Astrid von Busekist is Professor of political theory at Sciences Po, Paris. She is head of the political theory program at the graduate school, and the editor of Raisons Politiques. 
She has been visiting professor at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt (2020-2021), at New York University (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), Tel Aviv University (2009-2011), and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2001).

She is also the translator of Richard Sennett (Bâtir et Habiter. Pour une éthique de la ville), Philippe Sands (La Filière ; Retour à Lemberg), Roger Scruton (Conservatisme), and Michael Sandel (La tyrannie du mérite).

Linguistic policies, nationalism, borders, religion

Responsable du séminaire SPOT

Sciences Po
• Licence (2nd year) : lecture Political Humanities
• Master : seminars "Thinking about boundaries", "séminaire général de recherche", "Trial Studies" (avec Frédéric Gros)
• PhD : thesis seminar

• Astrid von Busekist. Religion on Trial: An Essay on Deliberalism. Palgrave Macmillan, 336 p., 2025, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 978-3-031-95566-2. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-95567-9⟩. ⟨hal-05298706⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. The Factory of Spheres: Michael Walzer and Practical Equality. J. Toby Reiner (Ed.). Walzer and Justice: Spheres of Justice in the 2020s, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.21-46, 2025, 978-3-031-87808-4. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-87809-1_2⟩. ⟨hal-05295913⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. L'ère des impostures. Albin Michel, 272 p., 2025, 9782226503763. ⟨hal-05219043⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Peut-on, doit-on se passer des frontières ?. 2025. ⟨hal-05082438⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. La théorie politique aux frontières. 2025. ⟨hal-05021515⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Pour un pragmatisme des frontières. Dominique Bourg Astrid von Busekist Michel Foucher. Frontières, une illusion ?, Philosophie magazine Éditeur, 2024, 9782900818367. ⟨hal-04721819⟩
• Dominique Bourg, Astrid von Busekist, Michel Foucher. Frontières, une illusion ?. Philosophie magazine Éditeur, 80 p., 2024, 9782900818367. ⟨hal-04721774⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Le Juif au miroir. Danielle Cohen-Levinas (dir.). Le Monde d'après. 7 octobre 2023, Les éditions du Cerf, 2024, 9782204167291. ⟨hal-04720120⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Un viol est un viol. Sarah Fainberg et David Reinharc (dir.). 7 Octobre. Manifeste contre l'effacement d'un crime, Éditions Descartes et Cie; David Reinharc Éditions, 2024, 9782844463777. ⟨hal-04721227⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. La fabrique de Sphères de justice. Michael Walzer et l’égalité pratique. Raisons politiques, 2024, 2024/2 (94), pp.19-38. ⟨10.3917/rai.094.0019⟩. ⟨hal-04660373⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. La Religion au tribunal. Essai sur le délibéralisme. Albin Michel, 384 p., 2023, 9782226480361. ⟨hal-04109505⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Cross-jurisdictional linguistic cooperation in multilingual federations. Proposals for Europe. François Grin, László Marácz and Nike K. Pokorn. Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy, 9, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp.46-66, 2022, Studies in World Language Problems, 9789027210159. ⟨10.1075/wlp.9.03von⟩. ⟨hal-03605675⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Renner, Karl. Mortimer Sellers; Stephan Kirste. Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Springer, 2021, ⟨10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_875-1⟩. ⟨hal-03283908⟩
• Michael Sandel, Astrid von Busekist. La Tyrannie du mérite. Éditions Albin Michel, 384 p., 2021, 9782226445599. ⟨hal-03283899⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Herausforderungen Europas diesseits und jenseits von Corona. 2021. ⟨hal-03391780⟩
• Richard Sennett, Astrid von Busekist. 'Cafés instead of seminar rooms'. A Conversation with Richard Sennett. Raisons politiques, 2020, 2020/3 (79), pp.93 - 104. ⟨10.3917/rai.079.0093⟩. ⟨hal-03386573⟩
• Patrick Le Galès, Camille Noûs, Astrid von Busekist, Benjamin Boudou. Démocraties urbaines. Raisons politiques, 79, 2020, Raisons politiques. ⟨hal-03147671⟩
• Michael Walzer, Astrid von Busekist. Justice is Steady Work. A Conversation on Political Theory. Polity Press, 260 p., 2020, 9781509544790. ⟨hal-03251933⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Justice is Steady Work. A Conversation on Political Theory with Astrid von Busekist. 2020. ⟨hal-03391963⟩
• Michael Walzer, Astrid von Busekist. Penser la justice. Éditions Albin Michel, 368 p., 2020, Itinéraires du savoir, 9782226440754. ⟨hal-03381023⟩
• Michael Walzer, Astrid von Busekist. Antisionisme et antisémitisme. Revue Esprit, 2019, 2019/10, pp.121 - 130. ⟨10.3917/espri.1910.0121⟩. ⟨hal-03413548⟩
