Who are we?

Created in January 2020, The Institute for Skills and Innovation is dedicated to supporting everyone involved in the education of Sciences Po students. The Institute works with researchers, teachers, schools, academic staff and key departments to design, develop, test and implement advanced teaching methods and tools in a collective and co-constructed manner. The Institute is built around four missions: pedagogical innovation, developing cross-disciplinary skills, faculty training and support, and digital transition. 

How we innovate

• by constructing an innovative pedagogical policy centred on the development of clearly defined cross-disciplinary skills;
• by leading discussions and exchanges on how to foster these cross-disciplinary skills in Sciences Po courses, encouraging their development through creativity and critical thinking; by implementing this policy in collaboration with the programme teams, teachers and students;
• by exploring and developing new interactive teaching methods combining face-to-face and distance learning;
• by creating a new digital and audiovisual ecosystem based on the most advanced technologies.

How we get involved

• by supporting teachers, teaching teams and doctoral students as they develop their teaching methods and providing them with complete, high-quality teaching resources;
• by constructing the digital EdTech ecosystem necessary for learning and teaching communities and train its users (teaching software, learning platforms);
• by identifying best practices and key innovations in pedagogy, technological impacts and the use of new technical devices and environments, and sharing these practices with national and international partners. Enhancing the use of audiovisual, digital and pedagogical engineering for the benefit of the whole Sciences Po community;
• by conducting educational, audiovisual and cartographic experiments and producing related materials for both initial and executive education;
• by providing high-quality support for broadcasting and recording face-to-face or distance learning courses and institutional events, and supporting campus transformations;
• by ensuring that projection, recording and broadcasting facilities on all campuses are available and reliable, including the new site at 1 St Thomas.

Method

• Co-construct and support an in-depth pedagogical and digital transformation
• Encourage a diversity of teaching methods
• Anticipate the skills of the future
• Encourage creativity
• Ensure permanent monitoring and R&D
• Promote incubation
• Reconcile and mutually enrich face-to-face and distance learning (notion of a "phygital" campus)