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The two universities consolidate their partnership at a time when collaboration across the channel is more crucial than ever.

On 24 November, Frédéric Mion, President of Sciences Po, and Eilís Ferran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations of the University of Cambridge, signed an agreement to strengthen the universities’ long-standing partnership.

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• New faculty members at Sciences Po 2016-2017. Crédits : Sciences Po
  

Since last fall, Sciences Po’s permanent faculty has welcomed nine new professors and researchers who cover a wide range of disciplines and topics. Their research will enrich our inquiries, knowledge and teaching. Learn more about Jean d’Aspremont, Ghazala Azmat, Anne-Laure Beaussier, Jean-Philippe Cointet, Eberhard Kienle, Stéphanie Latte Abdallah, Annabelle Lever, Laura Morales and Matthias Thiemann.

Patrick Le Galès, CNRS Research Professor  at the Centre d’études européennes and Dean of Sciences Po Urban School, has received the 2017, Regional Studies Association Best Paper Award for the journal Territory, Politics, Governance  for his paper  "Neoliberalism and Urban Change: Stretching a Good Idea Too Far?" published in Territory, Politics, Governance, Volume 4, 2016 - Issue 2: The Neoliberal City: Theory, Evidence, Debates

This third issue of Cogito opens with a feature on the fundamental challenges that metropolises are facing around the world with regard to the environment, housing, diversity, security, new technologies, etc. Be they are chronic or recent these issues are at the heart of changing power relations. They are explored in many innovative analyses by Sciences Po researchers that are presented here.   This issue also delves into the latest publications and research projects, and introduces promising recent PhD graduates.

The 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject places Sciences Po in 50th position worldwide for social sciences. Sciences Po ranks first among French universities in the subject.

This result attests to Sciences Po’s excellence in teaching and research in sociology, geography, political & international studies, and communication & media studies.

On September 1st 2017, Pierre François became the head of the Doctoral School. He succeeds Jean-Marie Donegani, who is leaving this post but will continue his teaching and research activities at Sciences Po.

On 29-30 June 2017, the Sciences Po's Observatoire sociologique du changement organised an international symposium about "Social Classes in Contemporary Societies: Issues and Challenges"

Watch the video report made during the event.

What were the main results of the research at Sciences Po in 2016? What were the publications, projects, recruitments that marked this year 2016? What has happened in terms of referencing scientific publications, open access, dissemination of knowledge, doctoral training, international partnerships, European funding or recruitment strategy? What has been the profo

The American Economic Association announced the 2017 edition of the AEJ Best Paper Awards this month.

Ruben DURANTE, Associate Professor of Economics at SciencesPo and CEPR Affiliate, along with his co-authors, were awarded the prestigious AEJ :Applied Economics Best Paper prize for their paper «Market-Based Lobbying : Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy » published in AEJ: Applied Economics, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2016

Edited by  Didier Bigo (CERI,Siences Po) Frédéric Gros (CEVIPOF-Sciences Po) and Philippe Bonditti, Foucault and the Modern International. Silences and Legacies for the Study of World Politics (Palgrave) addresses the possibilities of analyzing the modern international through the thought of Michel Foucault. The broad range of authors brought together in this volume question four of the most self-evident characteristics of our contemporary world-'international', 'neoliberal', 'biopolitical' and 'global'- and thus fill significant gaps in both international and Foucault studies.