In January 2020, recent graduates Benoît Gufflet and Dimitri Kremp set off on a learning expedition to explore seven “smart cities”. They published their report, "Learning Cities", on 22 March, 2021: an immersive and interactive account exploring and deconstructing the fantasies of the Smart City. We spoke to them in October 2020 about their journey, what they’ve learned about “smart cities,” urban dwellers and pursuing a learning expedition during a global health crisis.

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Out of over 15,000 applicants, they were the only students from a French institute of higher education to be selected for the programme. Over the fall semester 2020, ten Sciences Po students from our campus in Le Havre participated in the 2020 Millennium Fellowship programme. We spoke to students Farheen Nahvi, originally from Kashmir, and Leonora Sophia Muñoz, originally from The Philippines - who were also the Campus Directors for their cohort - about their experience, the project they carried out and what this achievement means for their future.

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How might Covid-19 reshape the energy sector? Will it stall or accelerate clean energy transitions? On 22 October 2020, International Energy Agency’s Division Head Tim Gould tackled these questions in his presentation on the agency’s recently released annual flagship publication, the World Energy Outlook (WEO).

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On November 4, 2020 renowned world leaders and friends of Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs offered their insights on what the election of Biden or re-election of Trump would mean for the United States and the global world order. 

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Update - November 2020: Menton Livraison is up and running again during France's second lockdown period. Visit their website to consult their expanded catalog and call their hotline for delivery service of essential products for seniors and at-risk individuals in Menton.

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In view of the upcoming November 3, 2020 presidential election, we spoke to historian Thomas Snégaroff who specialises in U.S. politics.

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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 Times.” The title of this talk plays on the title of her book co-written with Abhijit V. Banerjee, Good Economics for Hard Times, published in November 2019, before the global health crisis hit. In the context at the start of the 2020/2021 academic year, Duflo discusses “harder times,” explaining that the global situation was already tough before the pandemic, but is now even more complex.

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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.

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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 students showed resilience, determination and excitement as they set foot on our seven campuses for their welcome sessions and first in-person classes of the fall 2020 semester.

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On 11 September 2020, Sciences Po's School of Management and Innovation welcomed special guest Jason Furman, American Economist and Professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, for its inaugural lecture, which was for the first time broadcasted live and available to all.

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