Governance and Team

Governance

The Technology and Global Affairs Innovation Hub is led by Constance de Leusse, Senior Advisor, who is working under the authority of Arancha González, the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs.

The Hub helps current leaders to better understand the arising dilemmas on technology and global affairs, and provides an additional platform to the Master in Technology and Global Affairs in training future leaders. The Master, launched jointly as a dual degree between the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and IE’s School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs (IE-SPEGA), takes a multidisciplinary approach to prepare individuals to navigate skillfully the complex intersection of rapid technological change and the transformation of the global geopolitical landscape. 

Team

Constance de Leusse is Senior Advisor of the Tech and Global Affairs Innovation Hub at Sciences Po PSIA. She is also a Senior Fellow of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. Before joining Sciences Po, she was executive director of the Project Liberty Institute (2022-2024) and vice-president of the Internet Society (2006-2022), the international NGO founded by the inventor of the Internet, Vint Cerf. She was also seconded to UNESCO to develop the UN agency's digital strategy (2013-2014). She was appointed by the Secretary General of the UN as advisor to the Internet Governance Forum (2013-2016). Finally, before joining ISOC, she worked in the services of the French Prime Minister in the media development department (2003-2006).

Pierre Noro is an Advisor to the Hub, in charge of its editorial activity. Pierre is Adjunct Faculty at Sciences Po and at Université Paris-Cité, working on decentralized governance, social and environmental impacts of technologies, and digital ethics.

The Hub collaborates with a wide network of practitioners, professionals and academic experts including Florence G’Sell, Director of the Chair Digital, Governance and Sovereignty at Sciences Po. Associated Experts, such as  Jérôme Clech and Camille Grenier, are also regularly invited to work with the Hub team on specific projects.