Léo Mugneret-La Gravière is a PhD candidate in Political Science (Comparative Politics) at Sciences Po's Center for International Studies under the joint supervision of Professors Françoise Mengin and Jérôme Doyon.

His research interests relate to China’s domestic politics and foreign policy. His PhD research specifically focuses on the relations between the Chinese Party-State and the Chinese (descent) diasporic communities in the Pacific.

Léo Mugneret-La Gravière is coordinator of the Doctoral Workshop on Contemporary China with Tom Abram and Ariane Thévenet.

He holds a dual BA from Sciences Po and University College London and a MPhil in Political Science (Comparative Politics) from Sciences Po’s School of Research. He has previously conducted research on diaspora politics in the Chinese (descent) community in French Polynesia based on archival research and a two-month fieldwork in Tahiti.