About
Lacroix is an Associate Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) of Sciences Po and a researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CERI). He received his PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po in 2007, after completing a M.A. in Arabic Language and Civilization at INALCO and a M.A. in Mathematics at Paris VI.
Lacroix was a post-doctoral scholar at Stanford University from 2008 to 2009 and an Associate Researcher at the Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation Économiques, Juridiques et Sociales (CEDEJ) in Cairo from 2010 to 2013. His research interests are focused on Islam, the Middle East, and politics.
Selected publications
- Lacroix, S. (2015) ‘The Rise of Revolutionary Salafism in Post-Mubarak Egypt.’ In B. Rougier and S. Lacroix (eds.) Egypt’s Revolutions, Politics, Religion, and Social Movements. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 163-178.
- Lacroix, S. (2011) Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 384pp.