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Who is Roland Marchal, scientific researcher detained in Iran?

Biography written by Didier Péclard, University of Geneva, and Sandrine Perrot (CERI Sciences Po). Roland Marchal is a sociologist with the ...

16 New Researchers at Sciences Po

This year, 16 new permanent faculty members have joined Sciences Po. Discover their research and specialisations.

Erasmus Days: Sciences Po in Europe and beyond

This year, 512 Sciences Po students participated in an Erasmus+ programme, while 650 students came to the university for their Erasmus+ in 2018-2019. Sciences ...

Reflections of an Ambassador to the USA in the Trump Era

“In French, we would say Gérard Araud est très cash”, concluded Frédéric Mion, President of Sciences Po, towards the end of his introduction of the ...

What Sciences Po students look for in their first job

On Friday, 27 September 2019, the Sciences Po Careers Fair took place at the Porte de Versailles with more than 100 employers present (amongst which ...

"Brexit is a strange decision"

On 24 September, 2019, renowned British author Jonathan Coe delivered a masterclass at Sciences Po as part of a series of literary conferences of this back-to-school season ...

More and Better Education to Face New Inequalities

Enrico Letta, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), argues for greater involvement of the G7 in boosting education as a means to fight ...

Corporate Tax Justice

Cornelia Woll, Full Professor, Political Science, Sciences Po (CEE, MaxPo & LIEPP), assesses the challenges that remain in the pursuit of corporate tax justice. This article was originally ...

Paul Smith: "Many People Look, Few Really See"

An aspiring cyclist growing up, Paul Smith was never interested in fashion as a teenager. But a serious bike accident at 17 put him in hospital for 6 months ...

Cutting-Edge and Accessible Research

Guillaume Plantin, Vice President for Research and professor at the department of economics, worked abroad for many years before joining Sciences Po. This experience ...

Freedom for Fariba Adelkhah

Our colleague and friend, anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah, was arrested in Iran in early June 2019. A specialist in Iranian sociology, Adelkhah has been Director of Research at ...

Reims students will now study in the Dean Awn Library

Energetic. Supportive. Eccentric. Intellectual. Non-traditional. Witty. Brilliant. Passionate. When colleagues and alumni are asked to describe the ...

Tackling Inequality in Education

A team of researchers at Sciences Po sheds light on the potential that childhood academic intervention has to pre-emptively reduce social inequalities. Article by Carlo ...

"There is no neutrality in journalism - but there is honesty!"

"She represents what is best and most indestructible about the journalist profession", declared Dean Bruno Patino in his introduction of Marion ...

A Back-to-School Programme Centred Around Ecology

On your marks, get set… the start of the new academic year is upon us! Some students will be taking their first steps at Sciences Po as freshmen, others ...

Globalisation Requires an Ambitious Reform of International Taxation

Philippe Martin, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, sheds light on the need to adapt international tax rules to a changing globalised ...

The Trust Crisis

Yann Algan, Professor and Dean of Sciences Po's School of Public Affairs, discusses the role trust has played in the rise of populism. This article was originally published in the 2019 ...

The Spy Who Studied at Sciences Po

After graduating at the top of her class in July 1940, Jeannie de Clarens, née Rousseau, set out on an extraordinary career in the world of interpretation and espionage ...

These Women's Accomplishments Tell Another Story of America

This article by Amy Greene, Researcher specialising in US politics, Sciences Po – USPC, looks at the rise of a new multicultural and feminized ...

“Propaganda is the foundation of liberal democracy”

Persuasion of the masses wasn’t born with the Internet, but digital content and social media mark a revolution in the history of propaganda. Far from ...

The Women Who Made Sciences Po

Originally featured in BIM, Sciences Po’s internal publication, this article was written by historian and researcher Marie Scot.

10 reasons to choose Sciences Po

Sciences Po hosts 14,000 students, of which 47% are international, representing a total of 150 countries. International education, excellent academics, promising career ...

Dancing to the Beat of Sciences Po

Art’Core is a student society at the heart of Sciences Po which brings together dancers of all different styles. After their annual show we met with two of the dancers ...

Books: Why the Internet Hasn't Killed Them Off

By Dominique Boullier, Mariannig Le Béchec and Maxime Crépel. Are the stacks of books in your library still alive? Why keep them if they are not? Why does ...