucé, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Elise Massicard. La « société civile » dans l’ordre autoritaire : Perspectives croisées sur le monde associatif en Russie et en Turquie. Pascal Bonnard, Dorota Dakowska, Boris Gobille (dir.). Faire, défaire la démocratie. De Moscou, Bogota et Téhéran au conseil de l'Europe, Karthala, 2021, 9782811128500. ⟨halshs-03040316⟩
• Ahmet Insel, Elise Massicard, Özgür Türesay. Témoignage d’un universitaire « agitateur d’idées » en France et en Turquie. European Journal of Turkish Studies. Social Sciences on Contemporary Turkey, 2020, 30, pp.en ligne. ⟨10.4000/ejts.6636⟩. ⟨hal-03082131⟩
• Elise Massicard. Alevis in the 1960s. From Mobility to Mobilization. Berna Pekesen. Turkey in Turmoil : Social Change and Political Radicalization during the 1960s, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, pp.49-62, 2020, 9783110650396. ⟨10.1515/9783110654509-004⟩. ⟨hal-02951377⟩
• Elise Massicard. Une approche par les pratiques de multiples acteurs. Laura Ruiz de Elvira, Sahar Aurore Saeidnia (dir.). Les mondes de la bienfaisance. (Se) mobiliser pour le bien, (se) gouverner par le bien, CNRS Editions, A paraître, 9782271132055. ⟨halshs-03040290⟩
• Elise Massicard. La laïcité, dispositif d’usage du religieux par les gouvernants? Le cas de la Turquie. Eurostudia : revue transatlantique de recherches sur l’Europe, 2019, 13 (1-2), pp.49-70. ⟨10.7202/1064488ar⟩. ⟨hal-02346749⟩
• Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot, Elise Massicard. Les pouvoirs populistes. Alain Dieckhoff; Christophe Jaffrelot; Elise Massicard; Alain Dieckhoff; Christophe Jaffrelot; Elise Massicard. L'Enjeu mondial. Populismes au pouvoir, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.7 - 11, 2019, 9782724625004. ⟨hal-02346761⟩
• Elise Massicard. Gouvernement du peuple et gouvernement au nom du peuple dans la Turquie de l’AKP. Elise Massicard; Alain Dieckhoff; Christophe Jaffrelot; Elise Massicard. L'Enjeu mondial. Populismes au pouvoir, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.249 - 258, 2019, 9782724625004. ⟨hal-02346759⟩
• Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot, Elise Massicard (Dir.). L'Enjeu mondial. Populismes au pouvoir. Alain Dieckhoff; Christophe Jaffrelot; Elise Massicard. Presses de Sciences Po, pp.296, 2019, 9782724625004. ⟨hal-02346755⟩
• Elise Massicard. L’alternance est-elle encore possible en Turquie ?. 2019. ⟨hal-02178041⟩
• Elise Massicard. Rethinking Power in Turkey through Everyday Practices. Elise Massicard. Anthropology of the Middle East, 13 (2), pp.124, 2019. ⟨hal-02178050⟩
• Elise Massicard. Gouverner par la proximité. Une sociologie politique de quartier en Turquie. Éditions Karthala, pp.386, 2019, Recherches Internationales, 9782811126049. ⟨hal-02178053⟩
• C. Visier, Elise Massicard. Non Public Actors in Turkish Public Policy. Mediterranean Politics, 24 (3), 2019. ⟨hal-04846303⟩
• Elise Massicard, Claire Visier. Reconsidering the role of non-public actors in Turkish policy-making. Mediterranean Politics, 2019, 24 (3), pp.311-319. ⟨10.1080/13629395.2017.1398887⟩. ⟨hal-01647931⟩
• Elise Massicard. Introduction - Rethinking Power in Turkey through Everyday Practices. Anthropology of the Middle East, 2018, 13 (2), pp.1-7. ⟨10.3167/ame.2018.130201⟩. ⟨hal-02178043⟩
