Global Horizons. New OXPO research group deepens longstanding academic exchange partnership between Oxford and Sciences Po

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1 Global Horizons Issue 4 march 2009 International Affairs Division (DAIE) New OXPO research group deepens longstanding academic exchange partnership between Oxford and Sciences Po political science, international relations and sociology. It will be a hub for social sciences scholars from these institutions, who work on the comparative analysis of political systems and societies, in Europe and Centre for the Americas continued on page 2 Oxford and Sciences Po representatives gathered for the launch of the new joint research group. A new research group, the Oxford/ Sciences Po Social Sciences Research Group (OXPO), was created on March 1th by Sciences Po, the departments of politics and international relations and sociology of the University of Oxford, and the Maison Française The International Affairs Division at a glance Primary activity: The management of student and faculty exchange programs 100 students & researchers annually 300 leading partner universities Upcoming Events Date/Time Venue/Contact d Oxford. The mission of the new research group is to facilitate and develop scholarly collaboration between the researchers and teachers of the University of Oxford, Sciences Po and the Maison Française, particularly in 42% of students are international All spend their third year abroad Harvard School of Design and Sciences Po to create school of the political arts Mexico academic exchange accord.. Centre for Asia and the Pacific Sciences Po-Todai joint workshop Seoul National University visit Double degree brainstorming Asia/Pacific student welcome breakfast attracts large turnout Indian economy lectures Centre for Europe OXPO research group LSE double degree L'Italie entre innovation et April 6, 2:30pm 13, rue de l'université, Paris ème conservation (contact@fondapol.org) Referendum elettorali: quali pros- April, 6pm Salle Goguel, 56 rue des Saints-Pères, pettive per la transizione italiana Paris ème (paolo.mudugno@sciences-po.fr) Incoming exchange application April 20 candidature.echange@sciences-po.fr deadline for 2009/2010 Nordic Breakfast with Eva Joly April 22, 8-9am Venue TBA (julia.lindbom@sciences-po.fr) (Association Grand Nord) Débat sur les femmes dans l'espace April 2, 5:30pm public européen (Nouvelle Europe) Salle Goguel, 56 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris ème (julia.lindbom@sciences-po.fr) Call for Indian Economy Chair May 29 (Centre for Asia and the Pacific) academics_students.html Model Asia-Europe Meeting Nov Sciences Po Euro-Asia campus, Le Havre ( Stockholm business case contest Middle East and Africa Region Arab world student group reaches 600 Facebook contacts Student Exchange Logistics Unit Academic advisor assists undergrad exchange students General Editorial of Francis Vérillaud Staff directory

2 EDITORIAL Francis Vérillaud Deputy Director of Sciences Po Director of International Affairs Throughout the year, Sciences Po and the International Affairs Division devote considerable energy to creating new academic partnerships around the world and to strengthening the agreements already in force. It is always difficult to single out one initiative among so many worthy programmes, but I would like to highlight a new research group that is emblematic of the Sciences Po approach. The Oxford/Sciences Po Social Sciences Research Group (OXPO) was created in March by Sciences Po, the departments of politics and international relations and sociology of the University of Oxford, and the Maison Française d'oxford. OXPO will help finance the launching of joint research projects, and both institutions will annually exchange visiting doctoral and post-doctoral students as well as academics, and will organise a joint doctoral seminar. This model of academic cooperation is focused on the creation of transnational teams of researchers at the highest levels, backed up by the resources and prestige of two leading universities. Moreover, it builds on a longstanding relationship between Oxford and Sciences Po and replaces a previous vehicle for cooperation. The combination of prestigious intellectual networks, multinational research teams and a commitment over the long term will ensure the success of this new venture. Sciences Po se félicite de la création d'un nouveau groupe de recherche, OXPO, qui réunit l'université d'oxford, Sciences Po, et la Maision française d'oxford. Ce partenariat financera des projets de recherche conjoints et permettra des échanges de chercheurs et d'étudiants doctoraux et post-doctoraux. Il bénéficiera