Joost de Moor is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) . His research bridges Environmental Politics , Social Movements , and Political Participation , with a focus on climate activism, lifestyle politics, and post-political strategies. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences: Political Science from the University of Antwerp (2016) and has held postdoctoral positions at Keele University (2016-2018) , Stockholm University (2018-2021) , and Leiden University (2021) . A visiting scholar at the University of Mannheim (2015) , his work spans urban environmentalism, climate summit dynamics, and strategic movement adaptation.
Teresa Faucon is an Associate Professor and HDR researcher at Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris 3), affiliated with the IRCAV research institute. She specializes in cinema and audiovisual aesthetics, montage theory, and postcolonial film studies. Her roles include director of the Cinema and Audiovisual Master's program (2021–2023), and leadership in disability and professional training initiatives. She co-founded key research groups like Indian Cinemas (2012), CREAViS (2015), and Exotismes en champ-contrechamp (2018), focusing on decolonial cinema and exoticism analysis. Her work bridges academic research with creative projects, including the interactive Maps of Film Analysis platform. Research interests span Indian and Southeast Asian cinemas, dance-cinema interactions, and experimental film forms. She has organized 7 international conferences and co-edited major texts like Chorégraphier le film (2019). Recent publications include studies on exoticism's sonic dimensions and non-European cinema. Her digital platform Les cartes de l'analyse de film innovates in nonlinear film analysis through heuristic maps. She co-directs the Formes filmiques and Cinémas en champ-contrechamp book series, promoting global cinema scholarship.
Kevin Limonier is a lecturer in geography and Slavic studies at the French Institute of Geopolitics (Paris 8 University) and deputy director of GEODE, a Center of Excellence selected by France's Ministry of the Armed Forces. His research focuses on the geopolitics of Russian-speaking cyberspace, digital sovereignty, and open-source intelligence (OSINT), with particular relevance to the Ukraine conflict and Russian information warfare. His work bridges digital and physical spaces, challenging traditional notions of cyberspace by proposing the datasphere as a tangible layer of reality. He has developed tools for tracking information dissemination on social networks and analyzing Russian strategies of influence, including fake news and support for political figures like Marine Le Pen. Expertise : Digital ethnography, cybersecurity, Russian strategic studies Key Contributions : Co-editor of Hérodote issue 186 on OSINT, fieldwork in Dubna (Russia) on nuclear cities and hacker communities His articles highlight trends in cyber geopolitics , Ukraine war analysis , digital sovereignty , and Russian influence operations , particularly in Africa and Europe.
Etienne Ollion is a Professor of Sociology at École Polytechnique and a Research Director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). He maintains dual appointments that position him at the intersection of traditional political sociology and emerging computational methods. His academic work spans both French and international institutions, with teaching invitations at ENS-Paris, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Sciences Po Paris, and other leading universities worldwide. His research program focuses on two interconnected domains: the sociology of politics and power, and computational social sciences. Ollion's work examines political professionalization, parliamentary dynamics, and the transformation of political fields, particularly through his ethnographic study of the 2017 French National Assembly documented in his book The Candidates: Amateurs and Professionals in Politics (Oxford University Press, 2024). Simultaneously, he pioneers methodological innovations applying machine learning and natural language processing to social science research. Ollion's recent publications reveal a trajectory increasingly focused on the intersection of AI and social science methodology, with numerous 2024-2025 publications addressing LLM applications, text annotation, and the ethical considerations of proprietary AI systems in research. His work demonstrates how computational methods can enhance traditional social science approaches while maintaining critical awareness of technological limitations. As an academic leader, Ollion directs the Computational Social Sciences initiative at the IPP and has developed educational resources including online courses and the aweSOM software for data analysis. He regularly organizes summer schools (SICSS-Paris) and workshops to disseminate computational methods across the social sciences. Ollion serves on the editorial board of Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales and maintains an active public presence through media appearances, including a notable interview on France Inter about AI and Social Sciences in September 2024. His upcoming book talk at The Seminary Co-op in Chicago on March 7, 2025 further demonstrates his active engagement with the international academic community.
