This article highlights the benefits of pluralizing, historicizing and anchoring in the trajectories of ministries over time, the study of […]
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Category: France
“Les frontières négociées des assemblées citoyennes. Le cas de la Convention citoyenne pour le climat (2019-2020)”, Maxime Gaborit, Laurent Jeanpierre and Romane ROZENCWAJG (Sciences PO CEE, France)
Comme d’autres mini-publics, la Convention citoyenne pour le climat (CCC), qui s’est tenue en France en 2019 et 2020, a […]
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“‘Depoliticised’ regulators as a source of politicisation: rationing drugs in England and France”, Takuya Onoda (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Both proponents and critics of the regulatory state thesis view the creation of non-majoritarian institutions, such as independent regulatory agencies, […]
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“Choosing among the chosen? Electoral lists and party primaries in Europe”, Carles Pamies and Guillermo Cordero ( Sciences Po CEE, France)
Primaries are becoming the preferred mechanism to select parliamentary elites in an increasing number of parties across Europe. Recent literature […]
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“‘Depoliticised’ regulators as a source of politicisation: rationing drugs in England and France”, Takuya Onoda (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Both proponents and critics of the regulatory state thesis view the creation of non-majoritarian institutions, such as independent regulatory agencies, […]
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“Why ethnic politics can act as a check on democratic backsliding”, Jan Rovny (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The presence of politically organised minority groups is often viewed as a source of instability or conflict within a democracy. […]
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WATCH: Meet our New Project – ActEU
In this video, Prof. Dr. Michael Kaeding and Prof. Dr. Daniela Braun introduce us to the ActEU project. “Activating European […]
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Science Po CEE’s members contribute to the debate on Pension reform (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The bill on pension reform has reached the end of an eventful legislative process. Between a blocked vote, the use […]
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“La mémoire collective en question(s)”, Sandrine Lefranc and Sarah Gensburger eds. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
La référence au passé occupe aujourd’hui une place centrale dans l’affirmation de positions politiques au présent. En 2022, le sens […]
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“Les frontières négociées des assemblées citoyennes. Le cas de la Convention citoyenne pour le climat (2019-2020)”, Maxime Gaborit, Laurent Jeanpierre and Romane Rozencwajg (Sciences po CEE, France
Comme d’autres mini-publics, la Convention citoyenne pour le climat (CCC), qui s’est tenue en France en 2019 et 2020, a […]
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” ‘Depoliticised’ regulators as a source of politicisation: rationing drugs in England and France”, Takuya Onoda (Sciences Po CEE, France)
oth proponents and critics of the regulatory state thesis view the creation of non-majoritarian institutions, such as independent regulatory agencies, […]
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“Antidote to Backsliding: Ethnic Politics and Democratic Resilience”, ROVNY Jan (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Recent years have witnessed significant democratic erosion, particularly in eastern Europe. This article suggests that the explanations of democratic backsliding, […]
Read moreTrans European Policy Studies Association Launches Book tackling Climate Change Policy in Europe
The latest edition in the ‘Future of Europe’ series analyses the impacts of climate change across 39 European countries. BRUSSELS, 05/04/2023: […]
Read moreTEPSA starts new project on strengthening trust in democracy
From March 2023, TEPSA is implementing a new Horizon Europe project “ActEU” BRUSSELS, 28/03/2023: In the framework of the Horizon […]
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European Council Experts’ Debrief March 2023: What should the EU do to maintain a competitive green economy?
