Martial Foucault

Martial Foucault is Full Professor at Sciences Po and was Director of the CEVIPOF from 2014 to 2024.

After obtaining a PhD in economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2004, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, affiliated with the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. Between 2006 and 2013, he was Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal, and Director of the EU Centre of Excellence (McGill University/University of Montreal). Between 2016 and 2019, he was a member of the CNRS national committee for the humanities and social sciences. Since April 2021, he has been Director of the Overseas Chair at Sciences Po.

His areas of research cover political behaviours, municipal politics, public opinion, the role of emotions and trust in electoral decision-making, military sociology and, more broadly, social science methods. In 2009, Martial Foucault received the Best Young Economist Award from the International Institute of Public Finance for research funded by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) on the economic effects of decentralization in Benin. He was the recipient of the 2010 CNRS Mattei Dogan prize for his contribution to the social sciences and is the author of some sixty scientific articles in international journals, ten books and numerous contributions to public debate.

Since 2015, Martial Foucault has directed the Fait Politique collection at the Presses de Sciences Po. Between 2019 and 2021, he was a member of the CNRS national committee (section 40). In 2017, he set up a system of electoral surveys based on a large panel of French citizens, making it possible to track changes in the voting patterns of the same individuals over time, a tool hosted by the CEVIPOF.

In 2022, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Merit.

Further publications can be found on his website.

