Name: Gilles Dorronsoro
Date and place of Birth: 12 December 1962, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Citizenship: French
2004 Tenured Professor of Political Science, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris
2011 Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington
2009-2011 Adjunct Professor of Political Science, John Hopkins University, Washington
2008-2011 Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington
2001-2004 Senior Research, IFEA (French Institute of Anatolian Studies), Istanbul
1997-2001 Tenured Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Rennes
1994-1997 Adjunct Lecturer, Sciences Po Paris
1997 Agrégation of Political Science (ranked second)
1995 PhD in Political Sociology, EHESS, Paris
1989 MA in Political Sociology, EHESS, Paris
Since 1987, I have carried out a total of 75 months of fieldwork in various situations of civil war. Each year, I undertake at least one or two research expeditions lasting from one to three months.
1988-1991 Thirteen months in Mujahidin-controlled areas of Afghanistan
1992-2001 Twenty months in the Afghan Civil War
1994-1995, 2006 Three months in Iraqi Kurdistan
2000-2007 Twenty-five months in Kurdish areas in Turkey
2008-2014 Twelve months in Kabul and the countryside
2012-2013 Two months in rebel-controlled areas of Syria