On September 13, 2017, Sciences Po awarded Doctor Honoris Causa to Daphne Barak-Erez, Jane Mansbridge and Ibrahima Thioub. Three outstanding personalities whose work have greatly marked contemporary thinking and distinguished themselves through their commitment to the fight for a fairer, enlightened and, peaceful society.

Watch this captivating ceremony

Introduction by Olivier Duhamel, President of the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques and by Frédéric Mion, director of Sciences Po

Address of Daphne Barak-Erez, Professor at the Law Faculty of Tel-Aviv University and member of the Supreme Court of Israel, in response to the praise pronounced by Christophe Jamin, director of the Sciences Po Law School.  (English starts at 1'18)

Address of Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard Kennedy School in response to the praise pronounced by Annabel Lever, Professor at Sciences Po and researcher at the Sciences Po Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF)

Address of Ibrahima Thioub, Professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar, UCAD), Rector of UCAD, in response to the praise pronouced by Jakob Vogel, Professor at Sciences Po, and researcher at the Sciences Po Center for History. (in French)