The IRIS Geopolitical Observatory of Religion aims to enhance understanding of the challenges facing the contemporary world through the lens of religious issues in modern societies and on the international stage. Its work focuses on identifying and analysing contemporary crisis points, religious developments in relation to emerging societal challenges, and the role of religious actors in interstate relations, approached from historical, sociological, and political perspectives.
The Observatory is led by François Mabille, an Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, political scientist, and expert in the geopolitics of religion. It is co-managed in collaboration with the International Centre for Research and Decision Support (CIRAD-FIUC).
Analyses / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
15 April 2026
Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
Interviews / Asia-Pacific
10 July 2025
Interviews / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
30 April 2025
Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
Interviews / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
4 November 2024
Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
University Professor in Contemporary History (International Relations) at Aix-Marseille University, co-author of *Catholics and US Politics after the 2020 Elections: Biden Chases the Swing Vote* with Marie Gayte and Mark Rozell, Palgrave Macmillan (2022).
Interviews / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
5 September 2024
Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
Notes / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
4 October 2017
Faculty, Department of Human Rights and Women Studies, Schoolguru Eduserve Pvt. Ltd. India and International Fellow, KAICIID, Vienna, Austria
Notes / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
11 April 2017
Founder and President, CEDA International Uganda
Director of Research and Training at the Da’wah Institute of Nigeria Islamic Education Trust, MINNA
Associate Research Fellow at IRIS
Notes / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
23 February 2017
Professor of Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University Washington DC, USA Senior Advisor at the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID)
Notes / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
20 January 2017
Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Boston, MA)
Notes / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
27 September 2016
Ambassador of Georgia to the Holy See
Notes / Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
5 November 2015
Associate Research Fellow, IRIS
Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Geopolitical Observatory of Religion
