Charlotte Boucher

Charlotte Boucher graduated with a Master's degree in Political Science from Sciences Po's Research School in 2023. She previously studied economics at a preparatory school in Caen, then obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. She is currently writing a thesis on political trust and its links to the welfare state, under the supervision of Bruno Palier. 

After studying how political trust in Europe has been affected by the economic crisis and the aid measures implemented by governments during the COVID-19 pandemic in her Masters’ thesis, her current research focuses on the political consequences of labour market and social protection reforms in Europe. An important literature has established the link between post-industrial labour market transformations, rising feelings of insecurity and increased support for far-right parties. However, existing research has paid insufficient attention to how these transformations vary across growth regimes, as well as to their close relationship with social protection reforms. Drawing on comparative political economy, this thesis seeks to analyse comparatively how different growth strategies have shaped feelings of insecurity across growth and welfare regimes in Europe.

"Political disaffection and social policies: a comparative study using feedback effects" supervised by Bruno Palier

Charlotte Boucher (2026). Political Trust in Crisis: Can Social Protection Make a Difference? Political Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217251401089

Eileen Böhringer, Charlotte Boucher, Between impartiality and politicization: Confidence in the judiciary among political winners and losers, Electoral Studies, Volume 87, 2024, 102714, ISSN 0261-3794,

Charlotte Boucher (2026). Political Trust in Crisis: Can Social Protection Make a Difference? Political  Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217251401089