Stéphane François is a French political scientist who specializes on radical right-wing movements. He also studies conspiracy theories, political ecology and countercultures.
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." He is a professor of political science at the University of Mons. An associate member of the CNRS, he has been a member of the Observatoire des radicalités politiques ("Observatory of political radicalism") since 2014, and a researcher in the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités ("Societies, Religions, Secularism Group"). François is also a lecturer in contemporary history and political science at the University of Valenciennes.