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This fellowship supports research into anxiety and sexuality in Pablo Picasso’s *Bather* series, created between 1927 and 1937.

Each year, la Chancellerie awards prizes to young doctors who, through the excellence of their theses, have made remarkable advances in research in various disciplinary fields.

In this interview, Jean-Baptiste looks back on his academic career at Sciences Po, from his bachelor's degree to his doctorate, including his master's degree in political science, specialising in public policy. He discusses the importance of his experience abroad in Berlin, as well as the decisive role played by his master's thesis and the support of his teachers in developing his research project.

Alain Prochiantz: "The diurnal and the nocturnal"

This semester, SoRA, the School of Research Association, is organizing its second student symposium dedicated to research, with the aim of highlighting the exciting and innovative work carried out by students of the School.

For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026

for her project entitled « Guillaume Dustan, éditeur-édité : politique du geste éditorial au tournant du XXIe siècle ».

The national « Doctorat Handicap » campaign is one of the main pillars of the inclusion policy pursued by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space, in partnership with higher education institutions.

High gastronomy to international relations, her career path defies convention. Between star-rated restaurants, international universities, and a commitment to ecological transition, she explains how a vocation can arise where you least expect it.

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”.

Don't throw away all your ballot papers and other political leaflets. A second life awaits them in the Archives Service !

The objective of this training course is to understand the fundamentals of the Zotero bibliographic reference management tool and to be introduced to its main features.

New courses for early stage researchers are available this semester through the CIVICA ESR Course Catalogue.

Eloïse Martin, winner of the INA thèque 2025 Encouragement Prize for her Master's thesis in history.

A graduate of the School of Research with a master's degree in sociology, Clara Benet Burgaud received, on 21 January 2026, a joint first prize in the Pierre Lagier Prize for Research on Disability.

At the start of 2026, Dina Waked, Dean of the School of Research, looks back on the School's values, recent highlights and future priorities.

Francesco Giosuè, Rébecca Mathiot, Giulio Piumelli and Aesa Virely, PhD researchers at the Centre d'histoire, are the 2026 winners of the Centre for History and Economics - Paris research grant.

As of January 13th, 2026, we are delighted to count two additional Doctors in political science among our research community.

With this award, RUCHE and AFHE reaffirm their support for Master's students whose work contributes to the renewal of approaches in economic and environmental history.

The Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po is seeking to appoint one PhD candidate to join the FRANJU team.

Applications for this Certification must be submitted to Sciences Po's Gender Studies Programme by 4 May 2026.

PhD students at the School of Research can apply to OxPo for a six-month stay in Oxford, and recent doctoral graduates can apply for a one-academic-year Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow position.

During her stay, she will be affiliated with the Department of Government and hosted by Professor Kai Spiekermann, a political philosopher and specialist in democratic theory.

He was presented with the award on 30 July 2025 during the closing session of the World Economic History Congress, held at Lund University (Sweden).