Farhad Khosrokhavar is a retired professor at l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He researches Islam in France and more generally in Europe, especially its radical forms, as well as the Arab revolutions of 2010-2011 and contemporary Iran.

He has notably researched the problems of Islamic fundamentalism and extremism in prisons and in the suburbs (notably for the Office des HLM).

His most recent books include:

-Jihadism in Europe (to be published in June 2021 by Oxford University Press)

-Le nouveau jihad en Occident, Robert Laffont, 2018

-(with Michel Wieviorka) Les juifs,les musulmans etla République, Robert Laffont, 2017

-Les Prisons de France, Robert Laffont, 2016

-Le jihadisme, (in collaboration with David Bénichou and Philippe Migaux), Plon, 2015

- Radicalisation, Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2014, new revised and expanded edition 2020

 - The Jihadist Ideology: the anthropological perspective, Aarhus University, 20011;

- Inside Jihadism: Understanding Jihadi Movements Worldwide, Paradigm Publishers, 2009;

- Quand Al Qaeda Parle: témoignages derrière les barreaux, Grasset, 2006;

- L’islam dans les prisons, Balland, 2004;

- Les Nouveaux Martyrs d’Allah, Flammarion, 2003.