The European Council Experts’ Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. […]
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Job Vacancy: “Junior Researcher – ActEU Project”, Deadline January 16 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Sciences Po CEE are seeking to appoint a junior researcher to work with Prof. Laura Morales (the PI) in the Horizon […]
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WATCH: “EU-Russia Relations – Special Talk with Heidi Hautala MEP” | EuropeChats Episode 15
This episode of EuropeChats is a special talk between Heidi Hautala MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and Jim Cloos […]
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“The antinomies of sovereigntism, statism and liberalism in European democratic responses to the COVID-19 crisis: a comparison of Britain and France”, Benoît Cyril and Hay Colin (Sciences Po, France)
This paper argues that the current COVID-19 pandemic reveals and in a sense crystallizes a series of long-standing tensions about […]
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Job Vacancy: “Post-doc researcher – Horizon Europe Project ‘AUTHLIB'”, Deadline December 4 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The CEE are seeking to appoint a Researcher to work with Profs. Jean-Philippe Cointet, Caterina Froio, Romain Lachat and Jan Rovny in […]
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“War Ecology: A New Paradigm”, Pierre Charbonnier (Sciences Po, France)
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army in February 2022 has, in the opinion of many, ushered in a […]
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“The World Politics of Social Investment Volume II. Welfare States in the Knowledge Economy”, Garritzmann Julian, Häusermann Silja and Palier Bruno (Sciences Po, France)
The World Politics of Social Investment: Political Dynamics of Reform is the second of two volumes of the World Politics […]
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“The French Right-Wing Paradox – Maintaining the cordon. Partecipazione e conflitto – Participation and Conflict”, Emilien Houard-Vial (Sciences Po, France)
The World Politics of Social Investment: Political Dynamics of Reform is the second of two volumes of the World Politics […]
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“In the climatic interregnum: Arenas of a policy, of the Earth. The Great Continent. Interregnum policies. China, pandemic, climate”, Pierre Charbonnier (Sciences Po, France)
There is nothing after pandemic chaos. However, behind the monstrous images that parade on our screens, beyond the controversies that […]
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“Should I Stay Open or Should I Close? World Legislatures during the First Wave of Covid-19”, Israel Waismel-Manor et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Covid-19 has shocked governance systems worldwide. Legislatures, in particular, have been shut down or limited due to the pandemic, yet […]
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“Between technocracy and politics: How financial stability committees shape precautionary interventions in real estate markets”, Matthias Thiemann and Bart Stellinga (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Implementing precautionary measures that have obvious distributional consequences today but often only invisible future benefits is politically difficult. It requires […]
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“Back to Basics. Revenir aux rétributions professionnelles du militantisme pour comprendre les partis contemporains”, Carole Bachelot and Florence Haegel (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Cet article revient sur la contribution de Daniel Gaxie à la sociologie des partis et du militantisme, « Économie des […]
Read moreTrans European Policy Studies Association Launches Book on Russia and the Future of Europe
TEPSA continues to provide excellent analysis of politicalattitudes and trends across the EU27 and beyond BRUSSELS, 13/07/2022: The latest book […]
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Conference: “Towards a European Health Policy?”, June 28 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
After two years of pandemic and at the conclusion of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, […]
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Experts’ Debrief: Harnessing the EU Accession Perspective for Consolidating Democracy in Accession Trio Countries
The Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) has been working to analyse the progress being made in EU accession prospects […]
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Study Day: “Policy Feedback”, June 17 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This study day aims to promote research articulating political sociology and sociology of public action from the perspective of policy […]
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“Facing Terrorism in France”, Florence Faucher and Gérôme Truc (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Provides food for thoughts for all those interested in the evolution of French society. Offers an original and self-contained analysis […]
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“How to get out of violence? Challenges and limits of transitional justice”, Sandrine Lefranc (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Transitional justice refers to the art of pacifying societies in the aftermath of violent periods – be it dictatorship, civil […]
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WATCH: “Youth Perspectives on the Future of Europe”
In a Europe dominated by quick-fire crisis response, it is increasingly important that the voices of European citizens be heard. […]
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“The Rassemblement National and COVID-19: How Nativism, Authoritarianism and Expert Populism Did Not Pay Off during the Pandemic”, Caterina Froio (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The article examines the response of the French National Rally (Rassemblement National – RN) to COVID-19. It combines computer-based and […]
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Job Vacancy: “PhD Fellowship in Comparative Politics and Representation”, Deadline May 18 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) at Sciences Po invites applications for a PhD fellowship on political […]
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“Women and children first: quality socio-economic investment”, Bruno Palier and Clément Carbonnier (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Our social protection system, designed at the end of the Second World War, does not know how to protect the […]
