Olivier Roy is professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy where he is Head of the Mediterranean Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. He was previously a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (IEP). From 1984 to 2008, he acted as a consultant to the French Foreign Ministry.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The attractions of jihadism, and a generational nihilism stretching far beyond the Muslim sphereFrench Muslims are protesting against the conflation of Islam with jihadism, and about France's engagement in the coalition. If the French government really wants to steer young people away from terrorism, here's what it should be doing instead. Interview with specialist on Islam, Olivier Roy.
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Published in: HomeDemocracy and Islamism
In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. Forty-nine of openDemocracy’s distinguished contributors, from Mariano Aguirre to Slavoj Zizek, Neal Ascherson to Jonathan Zittrain – offer their predictions for the coming year. Since this is openDemocracy, we did not expect them to agree. We were not disappointed. (Part Two)