• Elise Massicard. The Management of Identities in and by Turkey’s Political Parties. Gilles Dorronsoro; Olivier Grojean. Identity, Conflict and Politics in Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, Hurst Publishers, pp.79 - 94, 2018, 9781849043724. ⟨hal-01930787⟩
• Elise Massicard. Quand les civils maintiennent l’ordre : Configurations vigilantes à Istanbul. Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2018, Etudes libres inédites, pp.en ligne. ⟨10.4000/remmm.10212⟩. ⟨hal-01930788⟩
• Elise Massicard. Le processus d’élargissement et les réformes territoriales en Turquie dans les années 2000 : catalyseur de logiques contradictoires, opérateur de transferts complexes. Claire Visier. La Turquie d'Erdogan. Avec ou sans l'Europe ?, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, pp.113 - 136, 2018, 9782753565340. ⟨hal-01930791⟩
• Elise Massicard. Le populisme dans la Turquie d’aujourd’hui. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2018, pp.en ligne. ⟨hal-01930789⟩
• Elise Massicard. Compte rendu de Istanbul planète. La ville-monde du XXIe siècle. Revue Française de Science Politique, 2018, 67 (2017/5), pp.975 - 976. ⟨hal-01930793⟩
• Amin Allal, Agnès Deboulet, Noé Le Blanc, Gulcin Erdi Lelandais, Elise Massicard, et al.. Turquie autoritaire, Turquie contestataire. Amin Allal; Agnès Deboulet; Noé Le Blanc; Gulcin Erdi Lelandais; Elise Massicard; Pinar Selek; Sezin Topcu. Mouvements : des idées et des luttes, 2017/2 (90), pp.149, 2017. ⟨hal-01845112⟩
• Amin Allal, Agnès Deboulet, Noé Le Blanc, Gulcin Lelandais, Elise Massicard, et al.. Éditorial : Turquie autoritaire, Turquie contestataire. Mouvements : des idées et des luttes, 2017, Mouvements, 90 (2), pp.7-9. ⟨hal-02460837⟩
• Agnès Deboulet, Allal Amin, Blanc Noé Le, Lelandais Gülçin, Elise Massicard, et al. (Dir.). Turquie autoritaire, turquie contestataire. 2017. ⟨hal-01684940⟩
• Marc Aymes, Benjamin Gourisse, Elise Massicard (Dir.). Devlet Olma Zanaatı. Elise Massicard; Marc Aymes; Benjamin Gourisse. Iletisim, pp.400, 2016, 9789750521140. ⟨hal-01447607⟩
• Elise Massicard. Que voit-on d'un parti en campagne ? Dévoilement et production des rapports politiques au cours d'une campagne aux élections locales en Turquie. Layla, Croyance, Histoire, Espace, Régulation Politique Baamara; Camille, Croyance, Histoire, Espace, Régulation Politique Floderer; Marine Poirier. Faire campagne, ici et ailleurs – Mobilisations électorales et pratiques politiques ordinaires, Éditions Karthala, 2016, 9782811115395. ⟨hal-03393951⟩
• Elise Massicard. La Turquie de l'AKP, du modèle démocratique au tournant autoritaire. [Rapport de recherche] Centre de recherches internationales. 2016, pp.11. ⟨hal-03583161⟩
• Elise Massicard. Turquie, année zéro ?. 2016. ⟨hal-03392869⟩
• Elise Massicard. Les effets productifs de l’occupation lors du « mouvement Gezi » (Turquie, 2013). Mouvements : des idées et des luttes, 2016. ⟨hal-01399581⟩
• Elise Massicard. Alevi Critique of the AK Party. Criticizing 'Islamism' or the Turkish State?. The Turkish AK Party and its Leader: Criticism, opposition and dissent, Routledge, pp.75 - 102, 2016, 9781138640788. ⟨hal-03393932⟩
• Elise Massicard. The Incomplete Civil Servant?. Elise Massicard; Marc Aymes; Elise Massicard; Benjamin Gourisse. Order and Compromise, Brill Publishers, pp.256 - 290, 2015, 9789004289796. ⟨hal-03398517⟩