Fatima Aziz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at The American University of Paris (AUP) . She is affiliated with the Center for Media, Communication & Global Change (MCGC) since 2024 and the Centre de Recherches sur les Arts et le Langage (CRAL/EHESS) since 2023. Prior to her current role, she was a member of the editorial committee for the French blog Culture Visuelle (2010–2014) and affiliated with the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) in 2014–2015. Education: PhD in Visual Cultures, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (2023) Master of Arts (Master Recherche) in Information and Communication Sciences, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre-La Défense, Paris (2008) Research Interests: Aziz’s work focuses on Visual Generative Media , Text-to-Image models , and Algorithmic identity , with a critical lens on how digital platforms mediate identity and social interaction. Her research includes studies on fame, influence, and privacy in social media, such as Facebook , Instagram , and TikTok . She explores the intersections of visual culture, digital anthropology, and ethical frameworks for online data usage. Teaching & Research Contributions: Aziz has taught courses such as Global Digital Cultures , Visual Culture, Theory & Communication , and Topics: Digital Anthropology , reflecting her expertise in media and digital studies. Her conference presentations include discussions on the Visual Culture of War , Algorithmic Mediation , and Participatory Politics in Digital Spaces . Advising & Grants: No specific advising or grant information is explicitly listed in the texts. However, she is involved in research labs and centers, contributing to initiatives like the Civic Media Lab and the MCGC . Labs/Teams: Faculty affiliate at the MCGC (since 2024) and CRAL/EHESS (since 2023). Active in the Civic Media Lab through graduate seminars and workshops on digital ethnography and media ethics.
Federico Varese is Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po , affiliated with the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) and the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford , where he also holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College. He previously served as Director of the Department of Sociology at Oxford (2021–2023) and is currently Director of the Extra-legal Institute. Education: University of Bologna University of Cambridge University of Oxford Research Interests: Varese specializes in the sociology of organized crime, criminal governance, economic sociology, and social theory. His research explores the structures and dynamics of mafia groups, particularly the Russian mafia, transnational crime migration, cybercrime markets, and the relationship between criminal organizations and the state. He employs methodologies including social network analysis and ethnography to investigate how informal institutions govern social order in the absence of state authority. Recent Research Trends: His recent publications reflect a strong focus on global cybercrime mapping, Russian political repression, and comparative studies of organized crime. The works demonstrate a shift toward digital criminology, transnational criminal networks, and the use of data-driven methods to analyze illicit markets and governance structures. Scientific Awards: International Association for the Study of Organized Crime 2012 Outstanding Publication Award for Mafias on the Move ED A. Hewett Book Prize (co-recipient) for The Russian Mafia Niccolini Prize first prize for non-fiction for Mafia Life Bernagozzi Prize from the city of Portomaggiore, Italy Advising and Grants: Varese has supervised numerous PhD and postdoctoral researchers and has led major funded research projects. He currently holds an Advanced ERC Grant titled CRIMGOV (2022–2026), hosted at Sciences Po and Oxford University, focusing on criminal governance. He has collaborated with institutions globally and mentored scholars in criminology and sociology. His editorial roles include serving on the board of The British Journal of Criminology and as past Editor of Global Crime . Labs and Research Groups: He is the Director of the Extra-legal Institute , a research hub focused on informal governance and illegal institutions. He is also a key figure in the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) at Sciences Po and has led thematic research seminars on state transformation, organized crime, and democratic strains.
Mathieu Quet is a sociologist and research director at IRD, affiliated with Ceped (University Paris Cité). His work focuses on technoscientific globalization in the Global South, with current projects including pharmaceutical uses of animal life in the Indian Ocean and "technological globalization from below." Co-responsible for Ceped's Research Axis 3: Knowledge and Markets in the South Teaches STS modules in the Population and Development Master's program at University Paris Cité Supervises 4 PhD theses applying STS approaches to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa His research spans pharmaceutical markets, digital studies, and postcolonial technoscience, with fieldwork in India, Kenya, and the Indian Ocean. Recent projects include GLOBALSMOG (air pollution in Global South cities) and vaccine R&D for neglected diseases. Key publication trends address biocapital extraction, digital empires, pharmaceutical regulation, and South-South circulation. He co-edits Science, Technology and Society and organizes seminars like Covid Cafes in the South and Technological Globalization from Below .
