Riadh Amine Ben Mami is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the IEP in Aix-en-Provence (Mesopolhis/IREMAM) and at the École Normale Supérieure (Centre Maurice Halbwachs). Her dissertation focuses on associative initiatives to “monitor democracy” in Tunisia after the January 2011 revolution. Her research focuses on associative advocacy practices in (post-)authoritarian contexts and the impact of international aid on political transitions.