• Richard Nadeau, Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Martial Foucault, Philippe Chassé. Ideology and Voting in France: A Weakening Relationship?. French Politics, In press. ⟨hal-04920771⟩
• Kevin Arceneaux, Martial Foucault, Kalli Giannelos, Jonathan Ladd, Can Zengin. Facebook increases political knowledge, reduces well-being and informational treatments do little to help. Royal Society Open Science, 2024, 11 (10), pp.1-13. ⟨10.1098/rsos.240280⟩. ⟨hal-04915951⟩
• Kevin Arceneaux, Martial Foucault, Kalli Giannelos, Jonathan Ladd, Can Zengin. Facebook increases political knowledge, reduces well-being and informational treatments do little to help. Royal Society Open Science, 2024, 11 (10), ⟨10.1098/rsos.240280⟩. ⟨hal-04768508⟩
• Michael Becher, Nicolas Longuet-Marx, Vincent Pons, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, et al.. Government Performance and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries during COVID-19. Journal of Politics, 2024, 86 (4), ⟨10.1086/729962⟩. ⟨hal-04642007⟩
• Pavlos Vasilopoulos, Haley Mcavay, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault. Emotions, governmental trust and support for the restriction of civil liberties during the covid-19 pandemic. European Journal of Political Research, 2023, 62 (2), pp.422-442. ⟨10.1111/1475-6765.12513⟩. ⟨hal-04076676⟩
• Martial Foucault, Vincenzo Galasso. Working during COVID-19. Cross-country evidence from real-time survey data. 2023. ⟨hal-03922897⟩
• André Blais, Damien Bol, Shaun Bowler, David Farrell, Annika Fredén, et al.. What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?. Political Studies, 2023, ⟨10.1177/00323217211055560⟩. ⟨hal-03423514⟩
• Martial Foucault. Inquiétudes d'un monde qui vient. 102ème Congrès des Maires de France, AMF (Association des Maires de France), Nov 2022, Paris, France. 8 p. ⟨hal-03922806⟩
• Martial Foucault, Anne Muxel. Une jeunesse engagée. Presses de Sciences Po, pp.240, 2022, 9782724639551. ⟨hal-03819402⟩
• Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Elie Michel, Michael Becher, Pavlos Vasilopoulos, et al.. ‘Citizens’ Attitudes Under Covid19’, a cross-country panel survey of public opinion in 11 advanced democracies. Scientific Data , 2022, 9 (108), ⟨10.1038/s41597-022-01249-x⟩. ⟨hal-03917913⟩
• Aurore Grandin, Léonard Guillou, Rita Abdel Sater, Martial Foucault, Coralie Chevallier. Socioeconomic status, time preferences and pro-environmentalism. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2022, 79, pp.101720. ⟨10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101720⟩. ⟨hal-03962078⟩
• Martial Foucault, Pascal Perrineau, Gil Delannoi, Alexandre Escudier, Odile Gaultier-Voituriez, et al.. La politique au microscope. Martial Foucault; Pascal Perrineau. Presses de Sciences Po, pp.304, 2022, 9782724638158. ⟨hal-03515107⟩
• Michael Becher, Nicolas Longuet Marx, Vincent Pons, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, et al.. Covid-19, Government Performance, and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries. 2022. ⟨halshs-03506431⟩
• Martial Foucault, Pierre-Henri Bono. Perceptions des premiers mois de la crise de la COVID-19 dans six pays d’Afrique. 2022. ⟨hal-03922875⟩
• Aurore Grandin, Léonard Guillou, Rita Abdel Sater, Martial Foucault, Coralie Chevallier. Socioeconomic status, time preferences and pro-environmentalism. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2022, 79, pp.101720. ⟨10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101720⟩. ⟨hal-03628030⟩
• Martial Foucault, Yann Algan, Daniel Cohen, Stefanie Stantcheva, Eva Davoine. Confiance dans les scientifiques par temps de crise. 2021. ⟨hal-03922917⟩
• Martial Foucault, Yann Algan, Daniel Cohen, Eva Davoine, Stefanie Stantcheva. Trust in scientists in times of pandemic: Panel evidence from 12 countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021, 118 (40), ⟨10.1073/pnas.2108576118⟩. ⟨hal-03423522⟩
• Friederike Richter, Martial Foucault. French foreign policy: Make France great again?. Jeroen Joly; Tim Haesebouck. Foreign policy change in Europe since 1991, Springer, pp.127 - 153, 2021, 9783030682170. ⟨hal-03380945⟩
• Jean-François Daoust, Eric Bélanger, Ruth Dassonneville, Erick Lachapelle, Richard Nadeau, et al.. A guilt-free strategy increases self-reported non-compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures: Experimental evidence from 12 countries. PLoS ONE, 2021, vol.16 (n°4), ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0249914⟩. ⟨hal-03244320⟩
• Argyrios Altiparmakis, Abel Bojar, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Hanspeter Kriesi, et al.. Pandemic politics: policy evaluations of government responses to COVID-19. West European Politics, 2021, ⟨10.1080/01402382.2021.1930754⟩. ⟨hal-03570724⟩
• Sylvia Kritzinger, Martial Foucault, Romain Lachat, Julia Partheymüller, Caroliona Plescia, et al.. Rally round the flag’: the COVID-19 crisis and trust in the national government. West European Politics, 2021, ⟨10.1080/01402382.2021.1925017⟩. ⟨hal-03566510⟩