Daniel Foliard is a Researcher at the Université de Paris within the Department of Arts and Visual Culture - History and Civilization . His work focuses on the history of photography, British colonial history (19th-20th centuries), and the intersection of colonialism with knowledge production and visual culture. Research interests include the politics of colonial archives, the role of photography in imperial projects, and the ethical dimensions of representing historical trauma. He has contributed to debates on digital humanities methods for analyzing colonial visual materials, particularly through computational approaches to image databases like the EyCon Dataset. Recent publications emphasize contested colonial narratives, the materiality of photographic archives, and the interplay between violence and visual representation. Key themes include the violence of colonial photography , the memory of conflict , and the reconstruction of silenced histories . Foliard collaborates with institutions like the LARCA (Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Récits des Cultures et des Arts) and maintains an active presence in academic publishing, including special issue curation and critical reviews of historical scholarship on imperialism and visual culture.
Robert Payne is Professor and Department Chair of Communication, Media and Culture at The American University of Paris, where he has worked since 2008. Previously taught at Australian universities, his research focuses on queer theory applications in media studies, digital networks, and affective dimensions of media infrastructure. PhD and BA from University of Sydney Specializes in queer digital culture Author of two monographs International research on media materialities His work examines digital media's affective dimensions, including viral circulation, social media intimacy, and material infrastructures shaping queer encounters. Co-edited special issues on 'Citizenship and queer critique' (2012) and 'Panic' (2008), with publications analyzing topics from Abu Ghraib photo circulation to blue-collar masculinity in digital spaces. Current research investigates everyday media materialities through infrastructure studies and affect theory.
Caterina Froio is an Associate Professor in Political Science at Sciences Po, affiliated with the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE). She teaches at the School of Research and contributes to programs at the School of Public Affairs and Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA). Since 2025, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Political Research and is the editor of the Routledge series Extremism & Democracy . Her research focuses on political participation, far-right politics, populism, and digital media. She investigates how individuals engage with extremist ideologies, particularly in the context of European far-right movements. Her work combines empirical analysis with digital methods to understand protest mobilization, media framing, and online radicalization. Recent publications highlight trends in far-right mobilization across Europe, the role of social media in movements like the Yellow Vests, and the interplay between digital platforms and political extremism. Her scholarship spans comparative politics, political behavior, and computational social science, often employing mixed-methods approaches. Editor-in-Chief, European Journal of Political Research (2025–present) Editor, Routledge series Extremism & Democracy (2019–present) Co-scientific coordinator, Master in Political Science, Major in Comparative Politics (2024–2025) She has led and participated in externally funded projects such as FROM THE BALLOTS TO THE STREETS (FNSP) and AUTHLIB (Horizon Europe). She has advised and collaborated with researchers across Europe and the United States, particularly on topics involving digital methods and far-right networks. Froio's research is supported by interdisciplinary teams and labs focused on digital political analysis, including collaborations with data scientists and sociologists. Her work is disseminated through platforms like HAL, ORCID, Academia.edu, and ResearchGate.
Noemie Oxley is an Assistant Professor in Global Communications at The American University of Paris (AUP) and a researcher at the CRAL (Centre de Recherche sur les Arts et Language) at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. She has been teaching at AUP since 2015, focusing on visual culture, media theory, and war studies. Her research examines amateur videos in crisis contexts, particularly those documenting the Iraq War. Education: Ph.D. in Media and Communications (Goldsmiths University, London) & Social Anthropology (EHESS, Paris), 2016 Doctorate in Ethnology and Social Anthropology (EHESS, Paris), 2016 Master’s in Ethnology and Social Anthropology (EHESS, Paris), 2008 B.A. in Cinema and Audio-visual Studies (Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle), 2006 Research Focus: Visual culture of war in the post-9/11 era Amateur media practices in conflict zones Counter-insurgency warfare representation in Western media Digital ethnography and documentary practices Affiliations & Projects: ANR-funded project Violence et sortie de la Violence (Paris) Co-organizer of international conferences on visual anthropology and media studies Teaching & Grants: Teaches courses on visual culture, media & war, and global communications Recipient of ANR research funding Labs/Teams: CRAL (EHESS) and the Violence et sortie de la Violence research collective.
