Jules Grange Gastinel is a PhD candidate in political science at Aix-Marseille University and a doctoral researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is affiliated with the Center for Economic, Legal, Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) in Cairo and the Institute for Research and Study on the Arab and Muslim Worlds (IREMAM). His doctoral research examines the reconfiguration of state institutions and forms of governance in northern Yemen since 2014.