Stéphane François (born 1 January 1973) is a French political scientist who specializes on radical right-wing movements.
[1] Born on 1 January 1973,[2] Stéphane François attended Lille 2 University of Health and Law, where he obtained a PhD in political science after a doctoral thesis on the "Paganism of the Nouvelle Droite.
"[3][1] François is a professor of political science at the University of Mons.
[4] An associate member of the CNRS, he has been a member of the Observatoire des radicalités politiques ("Observatory of political radicalism") since 2014,[1] and a researcher in the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités ("Societies, Religions, Secularism Group").
[5] François is also a lecturer in contemporary history and political science at the University of Valenciennes.