Jérôme Aust

His work focuses on higher education and research policies. It aims to understand, from a historical perspective, the restructuring of the state’s involvement in higher education and research and its consequences for the academic profession. In this context, Jérôme Aust has focused in particular on policies aimed at supporting “excellence” in the French academic system (IDEX, LABEX, etc.), as well as on the origins and reforms of project-based funding for research in biology.

EDUCATION

HDR (2022)
“At the Crossroads of the State and the Academic World: Project-Based Funding, Organizations, and Elites in the Governance of Biomedical Research in France (1955–2015)”
Committee: 

• Delphine Dulong, Professor of Political Science, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, CESSP (rapporteur) 
• Mr. William Genieys, CNRS Research Director, Sciences
  Po, CEE, CNRS (supervisor and rapporteur) 
• Mr. Patrick Hassenteufel, University Professor of Political Science, University of Paris Saclay (UVSQ), Printemps (rapporteur) 
• Mr. Jean-Philippe Leresche, Full Professor of Political Science, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social
  and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne (examiner)
• Ms. Christine Musselin, CNRS Research Director,
  Sciences Po, CSO, CNRS (examiner)

DOCTORATE
“Continuity and Change in the Conduct of Public Policy. The Case of University Expansion Policies in the Lyon Metropolitan Area (1958–2004)” - Thesis supervised by Gilles Pollet, Institute of Political Studies [IEP] - Lyon (2004)

DEA
Institute of Political Studies [IEP] - Lyon (1999)

MASTER'S
Jean Moulin University - Lyon III (1998)

MASTER'S 
Institute of Political Studies [IEP] - Lyon (1997)

• Research Methods (Master’s in Sociology at Sciences Po)
• Sociology of Public Action (Master’s in Sociology at Sciences Po)
• Policies and Governance of Higher Education and
  Research (Master’s in Public Policy at Sciences Po, specialization in Education and Research Policy)
• Introduction to Sociology (First Year, Sciences Po)

OTHER ACTIVITIES 

• Member of the Scientific Council of the Network for Studies on Higher Education (RESUP)
• Member of the Scientific Council of Sciences Po
• Co-director of the research area “The State and Transformations of Public Action” (with D. Benamouzig)
• Coordinator of the ANR project “Governing Science” (2011–2014)

• Aust, C. Gozlan, « Bringing the Rules Back In. Peer Review,
  Bureaucracy and the Reform of Science Governance in
  France (1960-2010) », in Simon, D., Kuhlmann, S., Stamm, J.(eds.), Handbook of Science and Public Policy, Edward Elgar, Chetelham/Northampton (Mass.), 2019, p. 122-140. https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02289110 
• Aust, C. Gozlan, « Des instruments contestés. Émergence et
  effets de la critique des instruments du gouvernement de la
  recherche en France (1961-2015) », Revue française de science politique, 68(3), 2018, p. 493-514. https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01960110 
• Aust, H. Mazoyer, C. Musselin, « Se mettre à l’Idex ou être mis à l’index. Conformations, appropriations et résistances aux instruments d’action publique dans trois sites
  d’enseignement supérieur », Gouvernement et action
  publique, 7(4), 2018, p. 9-37.
• Aust, E. Picard, « Gouverner par la proximité. Allouer des fonds à des projets de recherche dans les années 1960 », Genèses. Sciences sociales et histoire, n° 94, 2014, p. 7-31. https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01997809 
• Aust, C. Crespy, « Napoléon renversé ? Institutionnalisation
  des Pôles de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur et
  réforme du système académique français », Revue française
  de science politique, vol. 59, n° 5, octobre 2009, p. 915-
  938 https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03162160 

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