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Professor of Sociology at the High Institute of Human Sciences, Tunis AL MANAR University, Tunisia

Permanent researcher at the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oran. Division: Imaginary and Social Processes . Specialist in philosophy and anthropology. His research explores the fields of social anthropology, philosophy and social processes linked to the imaginary, social rituals and funerary monuments.

Professor of Sociology at the University of Oran 2, and Research Associate at GRAS (Research Unit in Social Sciences and Health)

Doctor of Medicine; Professor at the University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella. Associate researcher at the CRASC.

sociologist, researcher at CRASC. Her area of interest: the sociology of the family.

psychologist, researcher, and author based at the Research Center in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC) in Oran, Algeria. She specializes in developmental, social, and clinical psychology with a primary focus on family dynamics, the Kafala system, and child protection.

Research Director within the Department of Educational Anthropology and Training Systems at the CRASC. She specialises in clinical psychology, and her research falls within the field of social sciences, focusing on issues related to mental health and educational and training contexts.

A prominent sociologist, urbanist, and professor at Université d'Alger 2. He specializes in urban and economic sociology, with a focus on Maghreb cities, poverty, and social protection.

Retired Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning , Scientific Advisor and Associate Researcher at CRASC.

prominent professor and researcher in urban geography, geomatics, and geopolitics at the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed. He is widely known for his research on Algerian urban dynamics, transportation (such as the tramway), and peri-urban land management.

A professor of geography whose current research focuses on analysing urban and rural transformations and dynamics in the steppe and desert regions of Algeria.

A Research Director in Sociology and Social Sciences, specializing in urban and territorial studies. Head of the Cities and Territories Division, contributing to research on social dynamics, urban development, and territorial planning.

Researcher and former president of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC). His research focuses on youth and their relationship with employment, migration, and information and communication technologies (ICT). He is also interested in early school leaving and violence in schools.

A faculty member at the Department of Amazigh Language and Culture, University of Batna (Algeria), specializing in the intersection of anthropology, culture, and linguistics. His research focuses on understanding how historical contexts shape cultural practices and linguistic patterns in contemporary societies.

Clinical psychologist, specialising in gender issues and, in particular, adolescence. University of Oran 2. Research associate at CRASC.

Professor of Language Sciences, Didactics of French as a Foreign Language, ENS Oran, Algeria

Research Associate, English Language - Education Sciences,Oran2 university / CRASC, Algeria

Associate Director for Research at the CRASC

Research Professor (Category A) specialising in the sociology of organisations and social sciences at the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology. He is affiliated with the Research Unit on Naming Systems in Algeria (RASYD). His academic work focuses on the sociology of organisations and the study of social dynamics in educational and institutional contexts.

An Algerian researcher and lecturer at the University of Ghardaïa, author of several publications.

Former Rector of the University Ali Kafi of Tindouf, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Editor-in-Chief of the Algerian Journal of Human Studies, published by the University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben

Dr. Djilali ELMESTARI is a Principal Research Associate at the Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology/ CRASC (Oran, Algeria). He holds a habilitation and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Oran. He held the position of Director of the Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (2017- 2021), and the position of Director General of the National Institute for Research in Education/ INRE, Algeria (2016-2017).
El Mestari’s area of interest includes themes related to religious discourse, education and citizenship, and community issues.
He has participated in several international and national projects, including two ongoingresearch projects conducted by the CRASC: “The Production of Religious Knowledge in Official Religious Institutions: case of the University of Religious Sciences in Constantine” and “Textbooks of School Subjects Related to Social Sciences and Humanities (1963-2020)”.
In the last two years, he has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Padua, Italy: The International Master in Religion, Politics and Global Society.
Among his most important and recent scientific production:
- 2022. Coordinator with Khalid Rhazzali and Dafne Accoroni (from Italy) of the 95/96 issues of Insaniyat Journal on "Socioanthropology of Religion in the Mediterranean Region"
- 2022. Co-editor with Soraya Mouloudji of the collective book “Society and the Pandemic”,
Publisher: CRASC.
In addition to three research papers addressing themes of religious and educational discourse in Algeria:
- 2022. Co-author of “Youth and the Discourse of Religious Referents in Algeria. Results of Field Surveys”. Insaniyat, Part 1, No. 95
- 2022. “The Institutionalized Religious Discourse During the First Period of the Pandemic in Algeria”. Society and the Pandemic
- 2021. The Second Generation of Islamic Education Textbooks in Algeria: Contents and Challenges. Published by the Higher Islamic Council

Parmanent researcher, Dialectology, CRASC, Algeria
Permanent researcher at the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oran. Division: Imaginary and Social Processes. She specialises in dialectology and linguistics within the humanities. Her research focuses on the study of linguistic variations, music and their cultural contexts.

A geographer, a professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed.

Doctor in Geography and Spatial Planning , university of Oran 2.