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Safeguarding academic freedom in Europe, a pressing concern for democracy

On 6 October 2020, the European Court of Justice ruled that “Lex CEU,” a 2017 Hungarian law that aimed to restrict the activities ...

Esther Duflo's Five Lessons For Harder Times

On 11 September 2020, the School of Public Affairs welcomed 2019 Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo for its inaugural lecture, “Good Economics for Harder ...

A Conversation on Political Theory

Astrid von Busekist and Michael Walzer's book Justice is Steady Work is now published! (The French edition, Penser la justice. Itinéraire du savoir was released in early ...

"Across the Blocks": A Learning Expedition Into Smart Cities

In January 2020, recent graduates Benoît Gufflet and Dimitri Kremp set off on a learning expedition to explore seven “smart cities”. They published ...

Student Mobility, or Acquiring Cultural Fluency

CIVICA - The European University of Social Sciences fosters exchange and cooperation between its eight member institutions, on all levels. This ambitious ...

2020 Political Photography Contest: Discover the Winners!

870 photos from over 40 countries: The 2020 edition of the Sciences Po Political Photograph Contest drew exceptional submissions that reflect this ...

The Sciences Po Incubator Opens Up to Alumni

After 12 years and a string of student entrepreneur success stories, the Sciences Po Incubator is now opening its doors to alumni. Collaboration, networking ...

In January 2021, Study at Sciences Po’s Winter School!

For the first time ever, university students and graduates from around the world can get a taste of a Sciences Po education during their winter break ...

The Undergraduate College Kicks Off the 2020-21 Academic Year

Although the kick-off to a new academic year has never quite looked like this one due to the enduring health crisis, our new and returning undergraduate ...

Pricing Lives in the Time of COVID-19

Excerpt of article by CNRS Research Professor at Sciences Po and senior researcher at CERI Ariel Colonomos, originally published in April 2020. Read the full article ...

Anne-Claire Legendre: I received the tools I needed to become a diplomat

Up until September 2020, Anne-Claire Legendre served as the Consul General of France in the United States, tending to French citizens ...

“Economics is about Inclusion and Positive Innovation”

On 11 September 2020, Sciences Po's School of Management and Innovation welcomed special guest Jason Furman, American Economist and Professor at Harvard ...

The Value of Diversity: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 2009 Keynote Speech

In July 2009, Sciences Po had the special honor of welcoming the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a keynote speaker of ...

Sculptures For Our Future Campus: Meet&#8239the Artist

When it opens, the new site of the Paris campus located at 1 Saint Thomas will welcome students, professors, researchers, but also sculptures. Those ...

“Multilateralism: Modus Operandi For Progress”

On 10 September 2020, the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, who just a week prior made headlines for receiving sanctions by ...

Dual Campus: 3 Questions on Hybrid Teaching

After a a swift transition online due to the Covid-19 crisis last spring semester, the fall semester is starting at Sciences Po on a new "dual campus" model, ...

Back-to-School 2020: Schedule of Inaugural Lectures

Welcome new and welcome back, Sciences Po students! Despite an unprecedented and peculiar global context, our 2020 Back-to-School programme of inaugural ...

CIVICA: The Pulse of Europe

Aurélien Krejbich from Sciences Po is since 1 February 2020 the first Executive Director of CIVICA - The European University of Social Sciences. Krejbich has been involved in ...

Become the political photographer of the year

As we launch the fourth annual Political Photograph Competition (FR), which is now open until the 15 September 2020 to all those wishing to enter, the judges ...

Paris Expansion: An Update on Our Future Campus

Once the former Hôtel de l'Artillerie will have completed its transformation, it will become the heart of our future Parisian campus. For the moment, the ...

“Studying Law Does Not Mean Sanctifying It”

Deputy Dean for the past year, Sébastien Pimont is now officially taking over from Christophe Jamin as Dean of the Law School at the start of the September 2020 ...

Student and parent: combining the two

Sciences Po is proud to have been one of ten academic institutions selected by UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women ...

A New Online Campus Starting Fall 2020

After a successful online spring 2020 semester despite an unprecedented emergency context, the start of the 2020/2021 academic year will allow all of our students ...

Sciences Po Med Liban: A Student-Led Initiative To Aid Beirut

On the afternoon of 4 August 2020, two explosions occurred at the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The catastrophe caused over 170 deaths ...