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This note by Annabelle Lever examines the municipal elections from the perspective of small and medium-sized rural towns, such as Montargis, highlighting both the challenges faced by residents and the limited capacity of local authorities to address them

Seven researchers from CEVIPOF provide an immediate analysis of the "municipal elections" : cross-cutting perspectives, diverse approaches and interpretative frameworks to understand what these results actually change.

Trump's spectacular operation in Venezuela gives even more relief to the latest US National Security Strategy (NSS), made public on 5 December 2025 by the Trump administration. Zaki Laïdi, director of research at Sciences Po, specialist in international relations analyses this major text in detail.

Drawing on the tragedy in Lyon, Antoine Marie (CEVIPOF) brings into focus the subtle staircase of political radicalization: informational enclosure, conspiratorial worldviews, and the dehumanization of opponents—culminating in group dynamics that ultimately tip individuals into violence.

CEVIPOF Sciences Po in Paris is is hiring a post-doctoral and a junior researcher in Political Science (Comparative Politics/Historical Political Economy) to work with Brenda Van Coppenolle in the ERC research project POLLOT “Political Lotteries in European Democratisation”.

Sciences Po is recruiting a Full Professor in Political Science / Political Philosophy and Social Sciences, attached to CEVIPOF.

As part of its international exchange programmes, CEVIPOF is pleased to announce that two doctoral students have been selected for an exchange programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

On December 5–6, 2025, CEVIPOF/Sciences Po’s Center for Political Research – hosted a major international conference titled “Political Trust: A Challenge for Democracies.”, bringing together researchers from across Europe and North America.

Congratulations to Camille Collin and Tristan Boursier, who have been selected by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Diversity and Democracy (CRIDAQ, UQAM) to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship during the 2025–2026 academic year.

An analysis of Romania’s 2024–2025 presidential elections, which were marked by political instability, the annulment of an initial vote due to disinformation and foreign interference, and the eventual victory of Nicușor Dan in the May 18, 2025 runoff against far-right leader George Simion. By

In the 2026-2027 academic year, Sciences Po will open 12 visiting faculty positions in the social sciences or humanities, for a semester-long or a full academic year.

The analysis of Anne Muxel, sociologist and political scientist, CNRS Emeritus Senior Researcher and Deputy Director of the CEVIPOF. She is an expert on the political socialisation of young people and focuses on the generational transmission of values.

This fellowship, awarded by Yale University, supports high-achieving doctoral students engaged in research in international relations, politics, economics, law, history, or other fields with global impact.

How did four doctoral researchers in political theory design this academic event featuring international speakers, including the American philosopher Professor Nancy Fraser?

Who are the Americans that want to tear down social institutions? Answers through a national study led by political psychologists Kevin Arceneaux (CEVIPOF - Sciences Po) and Dannagal G. Young (University of Delaware).

Four years’ imprisonment and five years of ineligibility for public office, with immediate effect : a surprise that marks the revenge of the rule of law? interview with Luc Rouban, Senior CNRS-affiliated Research Fellow at the CEVIPOF

Graham Smith presents his experience as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po (CEVIPOF)

Researchers offer their analyses to shed light on the results of our latest Political Trust Barometer.

According to Bruno Cautrès and Luc Rouban, CNRS-affiliated researchers at the CEVIPOF, disenchantment with political personnel has never before been as pronounced as it has been since the election of Emmanuel Macron in 2017.

Such is the analysis provided by Kevin Arceneaux (Director) and Anne Muxel (Deputy Director) of the Cevipof, based on the 12th wave of the “France Divided” survey, carried out by Ipsos for Le Monde, the Fondation Jean Jaurès, the Cevipof and the Institut Montaigne.