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Call for Applications: “Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Scholarships”, Deadline May 20 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Candidates for a post-doctoral fellowship proposed under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions who wish to be supported by the EWC are […]
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Video: “Environmental and climate change in the French presidential elections: ambiguities and contradiction” (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Environmental and climate change have sparked continued attention, support and opposition during the last presidential tenure. What are the chances […]
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Podcast: An ugly word: rethinking race in Italy and the USA (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Ann Morning is an Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University as well as the Academic Director at 19 […]
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Poor housing of the Roma community in five European cities (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Discrimination and poor housing of Roma communities have, unfortunately, become commonplace in many European cities (Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Gyöngyös, Miskolc); […]
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“The Moral Failure of Elites”, Pierre Lascoumes (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The small world of elites seems to be full of “black sheep”, politicians and business leaders who are not afraid […]
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“Ecological Culture”, Pierre Charbonnier (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The book aims to bring to the attention of as many people as possible the debates that organize the ecological […]
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“Contesting COVID: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the COVID-19 pandemic”, Jan Rovny et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
How do political parties respond to external shocks? Using an original survey of political parties across Europe conducted in June […]
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Job Vacancy: “Full Professorship in Sociology”, Deadline May 2 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The successful candidate should share research interest in one or several of the following: crime, deviance, corruption – as well […]
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Video: “Environmental and climate change in the French presidential elections: ambiguities and contradiction” (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Environmental and climate change have sparked continued attention, support and opposition during the last presidential tenure. What are the chances […]
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Video: “Ukraine And Europe In The Face Of The Russian Invasion: Scientific Insights” (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The Eurolab Scientific Interest Group brings together Europeanists from 27 research institutions in France. In solidarity with Ukrainians, our colleagues […]
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“Investing in the single market? Core-periphery dynamics and the hybrid governance of supranational investment policies”, Daniel Mertens and Matthias Thiemann (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This article examines the impact of supranational investment policies on the resilience of the common market project and its impact […]
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“The politics of government reorganization in Western Europe”, Julia Fleischer et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The reorganization of governments is crucial for parties to express their policy preferences once they reach office. Yet these activities […]
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“Political science communities challenged by Internationalisation”, Thibaud Boncourt et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The internationalisation of political science is an uneven process. Existing studies have shown that it is characterised by centre-periphery relationships, […]
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“New Policy Elites and the Affordable Care Act: The Making of Long-Term Insiders”, William Genieys, Mohammad-Saïd Darviche and Brent Epperson (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This paper examines the career trajectories of new health policy elites in the American federal government, identifying areas of expertise, […]
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“The politics of government reorganization in Western Europe”, Julia Fleischer et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The reorganization of governments is crucial for parties to express their policy preferences once they reach office. Yet these activities […]
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“The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey”, Gary Marks et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This article proposes a measure of the social structuration of political parties. The measure has some distinctive virtues. It assesses […]
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“Do Elections (Still) Matter? Mandates, Institutions, and Policies in Western Europe”, Emiliano Grossman and Isabelle Guinaudeau (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Are election campaigns relevant to policymaking, as they should in a democracy? This book sheds new light on this central […]
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Book Launch: “Stolen Cars: A Journey Through São Paulo’s Urban Conflict”, February 10 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
From the moment a car is stolen, many people start to make money. Where is this money circulated? What effects […]
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Podcast of the CEE’s General Seminar: “Unequal mandate representation? Group targeting and citizens’ responses to electoral pledges and their realisations” (Sciences Po CEE, France)
New: Isabelle Guinaudeau, Sciences Po Bordeaux, Centre Emile Durkheim, CNRS “Unequal mandate representation? Group targeting and citizens’ responses to electoral […]
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Emiliano Grossman presents his book co-written with Isabelle Guinaudeau “Do Elections (Still) Matter?” (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Emiliano Grossman presents his book co-written with Isabelle Guinaudeau “Do elections (still) matter?” (Oxford University Press, December 2021) in which […]