des réseaux intellectuels des deux prestigieuses institutions, d'équipes de chercheurs multinationales, et de la collaboration qui lie Oxford à Sciences Po depuis longtemps. New OXPO research group to deepen the Oxford/Sciences Po partnership (from page 1) beyond. OXPO builds on a long tradition of cooperation between scholars from the University of Oxford and Sciences Po, and aims to expand the activities of the European research group «European Democracies», created in 2005, which it replaces. OXPO will help finance the launching of research projects coordinated jointly by Oxford and Sciences Po researchers, and both institutions will annually host visiting doctoral and post-doctoral students as well as academics from the other institution. They will also organise a joint doctoral seminar. Please see the OXPO website for more information: Un nouveau groupe de recherche, le «Oxford/Sciences Po Social Sciences Research Group» (OXPO), a été créé le 1 mars par Sciences Po, les départements de politique et relations internationales et de sociologie de l Université d Oxford, et la Maison Française d Oxford. La mission de ce nouveau groupe de recherche est de faciliter et de développer la collaboration académique entre les chercheurs et professeurs de l Université d Oxford, de Sciences Po et de la Maison Française, en particulier dans le domaine des sciences politiques, des relations internationales et de la sociologie. OXPO sera le point de rencontre pour les chercheurs en sciences sociales de ces institutions, qui travaillent sur l analyse comparative de l évolution des systèmes politiques et des sociétés, en Europe et ailleurs. OXPO s appuie sur une longue tradition de coopération entre les chercheurs de l Université d Oxford et de Sciences Po. Il aidera à financer le démarrage de projets de recherches coordonnés conjointement par des chercheurs d Oxford et de Sciences Po. De plus, les deux institutions accueilleront chaque année des étudiants doctoraux et post-doctoraux et des chercheurs de l autre institution sur des postes de visiting. Elles organiseront également un séminaire doctoral en commun avec des étudiants de l Université d Oxford et de Sciences Po. Pour plus d informations sur OXPO : index.asp. Double degree students travel to LSE Students of the four Sciences Po- London School of Economics (LSE) double degrees, who are currently enrolled in the first year of their master's proramme at Sciences Po, visited the LSE on March 6 th to discover the campus where they will be spending their second year. They also met with administrative and teaching staff. Sciences Po and the LSE offer graduate students four dual master's degrees in International Affairs, European Studies, Urban Policy, and Development Economics and Economic History, which combine the efforts of the two universities in their fields of excellence. These specialised two-year programmes are based on a mutual recognition of the curriculum and research focus at each school. They offer a high quality education to participating students that will provide Sciences Po-LSE dual degree students in the Shaw Library, LSE, during the international affairs reception. them with the necessary skills to develop a top-level career in the private and public sector or in international organisations. Students enrol at both institutions, graduating with a Master from Sciences Po and an MSc from the LSE. This also means that they can benefit from a continued on page 3 2

3 Sciences Po team impresses judges in Stockholm business case contest Four students from the Nancy French- German regional campus of Sciences Po greatly impressed judges in the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) business case competition held in Sweden on March 5-. The SSE, a university with which Sciences Po has strengthened its partnership over the years, organised the competition (based on the Harvard business cases) to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Twelve prestigious schools from around the world were invited. The Sciences Po team, accompanied by economics teacher Samuel Ferey, worked for 24 hours to produce a business plan for De Laval, a major Swedish milk company. The team didn t make the final, but greatly impressed selection panel members, who couldn t believe at first that the students did not come from a business school and yet had been able to produce work of such quality. Students chose to name their team after Albert O. Hirschman, in honour of the Jewish-German economist and author of several influential books on political economy and development economics, who fought in the French army in 1940 and was very active in the fight against Nazism until the end of