Mohamed-Ali Adraoui

Mohamed-Ali Adraoui holds a doctorate in political science from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris since 2011 after completing his thesis on contemporary Salafism. He is currently a researcher at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale in Naples.

He specialises in the study of the globalisation of Salafism, which he examines at local, national and transnational levels. He is also interested in jihadist mobilisations, Islamist movements and American foreign policy in the Middle East.

Furthermore, he has held several academic positions in different countries (Sciences Po Ceri, European University Institute, Georgetown University, Oxford University, London School of Economics, National University of Singapore, IEP Grenoble) and has published several books and scientific articles on the issue of contemporary Salafism, jihadism and Islamism.