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Franck Gbaguidi, a graduate of the School of Public Affairs, named by GreenBiz as one of the 30 most influential people under 30 in the climate field.

Ana Sofia Torres Diaz, a recent graduate of the Master in Public Policy, tells us about the education project she carried out in Colombia during her gap year.

The annual Sciences Po Career Fair will be held on 29 September on the Saint-Thomas campus. Almost 100 employers meet over 1,200 students at the Fair.

The fifth edition of the Public Policy Incubator ended on 16 May. 23 projects were presented by 115 first-year Masters students at Sciences Po. The students showed a great deal of creativity in coming up with solutions.

Sciences Po’s Master in Public Affairs (MPA) candidates presented their preliminary work and findings of their policy project at the European Commission (EC) in Brussels at the end of April. The students are evaluating how to design an oversight framework for the EU impact investing market in order to harmonize how social sustainability is measured.

Two groups of students reflect on their learning experience during the course “Decoding biases in artificial intelligence ” ‘’‘‘The first group set out to uncover whether AI-enabled placement algorithms used by Child Welfare Departments (CWDs) in the United States, systematize unfair treatment of minority foster children’ ’

Pierre Flecheux is a student at the School of Public Affairs in Paris. He is currently in Senegal as part of his gap year, continuing to work on a project. He participated in the SDG certificate last year, on the Senegalese Talibé Children project.

Fabrice Hyber's latest exhibition is at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. "The Valley" is constructed as a "joyful pedagogy": it reminds us of school but in a different way. The exhibition works closely with 15 "classes" from Paris, Vincennes and the Vendée region.

Sciences Po's Gender Equality and Public Policy Certificate offers Masters students a specialisation in this field. Students work in five groups on themes as varied as education, the environment and social networks.

Sciences Po's master students have the opportunity to attend joint courses with students and teachers from another partner university of CIVICA. Three students produced a quality work on the 2020 Democratic Primaries and the Media in the U.S.

My training at the School of Public Affairs enabled me to develop both intellectually and personally. I started my Masters without really knowing where I was going, and thanks to courses taught by researchers as well as professionals working in NGOs, think tanks, public administrations and companies, I was able to deepen my understanding of European issues and ecological challenges.

I did my undergraduate degree at Sciences Po's Europe-Asia campus in Le Havre. I then entered the Master in Public Policy, Economics and Public Policystream, at the School of Public Affairs in Paris. At the end of my first year of the Master's, I decided to take a gap year, in order to gain more professional experience and explore the avenues that I was interested in. Today, I'm a diplomat at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

The School of Public Affairs' decompartmentalised approach to training helped me to quickly grasp the issues at stake in my current position, as the issue of critical metals is at the crossroads of economics, the ecological transition and international relations.

Be daring! Feel free to write to people who inspire you and people you would like to meet. People are often very happy to share their experiences with a student over coffee. This can be a great learning experience and can open doors for you in your future career.

The 2023 Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) conference was held in São Paulo, Brazil. Four students from Sciences Po were internally selected to attend the event and pitch their policy proposals. The theme of the 2023 GPPN Conference: “Policy challenges in an ever more divided world”

Anna Maurette, a student at the School of Public Affairs in the Healthpolicy stream, launched a podcast at the beginning of 2023. She had the opportunity to talk to a number of people involved in the issue of old age. Find out more about her experiences and the first episodes of her podcast!

Jules Bigot is a student in the Europe in the World policy stream the Master in European Affairs. He has been a Young European Ambassador since the end of 2021. He took part in a mission in Moldova in February 2023. His role is to promote the Eastern Partnership and the culture of its countries.

ConSIMium is the first-ever simulation of the European Council. 162 students from every Member State of the EU took part in the event. Alexandre Alecse, a student in the Master in European Affairs at Sciences Po, represented France.

The teachers at Sciences Po, and in particular at the EAP, were clearly a determining factor in my choice of direction. The fact that I was able to rub shoulders with many professionals during my studies was extremely enlightening in the construction of my career path.

The EAP provided me with a solid background that allows me to work on a variety of issues with public, private and non-governmental actors. Thus, the skills developed in teamwork, writing, analysis and synthesis are essential in my professional activity.

Where to start? A high level of self-demand. A sharp analytical and critical mind. And a network of alumni who are frankly quick to help each other.

The Public Policy Incubator (IPP) started its academic year on 16 January 2023. This 5th edition started with an intensive week of activities aimed at familiarising students with the methods and tools of public policy design. 115 first-year Master students from the School of Public Affairs are participating in the programme.

Several of the courses I took during my studies, such as on labour markets policies in a comparative perspective, are directly relevant for my role today.

Being trained at Sciences Po enables you to reason in a structured and synthetic way. In my opinion, this is one of the things that recruiters look for in our profiles.