Daniel Meier, Political Scientist, is an Associate Professor at sciences Po Grenoble and teaches regularly in Beirut, Venice and Turin. Member of the Association of Borderland Studies, his researches are focusing on Identity and Space issues, with a special dedication for borders/boundaries questions in the Middle East. His last monograph titled "Shaping Lebanon’s Borderlands: Armed Resistance and International Intervention in South Lebanon" (IB Tauris, 2016).