the war. The Sciences Po team at the Stockholm School of Economics business case competition (L-R): Mariella Regh, Columbia Romain Espinoza, University Nora provost Müller, and Nathalie History professor Schmidt and AlanSamuel Ferey (professor). The competition was promoted Brinkley, at Sciences who Po spoke by the recently International Sciences Affairs Po. Division (DAIE) Center for Europe, and the team was accompanied by Julia Lindbom (Center for Europe) and Elsa Grimberg (Sciences Po regional campus, Nancy). For details on the business case competition: Quatre étudiants du premier cycle de Nancy, accompagnés de leur maître de conférence en économie, Samuel Ferey, se sont rendus à Stockholm du 5 au mars dans le cadre d une business case competition sur le modèle des business cases d Harvard. Le concours a été organisé à l occasion du 100 ème anniversaire de la Stockholm School of Economics, une université partenaire de Sciences Po, qui a convié 12 prestigieuses écoles du monde entier. L équipe de Sciences Po a du s incliner avant la finale, devant un jury impressionné d entendre que les étudiants n étaient pas issus d une business school.le Centre Europe de la DAIE a joué un rôle clef dans la participation de Sciences Po. Les étudiants ont nommé leur équipe en l honneur d Albert O. Hirschman, l économiste juif d origine allemande et spécialiste d économie politique et du développement, qui lutta dans l armée française en 1940 et fut très engagé dans la lutte contre le nazisme. Des informations complémentaires sont disponibles à l'adresse : Sciences Po/LSE double degree students travel to LSE campus (from page 2) wider Alumni network. For more information on Sciences Po s double degrees please see: doubles_diplomes/index.htm. Les étudiants des quatre doubles diplômes Sciences Po-LSE (London School of Economics) qui sont actuellement en première année de Master à Sciences Po ont visité la LSE le vendredi 6 mars pour découvrir le campus où ils suivront leurs cours de deuxième année. Ils ont également rencontré le personnel administratif et les enseignants. Sciences Po et la LSE offrent quatre doubles diplômes en International The London School of Economics and Sciences Po offer four dual master's degrees: international affairs, European studies, urban policy, and development economics and economic history Affairs, European Studies, Urban Policy, and Development Economics and Economic History, unissant ainsi leurs efforts dans les domaines dans lesquels ils excellent. Ces programmes, basés sur la reconnaissance mutuelle des curricula et sur l importance donnée à la recherche dans les deux écoles, ont pour vocation de former des jeunes professionnels de haut niveau, disposant des compétences nécessaires pour évoluer aussi bien dans le secteur privé que dans les institutions publiques et les organisations internationals. A l issue des deux années, les étudiants obtiennent à la fois un Master de Sciences Po et un MSc de la LSE. Des informations complémentaires sur les doubles diplômes de Sciences Po peuvent être consultées à la page www. sciences-po.fr/formation/master_scpo/ doubles_diplomes/index.htm. 3

4 Sciences Po academic advisor assists undergrad exchange students Sciences Po has recruited an academic advisor whose main role is to advise international undergraduate exchange students. Bruno Perreau (bruno. who took up the position at the beginning of the academic year, is currently an assistant professor of political science and gender studies at Sciences Po at the undergraduate level, and is a former member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. "There was a need for advising students about their studies at Sciences Po. Coming from universities all around the world and from various disciplinary backgrounds, students always have a lot of questions about methodology at Sciences Po, how they will be assessed, how they can write a dissertation, or prepare an oral presentation. This is the kind of help I try to bring them," according to Bruno Perreau. The academic advisor has three main responsibilities. First, helping international exchange students with course selection and enrolment, course requirements and validation, and questions concerning teaching methods at Sciences Po. Second, supporting students who have difficulty adapting to teaching and learning methods which may be different from those in their home country. This service is offered in London School of Economics professor Michael Cox. Bruno Perreau. the form of tutorials. Third, helping to inform partner universities of the Sciences Po course offering for undergraduate exchange students. "More than 500 students have made appointments or ed me over the