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Holds a Ph.D. in political science (2000) from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). Joined CERI in 2001. Co-directs the CERI working papers series Questions de recherche/Research in question. Member of the editorial board of Critique internationale, Cultures et conflits and International Political Sociology. Received the bronze medal of the CNRS in 2006. Speaks English and Russian.
His doctoral thesis examined the fight against illegal economic activity in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia from 1965 to 1995. His current research focuses on international movements to counter organized crime and the transformations of law enforcement policy
Teaching
- Sciences Po: “Criminality and penal policy in post-Soviet region” (Master’s in Comparative Politics); Master’s program course on research methodology
(with Kathy Rousselet)
- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS): “Political sociology of contemporary Russia”(since 2006, with Myriam Désert)
Research interests
- Global mobilization in relation to trans-national crime: the fight against organized crime, money laundering and corruption
- Transformation in Russian penal policy: judicial reform, policy activity and the enforcement of judicial decisions
- The professionalization of anti-money laundering activities in France