• Richard Sennett, Astrid von Busekist. Bâtir et habiter. Pour une éthique de la ville. Éditions Albin Michel, 416 p., 2019, 9782226439277. ⟨hal-02525824⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Nationalisme et patriotisme. Gloria Origgi. Passions sociales, Presses Universitaires de France, 2019, 9782130798811. ⟨hal-03573954⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Amor Linguae. Gloria Origgi. Passions sociales, Presses Universitaires de France, 2019, 9782130798811. ⟨hal-03567094⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Inclusion et exclusion. Gloria Origgi. Passions sociales, Presses Universitaires de France, 2019, 9782130798811. ⟨hal-03567093⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. After Empire: Karl Renner’s Danubian model of pluralism. Nations and Nationalism, 2018, 25 (2), pp.1 - 20. ⟨10.1111/nana.12464⟩. ⟨hal-03399598⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Les langues des Européens. Christophe Charle; Daniel Roche. L'Europe. Encyclopédie historique, Actes Sud, pp.409 - 410, 2018, 9782330106430. ⟨hal-03574015⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Idealism or pragmatism?. Peter Kraus; François Grin. The Politics of Multilingualism, John Benjamins, pp.305 - 332, 2018, 9789027201362. ⟨hal-03393854⟩
• Astrid von Busekist, Benjamin Boudou. Language Proficiency and Migration: An Argument Against Testing. Michele Gazzola; Torsten Templin; Bengt-Arne Wickström. Language Policy and Linguistic Justice. Economic, Philosophical and Sociolinguistic Approaches, Springer, pp.189 - 208, 2018, 9783319752617. ⟨hal-03393853⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. The Ethics of Language Policies. Annabelle Lever; Andrei Poama. The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, Routledge, 2018, 9781138201279. ⟨hal-03393851⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Conclusion: Territorial Pluralism and Language Communities. Astrid Von Busekist; Andrew Arato; Jean Cohen; Astrid Von Busekist. Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism, Columbia University Press, 2018, 9780231187022. ⟨hal-03393858⟩
• Andrew Arato, Jean Cohen, Astrid von Busekist. Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism. Columbia University Press, pp.377, 2018, Religion, culture, and public life, 9780231187039. ⟨hal-03385279⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Frontières (Le clos et l'ouvert. Abécédaire critique). Revue Esprit, 2018, 2018/6, pp.90 - 93. ⟨10.3917/espri.1806.0061⟩. ⟨hal-03413606⟩
• Roger Scruton, Astrid von Busekist. Conservatisme. Albin Michel, pp.231, 2018, 9782226436405. ⟨hal-01785125⟩
• Philippe Sands, Astrid von Busekist. Retour à Lemberg. Albin Michel, pp.466, 2017, 9782226395160. ⟨hal-01610961⟩
• Quentin Skinner, Astrid von Busekist, Mathieu Hauchecorne, Frédérique Matonti. « Nous sommes peut-être beaucoup moins libres que nous le pensons ». Raisons politiques, 2017, 67 (3), pp.185. ⟨10.3917/rai.067.0185⟩. ⟨halshs-03976946⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. La France, un rapport compliqué avec les langues. 2016. ⟨hal-03392415⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Portes et murs. Éditions Albin Michel, pp.224, 2016, 9782226314970. ⟨hal-01499329⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Alle Grenzen trennen nicht. Jüdischer Almanach (Grenzen), Suhrkamp Verlag, pp.13 - 25, 2015, 9783633542734. ⟨hal-03393919⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Passion de la langue et reconnaissance. Raisons politiques, 2014, 56, pp.49-68. ⟨10.3917/rai.056.0049⟩. ⟨hal-01719408v2⟩
• Catherine Xhardez, Astrid von Busekist. Elections : la Belgique entre européennes, fédérales et régionales. 2014. ⟨hal-03460303⟩
• Astrid von Busekist (Dir.). België Begrijpen. Astrid Von Busekist. De Bezige Bij, pp.432, 2013, 9789085424703. ⟨hal-01521816⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Introduction - Singulière Belgique. Astrid Von Busekist; Astrid Von Busekist. Singulière Belgique, Fayard, 2012, 9782213636801. ⟨hal-03569095⟩
• Astrid von Busekist (Dir.). Singulière Belgique. Astrid Von Busekist. Fayard, pp.286, 2012, Les Grandes études internationales, 9782213636801. ⟨hal-03397668⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Lingua politica. Le philosophoire, 2012, 2012/1 (37), pp.97 - 121. ⟨hal-03476031⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. One Man, One Voice! One People, One Language?. Tamar Hermann. By the People, For the People, Without the People? The Emergence of (Anti)Political Sentiment in Israel and in Western Democracies, The Israël Democracy Institute, pp.51 - 86, 2011. ⟨hal-03569654⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Politics of Language. Bertrand Badie; Dirk Berg-Schlosser; Leonardo Morlino. International Encyclopedia of Political Science, SAGE Publications, 2011, 9781412959636. ⟨hal-03393917⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Conclusion: Quelle place pour les études postcoloniales dans la science politique française ?. Marie-Claude Smouts. La situation postcoloniale, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.415 - 434, 2007. ⟨hal-03570260⟩
• Jean-Marie Donegani, Astrid von Busekist. Usages politiques de l’anthropologie. Jean-Marie Donegani; Astrid Von Busekist. Raisons politiques, 22, pp.232, 2006. ⟨hal-03572617⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. The languages of nationalism. Christophe Jaffrelot; Alain Dieckhoff. Revisiting nationalism : theories and processes, Hurst Publishers, pp.144 - 164, 2005, 9781850657637. ⟨hal-03571552⟩
• Astrid von Busekist. Nationalisme contre bilinguisme : le cas belge. Denis Lacorne; Tony Judt. La politique de Babel, Éditions Karthala, pp.191 - 225, 2002, 9782845862401. ⟨hal-03393918⟩