• Éric Kerrouche, Martial Foucault. Grandeurs et servitudes du rôle de maire. Droit et gestion des collectivités territoriales, 2020, Le retour des maires, pp.57-68. ⟨hal-03101119⟩
• Vincenzo Galasso, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, et al.. Gender differences in COVID-19 attitudes and behavior: Panel evidence from eight countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020, 117 (44), pp.27285 - 27291. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2012520117⟩. ⟨hal-03380878⟩
• Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault. L’instauration du couvre-feu : un pari risqué. 2020. ⟨hal-03147532⟩
• Vincenzo Galasso, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, et al.. Gender Differences in COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Eight OECD Countries. NBER Working Papers, 2020, 27359, pp.1-37. ⟨10.3386/w27359⟩. ⟨hal-03594437⟩
• Martial Foucault, Vincenzo Galasso. Working After Covid-19: Cross-Country Evidence from Real-Time Survey Data. 2020. ⟨hal-03455860⟩
• Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Éric Kerrouche. Pandémie et mesures limitant les libertés publiques, vers la fin de l’assentiment ?. [Rapport de recherche] CEVIPOF. 2020, pp.8. ⟨hal-03100790⟩
• Martial Foucault. Opinons sur l’usage du téléphone portable en période de crise du Coronavirus. 2020. ⟨hal-03389204⟩
• Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Éric Kerrouche. Pandemic: attitudes towards the measures that limit civil liberties. [Research Report] CEVIPOF. 2020, pp.6. ⟨hal-03100802⟩
• Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Éric Kerrouche, Pavlos Vasilopoulos. Health crisis: public opinion in France shows opposition to using mobile phones. Results of an online experiment. [Research Report] CEVIPOF. 2020, pp.4. ⟨hal-03100797⟩
• Martial Foucault, Pavlos Vasilopoulos, Sylvain Brouard. Attitudes des citoyens face au COVID-19. [Rapport de recherche] CEVIPOF. 2020. ⟨hal-02884956⟩
• Martial Foucault, Guy Groux, Richard Robert. Le social et le politique. CNRS Editions. CNRS Editions, 2020, 9782271131171. ⟨hal-04108193⟩
• Martial Foucault, Guy Groux. CGT. 2020. ⟨hal-03471265⟩
• Martial Foucault, Géraldine Woessner. Les maires ont l'impression de ne compter pour rien. Le Point, 2020. ⟨hal-03570804⟩
• Martial Foucault, Stéphane Vernay. Maires fatigués, démocratie en danger. Ouest-France : Bretagne, Normandie, Maine, Anjou, Poitou : journal républicain du matin, 2020. ⟨hal-03566958⟩
• Martial Foucault. Maires au bord de la crise de nerfs. Éditions de l'Aube, pp.176, 2020, 9782815936637. ⟨hal-02486710⟩
• Etienne Farvaque, Martial Foucault, Stephane Vigeant. The politician and the vote factory: Candidates’ resource management skills and electoral returns. Journal of Policy Modeling, 2019, ⟨10.1016/j.jpolmod.2019.09.007⟩. ⟨hal-02497986⟩
• Martial Foucault. Special issue on critical French citizenship. French Politics, 2019, 17 (4), pp.403 - 406. ⟨10.1057/s41253-019-00102-9⟩. ⟨hal-03381044⟩
• Martial Foucault, Pierre-Henri Bono. Enquête sur les maires de France. [Rapport de recherche] CEVIPOF. 2019, pp.56. ⟨hal-03242375⟩
• Martial Foucault. Des maires plus combatifs à quatre mois des élections municipales. [Rapport de recherche] CEVIPOF. 2019, pp.8. ⟨hal-03229962⟩
• Pavlos Vasilopoulos, George Marcus, Nicholas Valentino, Martial Foucault. Anger Mediates the Effects of Fear on Support for the Far Right—A Rejoinder. Political Psychology, 2019, 40 (4), pp.713-717. ⟨10.1111/pops.12598⟩. ⟨hal-03381100⟩
• Yann Algan, Elizabeth Beasley, Daniel Cohen, Martial Foucault. Les Origines du populisme. Editions Seuil, pp.208, 2019, 9782021428582. ⟨hal-02285943⟩
• Olivier Duhamel, Martial Foucault, Mathieu Fulla, Marc Lazar (Dir.). La Ve République démystifiée. Olivier Duhamel; Martial Foucault; Mathieu Fulla; Marc Lazar. Presses de Sciences Po, pp.243, 2019, Académique, 9782724624557. ⟨hal-03205592⟩
• Martial Foucault, Pavlos Vasilopoulos. Les électeurs votent aussi selon leur personnalité. Histoire d’une révolution électorale (2015-2018), Classiques Garnier, pp.75 - 85, 2019, 9782406091455. ⟨hal-03471451⟩
• Richard Nadeau, Michael Lewis-Beck, Martial Foucault. Wealth and Voter Turnout: Investigating Twenty-Eight Democracies. Polity, 2019, 51 (2), pp.261 - 287. ⟨10.1086/701961⟩. ⟨hal-03413572⟩
• George E. Marcus, Nicholas A. Valentino, Pavlos Vasilopoulos, Martial Foucault. Applying the Theory of Affective Intelligence to Support for Authoritarian Policies and Parties. Advances in Political Psychology, 2019, 40 (1), pp.109-139. ⟨10.1111/pops.12571⟩. ⟨hal-02509636⟩
• Yann Algan, Elizabeth Beasley, Daniel Cohen, Martial Foucault, Madeleine Péron. Qui sont les Gilets jaunes et leurs soutiens?. 2019. ⟨hal-03393105⟩
• Martial Foucault. Les maires de France : entre résignation et incertitude. 2018. ⟨hal-03399592⟩
• Pavlos Vasilopoulos, George Marcus, Nicholas Valentino, Martial Foucault. Fear, Anger, and Voting for the Far Right: Evidence From the November 13, 2015 Paris Terror Attacks. Political Psychology, 2018, ⟨10.1111/pops.12513⟩. ⟨hal-03567176⟩
• Yann Algan, Martial Foucault, Daniel Cohen, Elizabeth Beasley. The rise of populism and the collapse of the left-right paradigm. 2018. ⟨hal-03393123⟩