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Prénom de l'expert
Amélie
Nom de l'expert
FÉREY

Intitulé du poste

Former Research Fellow, Former Head of the Defense Research Unit, Security Studies Center, Ifri

Domaine d'expertises En

Research Areas:

  • Ethics and Law of Armed Conflict
  • Conter-terrorism
  • Lawfare
  • Cognitive warfare
  • Israel/Palestine conflict
Biographie En

Dr Amélie Férey is a former Research Fellow and the former Head of the Defense Research Unit at Ifri's Security Studies Center. She published on the ethics of war; lawfare, and Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She defended her PhD on "Targeted killings in Israel and the United States" in February 2018 at Sciences Po, under the supervision of Professor Astrid von Busekist and Ariel Colonomos. She received numerous grants from the National Foundation for Political Science (FNSP), The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School (IRSEM) and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Her book Targeted Killings. A Critique of weaponized liberalism, was published by CNRS editions in June 2020. Amélie Férey regularly lectures at Sciences Po Paris and Polytechnique. She was previously a visiting researcher at the French Center of Research of Jerusalem (CRFJ) and a post-doc research at IRSEM.

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