Research interests: Islam and politics in the modern Middle East; Islamist movements and the institutionalization of Islam in the Muslim world; and Muslim diasporas in North America and western Europe.
Research interests: Corruption and the rule of law; authoritarian politics; state building and state capacity; and Chinese politics.
Research interests: Gender; reproduction; states; violence; politics; mobilization; theory; development; and Latin America.
Research interests: Contentious politics; the history of the Chinese revolution and its contemporary legacy; and the politics of higher education and cultural governance in China.
Research interests: European overseas empires and their aftermaths, eighteenth century to present; modern France; French Empire in the Caribbean, South America, and North Africa; decolonization; sovereignty and legal pluralism; and international migration...
Research interests: Latin American politics; parties and party systems; and democracy and democratization.
Research interests: Political sociology; law and society; economic sociology; sociology of media and information technologies; sociology of work, labor, and labor movements; science and technology studies; development; and China studies.
Research interests: Development economics and political economics, particularly on the role of social factors in economic development.
Research interests: Language, music, and semiotics; urban anthropology; anthropology of religion; and South Korea.
Research interests: Development and environmental economics; and discrimination influences in public-service provisions and education.