Latest news from the Paris School of International Affairs

Siavash Barkhordar has graduated from the Master in International Energy. He is a Commercial Director of a French listed SME in Energy Efficiencyindustries at Enertime in France.

Julia Schmidt has graduated from the Master in International Economic Policy. She works as a Junior Policy Analyst at the OECD in the Statistiscs and DataDirectorate.

PSIA calls on students to support and participate in the ninth edition of the Youth & Leaders Summit.

Maria Villena works as an Economist at the Peruvian Ministry of Finance. She is in charge of mattersrelated to environmental sustainability. Villena has graduated from the Master in Environmental Policy.

Michaela KOŽMÍNOVÁ has graduated from the Master in Environmental Policy. She works as Communications and Membership Assistant at EUROPARC Federation.

Laura Frisiani has graduated from the Master in International Development. She is inclusive business consultant at Hystra in Paris. She will start her CDI starting from September 2020.

Mariane Piccinin Barbieri is a Junior Policy Analyst at the OECD in Paris. She works as a policy consultant for the digital government and open data unit in the Directorate for Public Governance. She is in charge of the Digital Government Index, an indicator launched in October.

The third edition of the Paris Peace Forum will take place on 11-13 November 2020. 60 selected PSIA students will be involved in the Forum’s operations.

Vivian Kawanami is the co-founder and co-president of the Conférence pour le Brésil. The conference was born as a student initiative at Sciences Po Paris last year. In 2020, it will discuss the 2030 Agenda and overcome inequalities in Brazil.

A discussion with Mauro Petriccione, Director General for Climate Action, European Commission. The discussion will focus on the European Green Deal, a set of policy Initiatives first presented in 2019 with the aim of making Europe climateneutral in 2050.

Jacopo Casadei has graduated from the Master in International Energy at PSIA. He is currently working as a Market Reporter in the European Natural Gas team at Argus Media. He writes about market developments in the Italian gas market.

All PSIA courses will be delivered online during the Fall 2020 semester. Online delivery is not our preferred new model. We wish, and intend, to return to in-person instruction as soon as it is safe.

Please find below articles and writing by PSIA faculty on different aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. The articles are written by faculty members of PSIA's Faculty of International Humanitarian Legal Studies.

A reception dedicated to PSIA Alumni was hosted by Dean Letta and Vice-Dean Maloney, on 27th February, in London. Alumni were happy to reconnect with their peers and share their respective experiences.

On 24th February 2020, PSIA Dean Enrico Letta gave a talk on EU Foreign Affairs in the Post-Brexit era. The cocktail reception converged PSIA alumni, the European community, journalists, and our academic partners at the Sankara Hotel. It was a great occasion to celebrate the wonderful achievements our alumni continue to accomplish in the region.

Marie-Charlotte Garin has graduated from the Master in InternationalDevelopment at PSIA. She is currently working as as a Gender and Disability Project Officer for Humanity & Inclusion.

Sciences Po continues to progress in the 2020 QS World University Rankings bysubject (PDF, 9.2Mo), moving from third to second place in the world. In this world ranking released on March 4, 2020, Sciences Po is positioned just behind Harvard University, and with Princeton University.

Students are invited to write a white paper with concrete policy recommendations on the topic: “Sustainable cities and communities” The authors of the two best papers will receive an award of 1000 euros for the first price.