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Interview: Joost de Moor, Assistant Professor in Political Science (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Joost de Moor presents his background and shares his current research. He is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at […]
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“Regulation and Planning: Practices, Institutions, Agency”, Yvonne Rydin, Robert Beauregard, Marco Cremaschi, Laura Lieto (Sciences Po CEE, France)
In Regulation and Planning, planning scholars from the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Australia, and the United States explore how […]
Read moreEP4U High School Talks
In the framework of the EP4U project TEPSA is organising, in cooperation with the local TEPSA member institutes, four High […]
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“Chapel Hill Expert Survey trend file, 1999–2019”, Jolly Seth et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Research on party competition and political representation relies on valid cross-national measures of party positions. This research note reports on […]
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“Democratic backsliding as a catalyst for polity-based contestation? Populist radical right cooperation in the European Parliament”, Michail Chiru, Natasha Wunsh (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The strengthening of the populist radical right poses an important challenge for European integration. This article explores whether democratic backsliding […]
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Podcasts of the CEE’s General Seminar (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton University “Sexual Citizens: A study of sexual assault on campus” […]
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“Legislative direction of regulatory bureaucracies: evidence from a semi-presidential system”, Cyril Benoit and Ana Maria Szilagyi (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Independent regulatory agency has become the standard institutional choice in Western Europe. Little is known, however, about the involvement of […]
Read moreInDivEU Panel at PPC Paris: “The Future of European Integration”, December 9
TEPSA organised a panel on 9 December 2021 in the framework of the InDivEU project at the TEPSA French Pre-Presidency […]
Read moreTEPSA Recommendations to the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union
On 09 December 2021, the TEPSA Recommendations to the incoming French Presidency of the Council of the EU were presented […]
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French Pre-Presidency Conference, Paris, 9-10 December 2021
On 1 January 2022, Slovenia will hand over the Presidency of the Council of the EU to France, which will […]
Read moreTEPSA and Sciences Po CEE organise a Conference on The 2022 French Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The Pre-Presidency Conference will bring experts, policy-makers, civil society andthe wider public together to discuss the priorities of the upcomingFrench […]
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WATCH: Recommendations from members of the TEPSA network to the French Presidency
Prior to the regular TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conferences, TEPSA has a tradition of formulating recommendations to present to the incoming Council […]
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WATCH: European Solidarity in Action – Discussion with Michael Kaeding | #EuropeChats Episode 8
In this special episode of EuropeChats, we are joined by Prof. Michael Kaeding. Michael is Jean Monnet Chair ad personam […]
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Leïla Chaibi MEP on EU Employment Policy | EP4U Interviews
How does the EU plan to raise its citizens out of the economic plight caused by COVID19? And what about […]
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Seminar: “The EU after COVID: More integration, more coordination?”, November 8 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The COVID pandemic and the ensuing measures decided at the EU level have surprised political observers and the larger public […]
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“A Gently Slopped Leadership: Parliamentary Support for Presidents in France”, Damien Lecomte and Olivier Rozenberg (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Four institutional features such as confidence vote, electoral system, candidate nomination, and decree power can affect the degree of party […]
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New Podcast from the Centre of European Studies and Comparative Politics (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The Centre’s general seminar invites colleagues from France and/or overseas to present their research, books, articles in progress. The seminar […]
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“Agenda-setting in Comparative Perspective: Contrasting Policy-Making in France, the United Kingdom and the United States”, Emiliano Grossman and Friederike Richter (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This chapter focuses on public-policy analyses through the lens of agenda-setting. Approaches in this tradition assume that no objective fact […]
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Interview with Pierre Charbonnier, new member of the CEE, research fellow CNRS (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Pierre Charbonnier, philosopher working in a research capacity at the Centre of European Studies and Comparative Politics off Sciences Po […]
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“Affluence and Freedom: An Environmental History of Political Ideas”, Pierre Charbonnier (Sciences Po CEE, France)
In this pathbreaking book, Pierre Charbonnier opens up a new intellectual terrain: an environmental history of political ideas. His aim […]
Read moreTEPSA University Debate: Employment and Social Policy
hosted by Sciences Po CEE
On October 21 2021, TEPSA has organized, alongside its partner in Paris, a University Debate in French, on the subject […]
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EP4U Debate on Employment and Social Policy, October 21, Paris
Since the financial crisis of the mid-2000s, unemployment and poverty have grown exponentially in the European Union, especially for young […]
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Talk with 2 young phd in Political Science Léa Morabito and Blandine Mesnel (Sciences Po CEE, France)
“My thesis focuses on aid from the Common Agricultural Policy – the CAP – and how this aid is experienced […]
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The CEE is pleased to announce the “CEE interviews Digests-Why research matters” (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The CEE is pleased to announce the CEE interviews Digests-Why research matters by presenting researchers’ publications: Florence Faucher and Gérôme Truc […]
