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An unprecedented database reveals the profiles of the economic elites of 16 countries representing half the world's GDP. Bruno Cousin, a researcher at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, contributed to the study.

In July 2024, the Centre for European and Comparative Policy Studies hosted a 1,200-strong urban planning research conference. This event gave rise to two group projects in 2024-2025.

How did four doctoral researchers in political theory design this academic event featuring international speakers, including the American philosopher Professor Nancy Fraser?

The Department of Economics’ first-time delegation made it to the final round at the University of Amsterdam’s Econometric Game, dubbed the World Championship of Econometrics.

For over two decades, the university has been welcoming leading international scholars, including two new researchers from Princeton and Cornell.

Who are the Americans that want to tear down social institutions? Answers through a national study led by political psychologists Kevin Arceneaux (CEVIPOF - Sciences Po) and Dannagal G. Young (University of Delaware).

CRIS welcomes Assistant Professor Ankit Sikarwar

How do we price lives? A short interview with the author of Pricing Lives, published by Oxford University Press.

The “key and timely” insights of Julia and co-laureate David Yanagizawa-Drott, on “the critical role of media and social media in motivating political beliefs and actions, as well as the dangers posed by controlled media”, compelled the jury.

His award-winning paper proposes a novel conceptual framework revealing close interactions between redistribution and social insurance policies with important implications for the design of better tax-benefit systems.

He will be visiting MPIfG (Cologne, Germany) between April and June, 2025

Which people are most at risk? In what context does such violence occur? Find out the results of the SAFEDUC survey, conducted among over 5,000 students.

With the loss of Dominique Colas, Sciences Po has lost a philosopher and political scientist who was an eminent figure in our permanent faculty. A tribute.

The yearly QS World University Rankings by Subjects confirms Sciences Po's leading international position.

What is the legacy of COP21? Why was its Agreement such a landmark climate accord? A look at the past, and the future, by some of its architects and expert researchers.

The end of an era: Trump’s pivot to Russia in dealing with the war in Ukraine closes a 75-year-old chapter. What will be the casualties? An analysis by Jacques Rupnik, CERI.

Donald Trump issued decrees freezing or cancelling tens of billions of dollars of research funding. Why is the mobilisation "Stand Up for Science" vital at the international level? Answers by Stéphanie Balme, CERI.

How can we encourage internet users to think about the veracity of information before they share it? Focus on a recent empirical survey by Émeric Henry, Department of Economics.

Is X/Twitter politically profiling its user without their knowledge? If so, how can it be proven and prevented? Answers by Sciences Po médialab.

Can technology get rid of bias when our society can't? Is European regulation the right solution? Interview with Raphaële Xenidis from Sciences Po Law School.

Montserrat Botey, a postdoctoral researcher in economics at Sciences Po’s Gender Studies Programme, answers questions on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

In this publication, Wendy Hall, Kieron O'Hara and Pierre Noro explore how the Four Internet model can help us identify Five Artificial Intelligence Management Strategies to better understand the emerging geopolitics of AI.

Films can be political in many ways. Read a tribute to a film rewarded at the Cannes Festival by Christophe Jaffrelot from the Center for International Studies.

Does President Trump's second term open the door to elites who can operate without concern for justice and truth? An analysis by the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics.