State, political regimes, mobilisations and revolutions: Our Faculty

Associate Researcher

Research Interest(s): Italian politics, populism, the Left in Europe

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Sociology

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

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

Country(ies): France, Norway

Language(s): French, Norwegian, German, Arabic

FNSP Emeritus Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Transformation of States and political regimes, “failed” States and “varieties” of States, political economy and political sociology of the Middle East

Discipline(s): Political Science

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

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

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

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Self-governance, State and society in non-Western settings, transnational governance, war on terror

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): East Africa and The Horn, Caucasus / Central Asia, Middle East

Country(ies): Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan

Language(s): English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Arabic

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PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Precarious work, moral economy, labor organisation and collective action, urban metabolism and networks

Discipline(s): Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Jordan

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

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Associate Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): The transformations of contemporary Islam; Salafism and Islamism; The religious policies of Arab states; The transformations of authoritarianism in the Arab world.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

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

CNRS Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Theories of transnationalism, its relations to state and sovereignty; Formation of a local governance of international migration through the policies of cities and city networks undertaken with the support of international organisations.

Discipline(s): Political Science, Geography

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Theory

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

Geographical Area(s): North Africa, South Asia, Western Europe

Country(ies): Algeria, France, India, Morocco, United Kingdom

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): israeli politics, study of political parties, local governance, development of political elites

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Israel

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Postdoctoral Researcher

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

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Emeritus Professor

Research Interest(s): Italian politics, populism, the Left in Europe

Discipline(s): History, Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology

Research Group(s): Government. Institutions, Knowledge, Norms; Experiences. Social Actors, Movements, & Groups; State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Western Europe

Country(ies): Italy

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

Associate Professor, CERI Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs

Research Interest(s): Shia Islam and politics, transformation of the Welfare State in the Gulf monarchies, minorities, policies of identity

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Bahrain

Language(s): English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Populism; India; Discourses; Transnational Relations

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

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

Geographical Area(s): South Asia, Global realm , Central and Eastern Europe

Country(ies): United Kingdom, India, Germany

Language(s): German, English

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CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Armed conflicts in Central Africa and in the Horn of Africa, great powers and Africa

Discipline(s): Political Science

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

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy; Security, defence, nuclear weapons; Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Central Africa, East Africa and The Horn

Language(s): English, Italian, Spanish

FNSP Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): The State in the Maghreb, Islamism and political violence, security policies in the Mediterranean, oil rent and democracy

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; Violence, war and peace; Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Geographical Area(s): North Africa

Country(ies): Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Language(s): English, Arabic

CNRS Junior Professor

Research Interest(s): Religion, religious pluralism, conversion, democracy, social movements, moral activism, civil disobedience, political participation, political Islam, Muslim minorities

Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): North Africa, Western Europe

Country(ies): France, United States of America

CNRS Research Professor, HDR

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

FNSP Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): Imperial legacies and the formation of the State in the Chinese world, political economy of the partition of China, non-recognized States, international organizations

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , East Asia

Country(ies): China, Taiwan

Language(s): English, Chinese

Associate Researcher

Research Interest(s): Illiberal/authoritarian constitutionalism; globalisation of law, ‘legal registries’ and constitutional litigation; rule of law, state of emergency, and typology of political regimes; epistemology and methodology of comparative law; comparative constitutional law Europe/Asia

Discipline(s): Law

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

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

Country(ies): China, Singapore, Thailand

Language(s): French, English, Chinese, Thai

PhD Candidate

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

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Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Courts, trials, legal repression, legal mobilization, politicized justice, human rights

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Sociology

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

Geographical Area(s): Russia

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