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“Crisis and Politicisation: The Framing and Re-framing of Europe’s Permanent Crisis”, Benedetta Voltolini, Michal Natorski and Colin Hay (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This book elucidates the link between the politics of a now seemingly permanent crisis in Europe and the politicisation of […]
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Call for Papers: “The many hands of the State: Spaces, Actors and Instrument of the Recomposing of Public Action”, Deadline September 30 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The PhD students of the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics will organize at the end of November 2021 (exact […]
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“Policy solution ownership: road space re-allocation as new approach to urban mobility”, Charlotte Halpern (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This chapter analyzes the emergence, the construction and the trajectory of road space reallocation as a policy solution to urban […]
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“Politicizing Europe on the far right: Anti-EU mobilization across the party and non-party sector in France”, Pietro Castelli Gattinara et Caterina Froio (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This article examines public contestation of Europe by the far right in France. It investigates whether far-right mobilization on the […]
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Workshop: “Public investment policies in Europe”, September 6-7 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Global capitalism has entered a new phase: tertiarisation and internationalisation of economies, weakening of the state’s regulatory role, deregulation and […]
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Call for Papers: “The many hands of the State: Spaces, Actors and Instrument of the Recomposing of Public Action”, Deadline September 30 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The PhD students of the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics will organize at the end of November 2021 (exact […]
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Job Vacancy: “Postdoctoral Researcher for H2020 Project BRIDGES”, Deadline August 30 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
BRIDGES aims to understand the causes and consequences of migration narratives in a context of increasing politicisation and polarisation. By […]
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Workshop: “Public investment policies in Europe”, 6-7 September (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Program of the event: MONDAY 6 SEPTEMBER, 9.30 AM – 6 PM 9.30 am: Welcome 10 am – 12 pm: […]
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Job Vacancy: “A Post-Doctoral Researcher”, Deadline June 30 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The Sciences Po “Cities, Housing, Real Estate” Chair develops research projects and offers teaching on current housing issues, and more […]
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“Measuring Legislative Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Introducing the ParlAct and ParlTech Indexes”, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Olivier Rozenberg et al (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This research note introduces two novel indexes designed to measure legislative activity (ParlAct) and use of digital devices to maintain […]
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Video in French : POLITEIA Conference with Tom Chevalier (Sciences Po CEE, France)
While the socio-economic situation of young people in France has deteriorated for several years with an increase of more than […]
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Podcast in French : interview with Bruno Palier, CNRS Research Director (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Anchored in the news of French and European debates, Bruno Palier’s book Réformer les pensions (Presses de Sciences Po, June 2021) […]
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“Forging Political Identities and Becoming Citizens: The Political Preferences and Engagement of South American Immigrants in the United States and Spain”, Narayani Lasala-Blanco et al (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Research in the United States has emphasized the importance of anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic hostility to galvanize shared identities and a […]
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“Political Socialisation: Out of Purgatory?”, Florence Haegel (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This paper aims to put contemporary political socialisation research in perspective. It offers a rapid overview of the crisis of […]
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Recommendations from members of the TEPSA network to the Slovenian Presidency
Prior to the regular TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conferences, TEPSA has a tradition of formulating recommendations to present to the incoming Council […]
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“The Rise of Local Politics: A Global Review. Annual Review of Political Science”, Patrick Le Galès (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Not all politics is local. Not even local politics is necessarily local. The reemergence of local politics is not comparable […]
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“Culture and Policy-Making: Pluralism, Performativity, and Semiotic Capital”, Marco Cremaschi et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This book advances the understanding and modelling of sense-making and cultural processes as being crucial to the scientific study of […]
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CEE General Seminar of the 20th of April 2021 with Cécile Labord (Sciences Po CEE, France)
In Europe and North America, secularism is understood as a principle of separation between the state and religions. This definition, […]
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“Measuring Legislative Activity during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Introducing the ParlAct and ParlTech Indexes”, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This research note introduces two novel indexes designed to measure legislative activity (ParlAct) and use of digital devices to maintain […]
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Job Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Cities, Housing and Real Estate Chair (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The “Cities, Housing, Real Estate” Chair of Sciences Po develops research projects and offers lessons on the current challenges of […]
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