Our governance

The Strategic Committee is composed of twenty-three eminent members appointed by  the Dean. Their participation is based on their experience and expertise in the strategic directions that PSIA, today one of the world's leading schools in International Affairs, will be undertaking going forward.

Its full composition is as follows :

• Børge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum
• Zhimin Chen, Vice President of Fudan University
• Howard Davies, Chair of Inigo Insurance
• Stéphanie Balme, Director of the Center for International Studies Sciences Po
• Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, President, International of The New York Times Company
• Reem Ebrahim Al-Hashimi, Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates
• Franziska Brandtner, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
• Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Sylvie Kauffmann, Editorial Director, Le Monde
• Kang Kyung-Wha, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea
• Mathieu Laine, CEO Altermind
• Enrico Letta, Former PSIA Dean Sciences Po
• Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Court of Audit
• Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary-General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
• Rachel Kyte, Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
• Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of  UNCTAD
• Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute
• Ghassan Salamé, Former PSIA Dean Sciences Po
• Jeremy Perelman, Vice President for International Affairs of Sciences Po
• Alexander Soros, Chair of the Open Society Foundations
• Bruno Stagno-Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director at Human Rights Watch
• Mateo Valero Cortes, Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center

The Scientific Committee assists the Dean in designing, updating and assuring the quality of PSIA's Master degree programs. With a membership comprising scientific advisors and professors of PSIA as well as student representatives, it regularly reviews PSIA courses and recommends changes to individual courses or the offer overall as needed.

Office of the Dean:

• Arancha GONZALEZ LAYA, Dean of PSIA
• Mark MALONEY, Executive Director and Vice Dean of PSIA

Scientific Advisors:

• Thierry BALZACQ, Scientific Advisor for the Master in International Governance and Diplomacy; PSIA faculty member
• Antoine BERNARD, co-Scientific Advisor for the Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, PSIA faculty member
• Vincent LEPINAY, Scientific Advisor for the Methods concentration; Associate Professor in the Sociology Department and Medialab at Sciences Po
• Giacomo LUCIANI, Scientific Advisor for the Master in International Energy; Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
• Thierry MAYER, Scientific Advisor for the Master in International Economic Policy; Thierry Mayer is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po (on sabbatical until September 2025)
• Staffan de MISTURA, Scientific Advisor for the Diplomacy concentration; Associate Professor at PSIA
• Camille GRAND, co-Scientific Advisor for the Master in International Security; PSIA faculty member
• Louis PIZARRO, Scientific Advisor for the Global Health concentration; PSIA faculty member
• Shiv SOMESHWAR, Scientific Advisor for the Master in Environmental Policy; European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po
• Bruno STAGNO UGARTE, co-Scientific Advisor for the Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action; PSIA faculty member

Student Representatives:

• PSIA Master student representatives