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Amr Abdelrahim
amr.abdelrahim@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Egypt
Thesis topic:
Rhymes from the Margins : New School Rap and the Rise of Subaltern Youth’s Voices to the Center of Egyptian Popular Culture (titre provisoire), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix et Nicolas Puig

Ahmad Fahim Abdullatif
ahmadfahim.abdullatif@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political sociology of the state, Armed forces in Afghanistan, Violence and mobilisation, Western military interventions
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Security, defence, nuclear weapons
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia
Country(ies): Afghanistan
Language(s): Persian, Pashto, English, French, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic
Thesis topic:
The Afghan State and its recompositions: a socio-historical study of armed forces in Afghanistan (1880-1993), supervised by Stéphane Lacroix & Adam Baczko

Tom Abram
tom.abram@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Chinese politics, science & technology, innovation, strategic thinking in China
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): East Asia
Country(ies): China
Language(s): French, English, Chinese
Thesis topic:
La politique chinoise d’attraction des talents en sciences et technologies : une approche « par les intermédiaires », supervised by Stéphanie Balme
Vera Ageeva
vera.ageeva@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Russia and China in Central Asia, Russian soft power, French soft power
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Russia
Country(ies): France, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Thesis topic:
Russian and Chinese grand strategies in Kazakhstan, supervised by Thierry Balzacq et Kathy Rousselet

Joel Ansah
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

Julien Argoud
julien.argoud@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Religions, Ideologies, Identities, Methods, Aesthetics
Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , North Africa, Western Europe
Country(ies): France, Morocco
Language(s): French, Arabic, English
Thesis topic:
Comprendre la restructuration du champ chrétien au Maroc, supervised by Stéphane Lacroix et Philippe Portier

Ariane Badet
ariane.badet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Religion, Islam, gender, discrimination, work
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Language(s): French, English
Thesis topic:
Diversité et religion : insertion professionnelle et carrière des personnes musulmanes ou perçues comme telles en France, supervised by Daniel Sabbagh & Céline Béraud
Louis Baudrin
louis.baudrin@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Analysis of change in foreign policy; Public administration reforms; Favoured migration
Discipline(s): Political Science
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Western Europe
Country(ies): France, Germany
Language(s): French, English, German
Thesis topic:
Attirer les étudiants étrangers, en réformant la politique étrangère : une comparaison des transformations organisationnelles des Ministères des Affaires Etrangères allemand et français (1998-2020), supervised by Christian Lequesne
Elie Beressi
elie.beressi@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Israel
Thesis topic:
Between Representation and Estrangement: a political sociology of Israel’s Foreign Service, supervised by Christian Lequesne et Yael Shomer

Julie Bouchet
julie.bouchet@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): International relations, security studies, strategic studies, political philosophy and ethics, IHL, influence, foreign policy of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination
Geographical Area(s): Middle East
Country(ies): Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Language(s): French, Russian, Italian, Arabic
Thesis topic:
L’instrumentalisation des arguments éthiques à des fins stratégiques au Moyen-Orient : analyse, implications stratégiques et contre-mesures, supervised by Bayram Balci and Thierry Balzacq

Michaël Bourdon
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

Justine Brisson
justine.brisson@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): History of Political Ideas, Theory of Commitment and Anti-Commitment, Literary posture and auctorial scenography, Politics of Literature
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Philosophy
Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): Western Europe
Country(ies): France
Language(s): French, English, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Une histoire intellectuelle du contre-engagement. Figures et postures de l'écrivain en retrait du politique (1950-1980), supervised by Astrid von Busekist (Sciences Po) & Marc Crépon (ENS)
Elias Brugidou
elias.brugidou@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Security and War, Expertise, The West(s), Narrations and Visualities
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace, Science, technology and power, Art, humanities, and international research
Geographical Area(s): North America, Western Europe
Language(s): French, English, Spanish
Thesis topic:
Une guerre sensible ? Cadrer, connaître et combattre la « menace informationnelle » en Amérique du Nord et en Europe, supervised by Frédéric Ramel
Alice Carchereux
alice.carchereux@sciencespo.fr
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Environmental risks and planetary limits
Geographical Area(s): Central Africa
Country(ies): Gabon
Thesis topic:
L'Etat en restes : gouverner par et sur l'ordure au Gabon, supervised by Béatrice Hibou and Didier Péclard
Perrine Chabanel
perrine.chabanel@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Biopolitics, intimacy, governance
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory
Language(s): English, German, Spanish, French Sign Language
Thesis topic:
Faire naître : une phénoménologie de la naissance, supervised by Astrid von Busekist
Sofyaine Chbari
sofyaine.chbari@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): Political parties, popular classes
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe
Country(ies): Argentina, France
Thesis topic:
Mettre le peuple en (parti) mouvement ? Sociologie politique comparée de l’incorporation des secteurs populaires dans les partis-mouvements en France et en Argentine, supervised by Hélène Combes
Antonia Collard-Nora
antonia.collardnora@sciencespo.fr
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): Middle East
Country(ies): Turkey
Language(s): French, English, German, Russian, Arabic
Thesis topic:
La gouvernance humanitaire en Turquie et dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie (2014-2025), supervised by Bayram Balci & Delphine Allès

Adam Contu
adam.contu@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): International environmental governance, Global environmental commons, Seabed
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Environmental risks and planetary limits, Global economy, capitalism, extraction
Geographical Area(s): Global realm , Seas and Oceans
Language(s): French, English
Thesis topic:
Gouverner les communs globaux environnementaux : les fonds marins, un "patrimoine" ou "commun" de l'humanité ?, supervised by Carola Kloeck & Mélanie Albaret

María-Katrina Cortez
mariakatrinabianca.cortez@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): French Right, Democracy Crisis, Radical-right populist parties, Discourse on religion and immigration, Christianity, Comparative Politics, Politics of Resentment, Monarchy, Youth Politics, Identitarian Catholicism, Urban-Rural Divide, Political Geography, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Cultural backlash theory, Social identity theory
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics
Thesis topic:
The Politics of Resentment and Distrust : the Changing Political Attitudes of Radicalized Youth in France, supervised by Emiliano Grossman et de Juliette Galonnier

Quentin Couvreur
quentin.couvreur@sciencespo.fr
Research Interest(s): China, Foreign Policy, Multilateralism, International Organizations
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy
Geographical Area(s): Global realm
Country(ies): China
Thesis topic:
Être « grand » tout en étant un pays en développement : la diplomatie onusienne de la Chine depuis 2012, supervised by Frédéric Ramel
