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The Sciences Po American Foundation invited a select group of students in the Sciences Po/Columbia dual BA program to attend its 2025 Gala in New York on May 6th. Students were asked to share their vision of the relationship between Europe and the United States, its evolution over the next 20 years, and the role their generation should play in shaping this transatlantic future. Here are a few excerpts from their responses.

Akshat Singh has built a career focused on economic policies and security. As an Associate Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), he currently works within the India and Emerging Asia team focused on critical minerals, economic reforms, and media engagement.

“The spirit and legacy of multiculturalism and academic excellence are what I hope to advance, in keeping with the wishes of Michel David-Weill and the scholarship he so generously endowed.”

On Tuesday, May 6th, the Sciences Po American Foundation held its 2025 Annual Benefit Dinner, honoring Catherine MacGregor, CEO of ENGIE, with the Stanley Hoffmann Award. Her 30-year career in the energy sector demonstrates exceptional contributions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: the global energy transition.

Who are the Americans that want to tear down social institutions? Answers through a national study led by political psychologists Kevin Arceneaux (CEVIPOF - Sciences Po) and Dannagal G. Young (University of Delaware).

Presidents and provosts from Stanford University, LSE, Hertie School, the University of Montreal, and CEU were at Sciences Po to discuss academic freedom.

The renowned Nigerian author and feminist icon shared her unfiltered reflections on women in history, literature, and shaping one's destiny. Watch it now.

Sonia Dridi (‘08) is an accomplished foreign correspondent with experience in multiple countries. Currently, she reports for France24, RTBF, and BFMTV in Washington DC. She is an accredited White House correspondent, presently the only French journalist in the Foreign Press Group, and is in the heart of US politics with access on occasion to the Oval Office.

Chris Milligan built a distinguished career focused on international development, especially in countries undergoing political transitions or other crises. His work at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spanned over thirty years and many countries from South America to Southeast Asia. He has helped lead efforts to rebuild societies devastated by conflict and natural disasters, improve effectiveness of foreign assistance, and guide complex political discussions.

sustainable development. With experience at international organizations such as the World Bank, the OECD, and the Green Climate Fund, as well as direct involvement in local governance as a city councilor in Burgundy, his work has deeply engaged on multiple levels in addressing economic and social challenges

Donald Trump issued decrees freezing or cancelling tens of billions of dollars of research funding. Why is the mobilisation "Stand Up for Science" vital at the international level? Answers by Stéphanie Balme, CERI.

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister, delivered a stark assessment of the three years of war in Ukraine during Les grandes conférences de Sciences Po.

On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, the Sciences Po American Foundation hosted a discussion on AI and International Governance between leading experts in the field. The conversation explored the geopolitical and ethical implications of artificial intelligence in a rapidly evolving global landscape.

Does President Trump's second term open the door to elites who can operate without concern for justice and truth? An analysis by the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics.

How does Sciences Po fit into this research study about global higher education and the most influential people in the world, those whose decisions shape our lives?

Are GenAI platforms such as ChatGPT replicating and magnifying social and class inequalities? An analysis by Jen Schradie from the Centre for Research on Social Inequalities.

Espace mondial (World Space) is the most popular choice among the subject courses offered. Now it's a book! Interview with his main author, Frédéric Ramel, researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CERI)

The former Ukrainian Foreign Minister is joining Sciences Po as an Adjunct Professor, and Harvard University as a Senior Fellow.

Adriana Diaz, 2024 US Alumni Award Laureate: “We all need to challenge ourselves to understand other perspectives in this country”

An analysis by Kevin Arceneaux, Director of the CEVIPOF and Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po.

34 partenariats universitaires, 700 étudiants africains accueillis, 1 000 diplômés sur le continent... découvrez les liens privilégiés entre Sciences Po et l'Afrique.

The Sciences Po American Foundation will award the 2024 US Sciences Po Alumni Award to Adriana Diaz (‘09) at the Residence of the French Ambassador in Washington D.C. on November 22, 2024. Members of the Sciences Po community are encouraged to join to recognize and honor Adriana’s embodiment of the values that Sciences Po strives to uphold, while enjoying an opportunity to network and engage with fellow Alumni.

The Sciences Po Transatlantic Research Fund (Sciences Po TRF) aims to encourage Sciences Po researchers to engage in transatlantic dialogue and collaboration with peers in any U.S. university. Our ambition is to amplify Sciences Po transatlantic collaboration through research.

How can the radical right movements be simultaneously global and local? And why do they appeal to the Global South? Interview with Professor Rita Abrahamsen, invited by the CERI.