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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

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.

Honouring the memory of Professor Henrik Enderlein, late President of the Hertie School in Berlin and alumnus of Sciences Po, the Henrik Enderlein Prize recognises the value of original ideas and research.

A political economist, Zsófia Barta joined Sciences Po and the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics in December. She tells us about her research on the politics of public debt in prosperous countries.

Her passion for political science and gender studies led this graduate to undertake a thesis on bias in the judicial handling of intimate partner homicides.

Are GenAI platforms such as ChatGPT replicating and magnifying social and class inequalities? An analysis by Jen Schradie from the Centre for Research on Social Inequalities.

Espace mondial (World Space) is the most popular choice among the subject courses offered. Now it's a book! Interview with his main author, Frédéric Ramel, researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Why is the current stance complicating the work of UN staff on the ground? An analysis by Robert Kluijver, UN consultant and associate researcher at the Center for International Studies.

Has 7 October reshaped the complex and ambivalent interactions between the two communities? Findings from a research project across six major cities, with Nonna Mayer from our Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics.

Meet an alumna who advises and supports political action, from illicit trafficking in the Sahel to rebuilding Iraqi Kurdistan.