Home>Hugo Vacus
Discipline(s): Sociology
Research Group(s): Public Policy and Transformations of the State, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program
Biography
Hugo Vacus holds a master's degree in sustainable territorial development (STEDE) and has been a doctoral student at the Center for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO) since 2024. His thesis, supervised by Olivier Borraz, focuses on risk expertise in public policies for anticipating and planning the low-carbon transition in France. By studying the knowledge, instruments, practices, and organizations mobilized in these policies, his research falls within the fields of sociology of public action, environment, and science and technology.
EDUCATION
2024 :
PhD student at Sciences Po at the CSO
September 2020 - September 2022 :
International Master's degree in Sustainable Territorial Development (stede)
September 2019 - December 2019 :
Student exchange program in Lebanon
September 2017 - August 2020 :
Bachelor's degree in Political Science
September 2017 - August 2020 :
Bachelor's degree in History
Current Research
Since September 2024:
L’expertise des risques dans les politiques publiques d’anticipation et de planification de la transition bas-carbone en France : savoirs, instruments, pratiques et organisations. Thesis supervisor: Olivier Borraz
Thesis topic
Risk expertise in public policies for anticipating and planning the low-carbon transition in France: knowledge, instruments, practices, and organizations
Teaching
2024-2025 :
Teaching assistant, “Regards croisés sur la consommation” (Different perspectives on consumption), 2nd year, Sciences Po University College
2025-2026 :
Quantitative methods in social sciences, M1, Master's in Urban Territorial Strategies at Sciences Po
