MCU (Senior Lecturer) in Asian Studies seconded to Sciences Po from the University of Paris 7 since 1998, and a researcher at the CERI since 1990. In East Asia, he is a Visiting Professor at Yonsei University (Seoul), Keio University (Tokyo) and the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur). His previous positions at Sciences Po , were as Director of Studies at the Centre des hautes études sur l'Afrique et l'Asie modernes (CHEAM), from 1994-1998, and Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Centre from 1998-2004. Prior to this, he held positions at the University of Paris 12 and the University of Paris 8 (St Denis).

He was the founding European Corresponding Editor of The Pacific Review from 1994 till 2008. He is co-editor of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs David Camroux studied for his first degree at the University of Sydney and for his doctorate at the Sorbonne. He has been an academic advisor and evaluator for EC financed European Studies programmes in Vietnam (2001-2004) and in China (2004-2008) as well as other occasional consultancy activities for the European Commission. He was a board member for the EU-NESCA (Network of European Studies in Asia) FP6 project (2005 - 2009) and is on the advisory board of the EsiA ( European Studies in Asia ) network established by the Asia-Europe Foundation , Singapore in 2005. His interdisciplinary academic background in history and the social sciences has led to a research approach which draws on both comparative politics and international relations theories and methods.

At the CERI he participates in the research group on International Relations and Migration. He was involved in the EU-funded FP6 research network, GARNET , and coordinates the CERI’s participation in an FP7 project, Mercury. He is a regular commentator on Southeast Asian and Australasian matters for the media. For his academic achievements, he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes académiques in July 1993 and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres in May 1997.

- Comparative regional integration (EU-Asia) : The EU as a global actor in Asia 
- Nationalism, ‘nation-building’, regime consolidation and regionalization in Southeast Asia 
- Domestic politics, religious resurgence in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand  
- Migration, globalization and ‘transnationalism’ in Southeast Asia  
- Australia in their Asian environment