Catherine Baroin is a Professor in the 8th Section at the University of Rouen Normandy, affiliated with the UFR Letters and Human Sciences. She holds an HDR (2019) and has been a member of the ERIAC research unit since 1989, initially as an Associate Professor of Classical Letters. Her research focuses on the anthropology of Rome, particularly exploring memory practices, cultural relationships between Rome and Greece, bodily norms, and the semiotics of clothing in antiquity. She has authored influential works including Remembering in Rome (2010), which won the François Millepierres Prize, and co-edited volumes on body studies and gender norms. Her academic contributions span classical literature, Roman social history, and cultural anthropology. Teaching includes courses on Roman religion, art, and anthropology, alongside digital humanities initiatives. She actively participates in international conferences and has organized interdisciplinary research projects on ancient bodily practices and cultural memory. Key affiliations: ERIAC (Member Council), ANHIMA Center (Associate Member) Teaching: Latin literature, classical civilization, digital humanities Research leadership: Co-organized conferences on body studies and ERIAC research axes
Marcos Barros is a Full Professor at the Department of People, Organizations and Society at Grenoble École de Management (France). His research focuses on alternative organizational forms, institutional dynamics, technology/social media impacts, and critical perspectives on organizational change, identity, and resistance. He holds editorial roles as Associate Editor at Organization and co-Chair of the Critical Management Studies Division at the Academy of Management. His research spans topics like prefigurative politics in social movements, digital labor dynamics, and the paradoxes of 'happy' corporate cultures. His work critiques mainstream management practices through lenses of decolonial theory, agnotology (study of ignorance), and digital subjectivity.
Youssef El Alaoui serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Romance Studies at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University of Rouen Normandy. As a permanent member of ERIAC (Research Unit 4705), he contributes to this interdisciplinary research center focused on Spanish and Latin American cultures, histories, and literatures. His academic work examines historical interactions between Christian and Muslim communities in early modern Spain and its colonies, with particular focus on religious minorities and conversion processes. Doctor in Civilization of Spanish Golden Age and Colonial America, University of Rouen (1998) Dr. El Alaoui's research explores policies of evangelization and assimilation of religious minorities in 16th-17th century Spain and America, with special attention to the Morisco population (Muslims forcibly converted to Christianity). His scholarship investigates methods of evangelization by the Society of Jesus among Moriscos and indigenous populations, anti-Muslim controversies in early modern Spain, and the complex identity negotiations of religious minorities. He examines how religious, cultural, and political boundaries were constructed, maintained, and crossed during this period of intense religious transformation, particularly focusing on the role of Moriscos in relations between Christian Spain and Muslim communities. His recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on Morisco studies with increasing comparative approaches between different religious minorities within the Spanish Empire. His work shows methodological evolution from purely historical analysis toward interdisciplinary approaches incorporating religious studies, cultural history, and postcolonial theory. Key themes across his publications include religious conversion strategies, identity formation among religious minorities, representation of 'the Other' in early modern religious polemics, and comparative analysis of evangelization methods across different cultural contexts. Prize for the best Hispanic master's thesis defended in France awarded by the Société des Hispanistes Français (SHF) in 1994 Dr. El Alaoui actively participates in multiple research projects including the COST ACTION CA18129 'Islamic Legacy' project, the IMPI project ('Antes del orientalismo'), and the European Research Group 'Minorías en la España Medieval y Moderna.' He serves as co-director of the ERIAC electronic journal 'Travaux et Documents Hispaniques' (TDH) and is a member of the editorial board of eHumanistas/Conversos journal. His teaching encompasses Civilization of Spanish Golden Age and Colonial America, Civilization of Contemporary Spain, and Methodology of University Work across undergraduate and graduate levels. Within ERIAC, Dr. El Alaoui participates in the FIBIA-BMR project for virtual library development focusing on Iberian and Italian ancient collections of the Rouen Municipal Library. He has organized numerous seminars and study days on religious minorities, identity formation, and cultural exchanges in early modern Iberia and its colonies, demonstrating sustained engagement with both historical scholarship and contemporary methodological approaches to religious diversity studies.
Audrey Baneyx is a researcher at Sciences Po's médialab , specializing in digital methods, knowledge modeling, and pedagogical tool development. With a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Paris 6 University, her work bridges computational approaches with social science research. Co-leader of the CNRS' Gender and Digital Spaces working group Principal contributor to tools like Hyphe, Khartis, and ANTA v2 Research Focus : Analyzing digital data heterogeneity through ontologies to map knowledge communities Exposing scientific production mechanisms in social sciences via platforms like Scholarscape Designing pedagogical frameworks for digital method training Publication Trends : Recent work emphasizes feminist perspectives in digital methods (2024), web archive utilization (ResPaDon 2022), climate adaptation controversy mapping (MEDEA 2015), and epistemic network analysis from 2016's multipositionality studies. Teaching & Community Building : Leads MetAt methodological workshops and develops practitioner communities around digital tools. Active in interdisciplinary research engineering since 2008.
