Our research featured in Cogito, Sciences Po Magazine

EU enlargement, "green" mobility, public opinion on climate change, state reorganisation: those are our lab's research topics featured in the latest edition of Cogito, Sciences Po research magazine.

In Folio

The invasion of Ukraine has brought the question of European Union enlargement to the fore. Prospects are uncertain given that the influx of Eurosceptic MPs into the European Parliament from 2014 onwards has deepened the divide on this issue and shifted the debate towards positions more hostile to further enlargement – at least in the discourse. This is what Natasha Wunsch demonstrates in the journal West European Politics.

Read her interview Enlargement of the European Union: Stop or Else?

Research in Projects

Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 is another major challenge for the European Union. This has major implications for European cities and the transportation sector. How can they initiate and manage the transition? Charlotte Halpern presents some evidence from her work as part of the CIVITAS SUMP-PLUS European project.

Read her article European Cities: Governing the Transition to Sustainable and Decarbonised Mobility

Data

While extreme weather events dramatically increase, how is climate change perceived by the public around the world? Are people worried? Do they consider the fight against global warming a priority? Are they ready to act? For nearly fifteen years, EDF and Ipsos have been polling public opinion around thirty countries to answer these questions. Discover our researchers’ takeaways (Emiliano Grossman, Charlotte Halpern, Richard Balme, Lucien Thabourey and Florence Faucher).

    Read the article Global Opinion on Climate Change

France. Across the mainland, new governments, new ministries, and new secretariats of state are merged, separated and created. Not only is this a fact of life, it’s an important one. As our researchers have shown, every year around 10% of the main internal structures of central government ministries are reorganised. Yuma Ando and Philippe Bezes unveil what lies behind this figure, resulting from the SOG-PRO research project.

Read the article Is State Reorganisation Perpetual?