• David Frederic Camroux. Conflit Cambodge-Thaïlande : cinq jours de combats, des siècles de tensions. The Conversation France, 2025. ⟨hal-05230297⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Tran Bang. Vietnam and the Philippines: Neorealist/Liberal Internationalist Actorness and Middle Power Agency in the Indo-Pacific. Delphine Allès, Christophe Jaffrelot, Patrick Köllner (eds). Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.161-190, 2025, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 978-3-031-89801-3. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-89802-0_7⟩. ⟨hal-05249694⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. France within the European Rediscovery of the Indo-Pacific. Thi Liên Claire Tran; Suthiphand Chirathivat & Prabir De (eds). Indo-Pacific and ASEAN. New Balances and New Challenges for Asian Integration and Stability, Routledge, pp.173-193, 2024, 9781032906324. ⟨hal-04829830⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Focus - Les entrepreneurs politiques et le récit géopolitique indo-pacifique de l’Australie. Delphine Allès & Christophe Jaffrelot (dir.). L'indo-Pacifique, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.180-181, 2024, L'Enjeu mondial, 9782724643053. ⟨hal-04693557⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. L’Indonésie aux manettes derrière la « vision indo-pacifique » de l’ASEAN. Delphine Allès & Christophe Jaffrelot (dir.). L'indo-Pacifique, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.101-118, 2024, L'Enjeu mondial, 9782724643053. ⟨hal-04693548⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Earl Wang. Xi’s tour of Europe puts China’s self-delusion on display. 2024. ⟨hal-04696618⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Richard Higgott. Pourquoi une telle indifférence de l’UE à l’égard de l’Indonésie ?. The Conversation France, 2024. ⟨hal-05250323⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Christophe Jaffrelot. Focus - L’Indo-Pacifique : le nouvel axe des relations internationales. Eberhard Kienle, Carola Klöck, Adrien Estève et Alain Dieckhoff (dir.). Un monde en crises, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.50-51, 2023, L'Enjeu mondial, 9782724641400. ⟨hal-04193846⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Earl Wang. What Macron makes of the Taiwan Litmus Test. 2023. ⟨hal-04127994⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Aukus and its Aftermath. The French Australian Review, 2023, 73 (Summer 2022-2023), pp.5-20. ⟨hal-04044991⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Southeast Asia’s glocalised civil society landscapes: national topographies and transnational contours. Eva Hansson and Meredith L. Weiss (Eds). Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia, Routledge, pp.361-379, 2023, 9780367422080. ⟨10.4324/9780367422080-26⟩. ⟨hal-04017989⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Europe faced with China’s Rise: of Shields and Swords?. Issues & Insights, 2023, 23 (SR1), pp.11-24. ⟨hal-03980831⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Earl Wang. European institutional complexities and EU-Taiwan relations. 2022. ⟨hal-03894488⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Tatay (Daddy) Digong, The Punisher: President Rodrigo Duterte’s Punitive Populism in the Philippines. Contemporary Populists in Power, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.171-191, 2022, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783030840785. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2_10⟩. ⟨hal-03605804⟩
• Christophe Jaffrelot, David, Frederic Camroux. L'Indo-Pacifique : quels contours ? quels enjeux ?. 2021. ⟨hal-03387716⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Coup d'État en Birmanie : quel avenir pour la démocratie ?. 2021. ⟨hal-03391771⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. La junte militaire birmane se prend à croire en sa propre propagande. 2021. ⟨hal-03391774⟩
• Hien Do, David Frederic Camroux. Idle leadership at Vietnam’s 13th Communist Party Congress. 2021, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/18/idle-leadership-at-vietnams-13th-communist-party-congress/. ⟨hal-03326646⟩
• Hien Do, David Frederic Camroux. XIII congrès du Parti communiste du Viêt Nam : l’art de ne rien changer. 2021. ⟨hal-03326655⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Asie du Sud-Est : le Covid révèle les failles politiques. Alternatives Economiques. Hors - série, 2021, Quel monde en 2021 ?, 122. ⟨hal-03380862⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Europe rediscovers the Indo-Pacific. 2020. ⟨hal-03207345⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. ASEAN members can still have their cake and eat it too. 2020. ⟨hal-03391846⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. La fin des feux en Australie : conséquences environnementales et géopolitiques. 2020. ⟨hal-03391861⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Les leaders politiques révélés par le Covid-19 : jusqu’où ira Jacinda Ardern ?. 2020. ⟨hal-03385834⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Covid-19 and Strongman Rule in the Philippines. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2020, en ligne. ⟨hal-03570764⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Southeast Asia’s Political Leaders: Populists, Demagogues or Something Else?. 2019. ⟨hal-03456030⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Rodrigo Duterte : le populisme punitif aux Philippines. Alain Dieckhoff; Christophe Jaffrelot; Elise Massicard. L'Enjeu mondial. Populismes au pouvoir, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.141 - 153, 2019, 9782724625004. ⟨hal-03381081⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. The beginning of the end for Duterte?. 2019. ⟨hal-03392740⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Southeast Asia’s Political Leaders: Populists, Demagogues or Something Else?. 2019. ⟨halshs-03151034⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Présentation de CRISEA, projet Horizon 2020. 2018. ⟨hal-03392804⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Duterte’s undermining of ASEAN. 2016. ⟨hal-03392759⟩
• Hien Do, David Frederic Camroux. Communists and contradictions in Vietnam. 2016, http://www.newmandala.org/communists-contradictions-vietnam/. ⟨hal-03326672⟩
• David Frederic Camroux, Hien Do. Il 12° Congresso del Partito Comunista del Vietnam: l’immutabile e l’effimero. Rise. Relazioni internazionali eInternational political economydel Sud-Est asiatico, 2016, 3. ⟨hal-02379832⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Globalizing comparative political science research on Southeast Asia The Focus. [Research Report] 35, International Institute for Asian Studies. 2015. ⟨hal-03652365⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Globalizing comparative political science research on Southeast Asia. 2015. ⟨hal-01218981⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux, Chad Damro. Drivers of Aysmmetrical Bilateralism/Interregionalism: The TPP and TTIP in Comparative Perspective. Louis Brennan; Philomena Murray. Drivers of Integration and Regionalism in Europe and Asia, Routledge, pp.328 - 343, 2015, 9781138819818. ⟨hal-03398690⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Jokowi’s Indonesia: Executions, Diplomacy and the Sukarnoist Turn. 2015. ⟨hal-03392803⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Executions signal a return to Sukarno-style foreign policy in Indonesia. 2015. ⟨hal-03392758⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Thailand, Succession and Legitimacy: Mahaha Vajiralongkorn and Tôn Duc Thang. 2015. ⟨hal-03392757⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. China’s rise, the American ‘pivot’ and the European Union in Southeast Asia. Jan Wouters; Jean-Christophe Defraigne; Matthieu Burnay. China, the European Union and the Developing World, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.124 - 145, 2015, 9781783477333. ⟨hal-03398761⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. China and Southeast Asia. Kerry Brown. The EU–China Relationship: European Perspectives, Imperial College Press, pp.274 - 284, 2015, 9781783264544. ⟨hal-03398515⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Thaïlande : la fin de l'instabilité ?. [Rapport de recherche] Centre de recherches internationales. 2014, pp.11. ⟨hal-03612832⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. The EU – Sui Generis Global Actor – Providing a Reference Point to Other Regional Integrations. 2014. ⟨hal-03392760⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Can Thailand end its 80-year search for constitutional order?. 2014. ⟨hal-03392814⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Thaïlande : démocratie, légitimité et monarchie. 2014. ⟨hal-03392773⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Class, economy, monarchy: Thailand’s multidimensional malaise. 2014. ⟨hal-03392755⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Burma's Schizophrenic Transition. 2013. ⟨hal-01070444⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. EU-Indonesia Relations: No Expectations-Capability Gap?. Thomas Christiansen; Emil Kirchner; Philomena Murray. The Palgrave Handbook of EU-Asia Relations, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.554 - 570, 2013, 9780230378704. ⟨hal-03398530⟩
• David, Frederic Camroux. Aung San Suu Kyi et l'automne birman. 2012. ⟨hal-01070368⟩
• David Frederic Camroux. Thaïlande : après les inondations, le déluge. 2012. ⟨hal-00972932⟩