Jean-Yves Camus

Jean-Yves Camus born 1958 is the French political scientist who specializes on nationalist movements in Europe.

Life as well as career

Born in 1958 to a Catholic together with Gaullist family, Camus is an observant Jew and describes himself as element of "the anti-totalitarian left". He earned a M.A.S. in modern history at Sciences Po in 1982.

He has been a researcher at the Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques since 2006 and the president of the Observatoire des radicalités politiques "Observatory of political radicalism" at the center-left think tank Fondation Jean-Jaurès since 2014.

In February 2016, Camus was nominated point of the scientific council of the Délégation interministérielle à la lutte contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme DILCRA, directed by Dominique Schnapper.