Research Team

Cultural theory of law, Historical anthropology of western law, Legal norms, cultural norms, Lawyers: history, culture, perspectives

Environmental and Climate Governance, EU-China Relations, Institutions and Public Policy

Public debt, bond markets, financial markets, policy-making, credit rating agencies, sovereign ratings, public policy, democratic governance, international institutions, fiscal policies, comparative political economy


Administrative Reform Policy and State Reform ; Administrative Reform Policy and State Reform ; Transformations of Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective ; Sociology of Administration ; Public Policy Analysis ; Organizational Changes and State Rationalization ; Public Finance

Digital sociology and sociology of the digital world ; attention economy, social media ; propagation and influence ; digital city, sociopolitical stakes of digital architectures ; social sciences and Machine Learning ; digital methods, digital replications 3rd generation social sciences

Agenda-setting; comparative politics; symbols and symbolic in policy; policy analysis; European governance; gender and policy; sexual abuses; participatory mechanisms / citizens' conferences

History and philosophy of social sciences, Systems of thought and supervision of the natural environment, Place of ecology in the democratisation process, Political crises and ecological crises,

Urban sociology - Forms and institutions of sociability - Sociology of elites, upper-middle classes and inequalities - Cultural sociology - International comparison - Europe and Americas

Large urban projects in comparative perspective, Urban agenda and European Union, Migrants and metropolises, Urban policies in the crisis

Environmental politics, climate change, social movements, political participation

Constitutional law ; Public decision and political decision ; Political institutions ; European Union

Political parties ; Political cultures ; Political anthropology ; Ecology and environment ; Activism ;

Governance, Illegal Value Chains, Crime in Urban Peripheries, Power, Violence and Normative Regimes

Far-Right Politics
Political Participation
Media
European Politics

Comparative sociology of elites; The method of “programmatic action framework” (PAF); Transformation of state elites: The role of custodians of policy; The government of insiders; Development of antielitism in France, UK and US (20th & 21th century), Social change and Climate change

Political institutions ; Political economy ; Comparative politics ; European integration ; Interest Groups ;

European integration ; Migration ; Transnational mobilization ; Multiculturalism ; Inequality and discrimination

Political parties and the party system; the transformation of the parties of the right; socialisation, political talk participation; citizens’ attitudes to Europe; focus groups.

Public action, Urban sociology, Public policies, Social movements, European Union

Sociology of law ; Public action ; Corruption ; Environment

Histoire et sociologie du communisme ; Histoire et sociologie de la mémoire ; Usages politiques du passé, rapports ordinaires au passé ; Socialisation politique ; MIcro-analyse, méthodes qualitatives ; Histoire des sciences sociales

Public action ; European Union ; Local policy ; Urban sociology ; Public policies

Public administration ; Sociology of public action ; Political sociology

International criminal justice ; Transitional justice ; Restorative justice ; Trials ; Victims of political violence ; Peacebuiding ; Collective memory ; Circulation of norms and expertise ; Sociology of international professions ; Transnational mobilizations

Economic policies, public investment policies, sociology of the state and its transformations, social and health policies, Sociology of expertise

Sociology of political behavior ; Racism and antisemitism ; Inequality and democracy ; Radical rights

Comparative politics ; Comparative political behaviour and political organisations ; The politics of immigration

Socio-fiscal policies ; Childcare and ederly care policies ; Social investment policies ; Political economy of domestic work

Political competition, Ideological conflict lines, party strategies in Europe. Preferences and voting patterns of voters. Polarisation. Illiberalism, authoritarianism, democratic backsliding. Role of ethnic minorities in political competition in Europe.

Political economy of financial regulation in Europe ; The power of ideas on the development of financial regulation ; Financialization

Political economy, comparative politics, political inequality, dynasties, elections, lotteries, political careers

criminal governance; sociology of organized crime; economic sociology; social theory; theory of the state; methodologies

Structural contexts of integration opportunities ; Border control ; Tensions between endogenous and exogenous mechanisms of urban change ; Dissemination and legitimization mechanisms of racism ; The voluntary sector lobbying and political influence on large metropolis governments ; Roma and Sinti in European cities

European political economy ; Financial regulation ; Lobbying and interest groups