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Joel Ansah
PhD Candidate
joel.ansah@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Urban informality, social movements, mobilizations, environment, contentious politics
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Nigeria
Language(s): English
Thesis topic:
Settlements of contestations: A comparative exploration of the experiences, contestations, and mobilizations of inhabitants in flood-prone cities along the Gulf of Guinea, sous la direction/supervised by Laurent Fourchard
Fanny Badache
Postdoctoral Researcher
fanny.badache@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Organisations internationales, ONU, bureaucratie, maintien de la paix, diversité
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Violence, war and peace, Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa, East Africa and The Horn, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Global realm
Language(s): English, Italian, Spanish
Richard Banégas
Full Professor
richard.banegas@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Citizenship, political violence, mobilizations, crises and conflicts
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Art, humanities, and international research, Science, technology and power, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa, West Africa
Language(s): English
Michaël Bourdon
PhD Candidate
michael.bourdon@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Entrepreneurship, start-ups, the State, elites, modernity, digital transition
Discipline(s): Political Science, Anthropology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Global economy, capitalism, extraction, State, political regimes, mobilisations, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): West Africa
Country(ies): Ghana, Togo
Language(s): French, English
Thesis topic:
Un nouvel entrepreneuriat du développement ? Les start-ups, l'Etat et la recomposition du capitalisme en Afrique de l'Ouest, supervised by Richard Banégas
Léonard Colomba-Petteng
Associate Research Fellow
leonard.colombapetteng@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): West Africa, European Union
Country(ies): Niger
Thesis topic:
Décentrer l’analyse de la politique de sécurité et de défense commune de l’Union européenne : ethnographie de la mission EUCAP Sahel Niger, supervised by Christian Lequesne
Austin R. Cooper
Associate Researcher
cooper.austin.r@gmail.com
Research Interest(s): Essais nucléaires, histoire internationale, technologies et savoirs
Discipline(s): History
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): West Africa, North Africa, North America, Western Europe
Country(ies): Algeria, United States of America, France
Language(s): English, French
Fatoumata Diallo
PhD Candidate
fatoumata.diallo@sciencespo.fr
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
Thesis topic:
The differentiated translations of Bus Rapid Transit. A comparative examination of the implementation of a traveling policy model at the local level in Cape Town, Lagos and Greater Paris, supervised by Laurent Fourchard & Patrick Le Galès
Sarah El-Abd
PhD Candidate
sarah.elabd@sciencespo.fr
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
Laurent Fourchard
FNSP Research Professor, HDR
laurent.fourchard@sciencespo.fr
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
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)
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
Chiara Ruffa
Professor
chiara.ruffa@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Peacekeeping, Multilateralism, Fieldwork, Military Organizations, Norms, Cultures, Global hierarchies
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Sociology
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Central Africa, Middle East, West Africa, Western Europe
Country(ies): Afghanistan, Central African Republic, France, Italy, Lebanon, Mali
Language(s): French, English, German, Italian, Swedish
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
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Full Professor
ricardo.soaresdeoliveira@sciencespo.fr
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
Virginie Troit
Associate Research Fellow
virginie.troit@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Ethics, Governance, Multilateralism, Standards, International organisations, Transnational networks, Civil society
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa, East Africa and The Horn, Global realm , Middle East, West Africa
Language(s): French, English, German, Spanish, Arabic (Moroccan)
Thesis topic:
Normes humanitaires et organisations humanitaires du Sud : les enjeux de l’autorégulation. Expériences de la norme ECCO de la Fédération internationale des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge en Afrique (2009-2019), sous la direction de Frédéric Ramel
