Past researchers
This page presents the main figures who contributed to the founding of the CSO and the establishment of its reputation in France and abroad.
Werner Ackermann
Research interests:
- Justice system
- Police
Catherine Ballé
Research interests:
- Judiciary
- Organisations
- Culture - Museums and Heritage
Benoit Bastard
Research interests:
- Justice system, Family and divorce
- Health and prevention
Michel Crozier
Research interests:
- Strategic analysis of collective action
- Administration and change
Erhard Friedberg
Research interests:
- Organisational analysis
- Mobilisations – Social and political movements
- Public policies, markets, and other forms of collective action
Catherine Grémion
Research interests:
- Catholic Church elites
- Local and national housing policies
- Urban and rural environment
- Education and social integration
Pierre Grémion
Research interests:
- Regional institutions and society
- French political and intellectual history post-World War II
- East-West relations in Europe
EMMANUELLE MARCHAL
Research interests:
- Sociology of Work
- Recruitment
- Discrimination in hiring
Francis Pavé
Research interests:
- Computerization of organisations
- French health system
Renaud saintsaulieu
Research interests:
- Sociology of firms
- Read a biographic portrait on Sciences Po Stories
jean-claude thoenig
Research interests:
- The State
- Firms and management
Philippe Urfalino
Research interests:
- Sociology of collective decision and deliberation
- Collective entities
- Social Philosophy
- Political philosophy
See more details on the CRESPA website (in French)
Pierre-Éric Tixier
Research interests:
- Transformation of public and private globalised groups
Jean-Pierre Worms
Research interests:
- Relations between the State and local authorities
- Local dynamics of economic development and employment
