On 1 October, Sciences Po signed a partnership agreement with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), under the aegis of France’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Read our interview with Beatrice Weder di Mauro, the centre’s president, and Philippe Martin, a professor within the Department of Economics at Sciences Po and the Centre’s vice-president.

Providing training in the social sciences, conducting and transferring high-level research, and participating in social debates are the missions to which our permanent faculty is dedicated. The twenty-three academics who are joining us this year are fully committed to these missions. Through their complementary and innovative approaches, they offer fresh perspectives in their questioning of key social challenges. Learn more about them here!

The Times Higher Education (THE), which each year draws up world university rankings that have a strong following in the sector, has just published its rankings by subject. This year, Sciences Po is ranked 50th in the world in social sciences, which is 18 places higher than last year.

Developed since 2014 at the instigation of the European Commission, the international U-Multirank ranking examines the performance of nearly 2,000 higher education institutions around the world.

Once again this year, Sciences Po is among the top 25 institutions, in particular because of its international dimension in terms of the mobility of its students and its research.

In the world university ranking drawn up by Times International Education, released on 2 September, Sciences Po strengthened its position.

On a national level, Sciences Po is ranked 16th this year, up five places from last year.

This improvement is due in particular to the strengthening of our international position (% of foreign students, international staff and partnerships) thanks to an indicator that has risen from 78.4 to 83.7. On this point, Sciences Po is ranked 6th nationally.

Tous les six mois, Cogito présente une sélection de nos recherches récentes en faisant la part belle aux approches comparatives et aux travaux interdisciplinaires. Deux démarches développées par l'un de nos fondateurs, Élie Halévy, dont le parcours intellectuel est ici retracé. Si des questions d'actualité sont aussi analysées dans ce numéro - comme celle de la dette publique liée à la pandémie - nos chercheurs et chercheuses décortiquent également des tendances de fond, telles que la renaissance des mouvements d'auto-justice ou l'évolution de nos rapports à l'argent.