Migrations and mobilities, cities and territories: our faculty

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)

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Religious integration policy, Islam in Europe, Security institutions, immigration

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): Western Europe

Country(ies): France, United Kingdom

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Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Islam politique, post-esclavage, expansion djihadiste, mobilisations du passé

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Sociology

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

Geographical Area(s): West Africa

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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

CNRS Emeritus Research Professor

Research Interest(s): Political regime, dissidence, civil society, social movements, memory

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): East Asia

Country(ies): China, Hong Kong

Language(s): Chinese, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian

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

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

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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

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Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Public action, BRT, local governance, public policy transfer

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Public Policy

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

Geographical Area(s): Southern Africa, West Africa, Western Europe

Country(ies): France, Nigeria, South Africa

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Assistant Professor (CPJ)

Research Interest(s): Authoritarian regimes, Chinese Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

Geographical Area(s): East Asia

Country(ies): China

Language(s): French, English, Chinese

Postdoctoral Researcher

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories

FNSP Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Historical sociology of the state, street level bureaucracy, policing, government of urban and metropolitan areas, unionism, history and historiography of contemporary Africa.

Discipline(s): History, Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Southern Africa, West Africa

Country(ies): Nigeria, South Africa

Language(s): English, French, Italian