Mathilde Zederman

Mathilde Zederman serves as a FRS-FNRS postdoctoral researcher at the Free University of Brussels, attached to the Research Group on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality (GERME) with OMAM affiliation since September 2022.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD in Political Science from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London)

Her research critically examines political engagement in exile, Tunisian mobilizations in France, research practices on Islam, and militant memories, with particular focus on how Tunisian diaspora communities navigate authoritarianism, religious identity, and social activism in French contexts. This work bridges migration studies, political sociology, and post-colonial theory.

Her 2020-2022 publications reveal consistent analytical threads: transideological alliance formation against authoritarian regimes, the contested concept of 'moderation' in Islamist movements, and Islam's role in immigration-related social struggles. These works predominantly analyze Tunisian political dynamics within French exile settings using historical and ethnographic approaches.

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She operates within the Research Group on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality (GERME) and OMAM, collaborative frameworks dedicated to studying migration, ethnicity, and equality through interdisciplinary political science lenses.