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Amr Abdelrahim

PhD Candidate

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Egypt

Thesis topic:

Rhymes from the Margins : New School Rap and the Rise of Subaltern Youth’s Voices to the Center of Egyptian Popular Culture (titre provisoire), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix et Nicolas Puig

Ahmad Fahim Abdullatif

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Political sociology of the state, Armed forces in Afghanistan, Violence and mobilisation, Western military interventions

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia

Country(ies): Afghanistan

Language(s): Persian, Pashto, English, French, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic

Thesis topic:

The Afghan State and its recompositions: a socio-historical study of armed forces in Afghanistan (1880-1993), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix & Adam Baczko

Fariba Adelkhah

FNSP Research Professor

Research Interest(s): Anthropology of mobility (migration, contraband, exile), transnational religious and commercial networks, politics, land tenure issues

Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Afghanistan, Iran

Language(s): Persian, English, Dari (Afghan Persian)

Prunelle Aymé

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Localized analysis of politics, Public policy, Sociology of political parties, Gender, Contemporary Turkey, Social action and charity, Conservative mobilizations

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Turkey

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

Thesis topic:

Gouverner avec les femmes, gouverner les femmes dans la Turquie de l'AKP : l'action sociale dans la ville de Gaziantep, supervised by Elise Massicard

Adam Baczko

CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Sociology of civil wars, Taliban Courts in Afghanistan, Armed conflict in Syria, Western military interventions

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

Country(ies): Afghanistan, Syria

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

Bayram Balci

CNRS Research Engineer, HDR

Research Interest(s): Islamism, migrations, pilgrimages, identity conflicts.

Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Global realm , Russia, Middle East

Country(ies): Turkey

Guillaume Beaud

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Sociologie de l’État et des administrations publiques ; Iran ; Pakistan ; Afghanistan

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Iran, Pakistan

Language(s): French, English, Persian

Thesis topic:

State bureaucracies across political transformations. Provincial and diplomatic administrations in the Islamic Republics of Iran and Pakistan, supervised by Christophe Jaffrelot and Philippe Bezès

Elie Beressi

PhD Candidate

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Israel

Thesis topic:

Between Representation and Estrangement: a political sociology of Israel’s Foreign Service, supervised by Christian Lequesne et Yael Shomer

Laurent Bonnefoy

CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Social movements, mobilizations and transnational religious networks

Discipline(s): Political Science

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

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Yemen

Language(s): English, Arabic

Julie Bouchet

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): International relations, security studies, strategic studies, political philosophy and ethics, IHL, influence, foreign policy of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

Language(s): French, Russian, Italian, Arabic

Thesis topic:

L’instrumentalisation des arguments éthiques à des fins stratégiques au Moyen-Orient : analyse, implications stratégiques et contre-mesures, supervised by Bayram Balci and Thierry Balzacq

Hisham Bustani

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

Alix Chaplain

Associate Research Fellow

Discipline(s): Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Lebanon

Thesis topic:

La diversification des configurations de fourniture d'électricité au Liban, supervised by Eric Verdeil

Maya Chehade

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Forced migration, refugees, Middle East, entrepreneurial trajectories, international development policy

Discipline(s): Political Science

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

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Egypt, Jordan, Syria

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

Thesis topic:

“Proving oneself” : entrepreneurial trajectories of syrian refugees in Jordan and Egypt (2011-2023), supervised by Jean-Pierre Filiu

Samy Cohen

FNSP Emeritus Research Professor

Research Interest(s): Democracy and the fight against terrorism, Power, the army and society in Israel, The ethics of the war against terrorism, The entrepreneurs of peace and human rights in Israel, the Israeli democracy.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Sociology

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East

Country(ies): Israel

Language(s): English

Antonia Collard-Nora

PhD Candidate

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Turkey

Language(s): French, English, German, Russian, Arabic

Thesis topic:

La gouvernance humanitaire en Turquie et dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie (2014-2025), supervised by Bayram Balci & Delphine Allès

Sarah Daoud

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Israel/Palestine, foreign policy, peace negotiations, regionalization, Palestinian state-building

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa

Country(ies): Egypt, Palestine

Language(s): Arabic, English, German

Thesis topic:

Au nom de la sécurité nationale : l'activité de négociation des services de renseignement égyptiens dans le "dossier palestinien", supervised by Guillaume Devin

Alain Dieckhoff

CNRS Research Professor

Research Interest(s): Nation, nationalism, religion, State, democracy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, International Relations

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Palestine, Israel

Language(s): English, German, Hebrew, Italian

Katharina Egle

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Politics of memory, ontological insecurity, post-colonial relations, interest groups, collective memory

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe, Middle East

Country(ies): France, Germany, Namibia, Algeria

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

Thesis topic:

Framing Ontological (In)security: The Role of Interest Groups in France and Germany's Politics of Memory, supervised by Mathias Delori

Sarah El-Abd

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Peacekeeping, humanitarian affairs, civil-military relations, international law, peace and conflict studies.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East, West Africa

Country(ies): Lebanon, Mali

Language(s): English, Danish, Arabic, German, French, Spanish

Thesis topic:

Humanitarians in Blue Helmets? How the United Nations Integrated Humanitarian Action in UN Peacekeeping Operations, supervised by Chiara Ruffa

Jean-Pierre Filiu

Professor

Research Interest(s): The Middle East in international relations; Social movements and revolutionary dynamics; For the Palestinian question to the Syrian question

Discipline(s): History, Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa

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