last couple of months! One key aspect of my responsibilities is to provide them with all kinds of information relevant to their studies at Sciences Po but also, and above all, to reassure them. Taking care of each student is our commitment to making studying at Sciences Po a unique experience," according to Bruno. Bruno Perreau (bruno.perreau@ sciences-po.fr) assure depuis octobre le suivi pédagogique des étudiants internationaux inscrits en échange en deuxième année. Il est docteur en sciences politiques et maître de conférences en 1er cycle à Sciences Po. Son rôle de conseiller académique permet de recevoir les étudiants internationaux pour toute question relative à leur scolarité y compris le choix de cours, la compatibilité des programmes avec leur plan de mobilité, et des questions sur les méthodes d enseignement à Sciences Po. Un soutien méthodologique, sous forme de tutorat, est également proposé aux étudiants en difficulté. Arab world association Facebook group reaches 600 members More than 600 people have now joined the Facebook group of the Sciences Po Association for the Arab world (Sciences Po Monde Arabe or SPMA). The association, which was founded in 2006 and has since carved out a leading role among Science Po student groups, defines itself as a forum for reflection on the political, economic, social and cultural issues of the Arab world. The SMPA has a core group of 15 active members from backgrounds as diverse as is the Arab world today. The president, Selim Ben Hassen, is Tunisian and a lawyer, while other members come from Morocco, Algeria, France, Lebanon, Yemen and Palestine. The common ground is a credo: avoiding self-interested positions and artificial attempts at consensus, moving beyond the Israel/ Palestinian conflict while continuing to discuss the topic, and ensuring open debate on opposing viewpoints. The result is an active schedule of public debates featuring high-profile personalities such as Hubert Vedrine, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Robert Badinter, and Moncef Marzouki, as well as reports and papers focused on the region. Two major meetings will take place this spring, one on capital punishment and Islamic law in the Arab world (featuring Robert Badinter) and another on Islamic feminism. Fondée en 2006, l association Sciences Po pour le Monde Arabe (SPMA) compte plus de 600 membres sur son groupe Facebook et connaît aujourd hui un grand succès dans l univers associatif de Sciences Po (elle est la première association à avoir été reconnue cette année). La SMPA se définit comme un cercle de réflexion sur les enjeux politiques et économiques, aussi bien que culturels et de société, dans le monde arabe. Les 15 membres actifs de la SPMA représentent des points de vue souvent divergents et des horizons différents. Le trait d union entre eux est un seul credo : refuser le clientélisme et les clubs consensuels ; sortir sans l éluder de la figure obligée du conflit israélo-palestinien ; et ne pas fuir les sujets vraiment contradictoires car la dispute et la réflexion sont de rigueur. Le résultat en est une activité débordante de débats, avec des personnalités remarquables qui se prêtent avec grâce à l exercice (telles que Hubert Védrine et Tahar Ben Jelloun), de rencontres, d articles et de comptes-rendus sur le monde arabe. Deux manifestations de taille, l une autour de la peine de mort et le droit musulman dans le monde arabe (en présence de Robert Badinter), et l autre autour du féminisme islamique, auront ainsi lieu ce printemps. 4

5 School of the Political Arts to be created by Sciences Po Paris and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Sciences Po is to create a School of the Political Arts with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The new school aims to move beyond traditional approaches to political communication by focusing on graphic representations, and should attract students from political science and from the arts. The inaugural class should begin its studies in Fall Sciences Po compte créer une école des arts politiques en partenariat avec la School of Design de Harvard University. Cette école, qui ouvrira à la rentrée 2010, devrait accueillir de jeunes professionnels issus aussi bien de la politique que du monde des arts. Cette formation vise à renouveler l approche classique de la communication en politique en introduisant une réflexion et des pratiques sur les représentations. Sealing a new partnership (L-R): Valérie Pihet (Sciences Po), Bruno Latour (Sciences Po scientific director), Moshen Mostafavi (dean, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University), and Antoine Picon (associate researcher at