Home>Migrations and mobilities, cities and territories: our faculty
Migrations and mobilities, cities and territories: our faculty
ALPHABETICAL SEARCH
Search by keywords
Anne Lancien
Postdoctoral Researcher
anne.lancien@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Sociology-politics of activism, popular education and the social and solidarity economy; socio-history of secularism and non- religiousness; socio-history of sexual and gendered violence; impact of religion in international relations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Language(s): French, English

Hélène Le Bail
CNRS Junior Professor
helene.lebail@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Migration policies, migrations and reproduction, migration and political participation
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): China, France, Japan
Language(s): Japanese, Chinese

Élise Massicard
CNRS Research Professor
elise.massicard@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political sociology of Turkey, government intermediaries, Political territoriality
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, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Turkey
Language(s): English, German, Turkish, Spanish
Elisabeth Miljkovic
PhD Candidate
elisabeth.miljkovic@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe
Language(s): French, Russian, English, German
Thesis topic:
La communauté des descendant·es de la première vague d'émigration russe en France : contours et identifications, supervised by Kathy Rousselet.
Léo Mugneret-La Gravière
PhD Candidate
leo.mugneretlagraviere@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Chinese politics, diaspora, authoritarianism
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): 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, Oceania
Country(ies): China
Language(s): French, English, Chinese, Spanish, German, Tahitian
Thesis topic:
China’s Party-State Diasporic Modes of Authoritarian Governance Among Overseas Chinese Communities in Europe and the Pacific, supervised by Françoise Mengin and Jérôme Doyon

Shreya Parikh
Associate Research Fellow
shreya.parikh@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): East Africa and The Horn, West Africa, North Africa, Middle East
Country(ies): Tunisia, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire
Language(s): English, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Arabic, Arabic (Tunisian), Arabic (North Levantine), Urdu
Thesis topic:
Race and Racialization in North Africa: The case of Blackness in "Arab" Tunisia, sous la direction de Daniel Sabbagh et Charles Kurzman (Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

Catherine Perron
FNSP Junior Researcher
catherine.perron@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Memory and identity, policies of history and policies of memory vis-à-vis territorial losses and forced migrations, policies of the past.
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Central and Eastern Europe
Country(ies): Germany
Language(s): German, English, Czech

Sandrine Perrot
FNSP Junior Researcher
sandrine.perrot@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Sociology of the vote, sociology of political parties, armed conflicts, violence
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Science, technology and power, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa, East Africa and The Horn
Country(ies): Uganda
Language(s): French, English

Lucas Puygrenier
Associate Research Fellow
lucas.puygrenier@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Migration and labour, unlawful accumulation, state-capital relations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Global economy, capitalism, extraction, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Language(s): French
Thesis topic:
Redundant people: capitalism and the art of governing mobilities in Malta, supervised by Béatrice Hibou
Grégoire Ramé
PhD Candidate
gregoire.rame@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Extractivism, political ecology and urban metabolisms
Discipline(s): Geography
Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): Taiwan
Language(s): French, English, Chinese
Thesis topic:
Les marchands de sable de Taïwan : pour une écologie urbaine de l'extractivisme ordinaire, supervised by Eric Verdeil & Melissa Marschke
Juliette Refle
PhD Candidate
juliette.refle@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, International Relations
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Environmental risks and planetary limits
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Benin, Nigeria
Thesis topic:
Expériences ordinaires des changements climatiques : mobilisations, adaptations, contestations dans les quartiers littoraux urbains de Lagos (Nigéria) et Cotonou (Bénin), supervised by Laurent Fourchard
Jean-Louis Rocca
Full Professor
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

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
Petra Samaha
PhD Candidate
petra.samaha@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Public space, land, State theory
Discipline(s): Geography
Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography, Political Theory
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Global economy, capitalism, extraction, Environmental risks and planetary limits
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Lebanon
Thesis topic:
On the Meaning of the “Public” in a Propertied Landscape: Space matters and State representations. The case of Lebanon, supervised by Eric Verdeil

Dan Sanaren
PhD Candidate
dan.sanaren@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Benin, Ghana
Thesis topic:
La police morale du cadre de vie : Policing, hygiène et environnement urbain à Cotonou et Accra, supervised by Laurent Fourchard

Laurie Servières
Associate Research Fellow
laurie.servieres@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Slum/informal settlements policies, up-grading and housing approaches; Sustainable development policies in Latin America and implementation of the 2030 Agenda ; Risk mitigation in cities and slums ; Colombian peace process and its implementation
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Public Policy
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean
Country(ies): Brazil, Colombia
Language(s): French, English, Portuguese
Thesis topic:
L'internationalisation de la question des "bidonvilles" et ses effets sur l'action publique en Colombie et au Brésil, supervised by Guillaume Devin & Carlos Milani
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

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.

Éric Verdeil
Professor
eric.verdeil@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political ecology and crises of urban infrastructures, urban metabolism, cities and governance, energy issues in the South.
Discipline(s): Political Science, Geography
Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Middle East, North Africa
Country(ies): Lebanon, Tunisia
Language(s): English, German, Arabic

Rouba Wehbe
Associate Research Fellow
rouba.wehbe@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Housing, Rent theories/ rent gap theory, political economy, property rights, land and Housing submarketsmiddle eastern cities
Discipline(s): Geography
Subdiscipline(s): Political Economy, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Global economy, capitalism, extraction
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Language(s): French, Arabic, English
Thesis topic:
Disrupted Uneven Development, Rent Gap Embeddedness as a Vehicle for Land and Housing Submarkets in Lebanon, supervised by Éric Verdeil
