State, political regimes, mobilisations and revolutions: Our Faculty

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Elections, Sufism, Arab world, Electoral culture

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa

Country(ies): Morocco

Language(s): English, Arabic, Arabic (Moroccan)

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Associate Research Fellow

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

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PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Security, civil-military relations, the French War on Terror, military sociology, gender, emotions

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

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

Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe

Language(s): English

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FNSP Junior Researcher

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

Associate Research Fellow

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

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CNRS Research Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): History and historiography of World War II and of the Holocaust in Southeastern Europe, historical sociology of communism and identities, arts and politics

Discipline(s): Political Science, History

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

Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research; State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; Violence, war and peace; Environmental risks and planetary limits; Science, technology and power

Geographical Area(s): Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe

Country(ies): Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia

Language(s): English, Bulgarian, Macedonian, German, Serbian, Russian, Romanian, Hebrew

FNSP Junior Researcher, HDR

Research Interest(s): Politics of multiculturalism, legalization of Indian customs, Indian autonomy, "intercultural" justice

Discipline(s): Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; Environmental risks and planetary limits; Security, defence, nuclear weapons

Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

Country(ies): Bolivia, Mexico

Language(s): English, Spanish

Visiting Scholars

Research Interest(s): Democracy and Autocracy, Regime Transitions; Political Party Systems and Democratic Institutions; Decentralization and Local Governance; Authoritarian Legacies; Religion and Politics Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Africa Subfield Specialties: Democracy, Comparative Historical Analysis; Political Parties

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

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

Full Professor, HDR

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

FNSP Emeritus Research Professor

Research Interest(s): Democratic transition, European integration, EU enlargement, EU neighborhood policies, nationalism, democracy.

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations; Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination; International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe

Language(s): English, Russian, Polish, German, Slovak, Czech

Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Reform and Governance of Security Services

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa

Language(s): Arabic, English

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Associate Research Fellow

Research Interest(s): Property, land, public domains, governance

Discipline(s): Geography

Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography, Political Theory

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan

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

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Full Professor, HDR

Research Interest(s): History of the IMF, history of the "second globalization", history of global commercial arbitration and history of economic policies.

Discipline(s): Economics

Subdiscipline(s): Political Economy, International Relations

Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction; State, political regimes, mobilisations

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Full Professor

Research Interest(s): International political economy of African states with a focus on the extractive industries, the financial sector, conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, and African-Asian relations

Discipline(s): Political Science, Economics

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

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

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

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interest(s): Religious Minorities; Social Regulation; Public Regulation; Laïcité; Qualitative Methods

Discipline(s): Political Science

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

Geographical Area(s): North America, Western Europe

PhD Candidate

Research Interest(s): Precarization, precarity, precariat, Turkey, Middle-East, populism, autocratization

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Turkey

Language(s): Turkish, French, English

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CNRS Junior Professor

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

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Associate Researcher

Research Interest(s): State repression, surveillance studies, social movements, political activism, political parties

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): Turkish, French, English

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interest(s): Political representation, Democracy, Political violence, Gender and politics, Political minorities

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): South Asia

Country(ies): India, Pakistan

Language(s): French, English

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics

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

Geographical Area(s): South Asia

Country(ies): India

Language(s): French, English, Spanish