the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and professor of architectural history at the Harvard Graduate School of Design). New research agreement signed during presidential visit to Mexico Sciences Po and the Colegio de México signed an advanced scientific cooperation accord on March 9 th during a visit to Mexico by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Colegio de Mexico, a public higher education and research institution dedicated to the humanities and the social sciences, has been a longstanding partner of Sciences Po in student mobility and research initiatives. Two visiting professor Chairs, one based at each partner institution, will allow teachers and researchers from Sciences Po and Colegio de Mexico to undertake residencies in Paris and Mexico. CERI (Sciences Po) researcher David Recondo, who is also vice president of the Sciences Po Caribbean and Latin American Political Observatory (OPALC), will be the first holder of the Mexican Chair for a three-year term. The agreement, signed by Colegio de Mexico president Javier Garciadiego and Sciences Po deputy director Francis Verillaud, includes two other priorities for action. Firstly, a joint research fund will be established to allow the academic communities of the two institutions to compete for grants based on joint projects. The fund will be financed in equal shares by the two partners. Secondly, a series of conferences French-Mexican Dialogues will incorporate external partners, such as the French Embassy in Mexico and French and Mexican intellectuals and practitioners, to address public affairs issues from a global perspective. Founded in 1940, the highly prestigious Colegio de México offers two bachelors degrees, eight masters degrees The signing ceremony for the Sciences Po-Colegio de Mexico agreement. and eight Ph.D programms for 350 students. It has a faculty of 180 and a university press. Un accord de coopération avancée a été signé par Sciences Po et le Colegio de México le 9 mars dans le cadre de la visite du président français Nicolas Sarkozy au Mexique. Après presque 20 ans de partenariat réussi, les deux institutions se lancent dans une nouvelle collaboration qui comporte trois axes : la création de deux chaires, l une basée à Sciences Po et l autre au Colegio de México, qui permettront aux enseignants et chercheurs des deux institutions d effectuer des séjours de recherche et d enseignement à Mexico et à Paris ; la création d un fonds commun destiné à financer des programmes de recherche conjoints ; et un cycle de conférences les Dialogues francomexicains sur l action publique dans un monde globalisé. 5

6 Students debate human rights protection in Japan and France Sixty students debated human rights protection in Japan and France at the first joint seminar between the University of Tokyo and the Sciences Po Euro-Asia regional campus in Le Havre on March 18 th. On issues ranging from secularism, and homosexual marriage to the work ethic, many participants were surprised to see that the views expressed differed much less than might have been expected. Even very sensitive issues On issues ranging from secularism and homosexual marriage to the work ethic, participants found that views differed much less than expected such as the Nanking massacre and the war in Algeria were addressed openly. Participants said the meeting was an excellent opportunity to begin new friendships and become aware of their own prejudices. Students at the joint Sciences Po/University of Tokyo seminar on human rights. Le premier séminaire entre l Université de Tokyo et le campus Euro-Asie de Sciences Po au Havre, tenu le 18 mars, a permis à 60 étudiants d échanger dans une ambiance chaleureuse leurs points de vue sur la protection des droits humains au Japon et en France. Qu il s agisse de la laïcité, du mariage homosexuel ou de la valeur accordée au travail, de nombreux participants ont été surpris de constater que leurs opinions étaient beaucoup plus proches qu ils ne l auraient cru. Seoul National University president Lee Jang-Moo visits Sciences Po Seoul National University (SNU) President Lee Jang-Moo visited Sciences Po on March 19 th, accompanied by Professor Chang Chae seong, Dean for Students Affairs, and Lee Ki-Seok, International Program Manager. The delegation met with Sciences Po vice president for research Bruno Latour to discuss the development plans of the two universities. Recently, Sciences Po and SNU partnered with Bocconi University, Copenhagen Business School, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), and Korea University to join the Korean-European Nexus on International Economy and Governance ( ). The Korean-European Nexus was launched by the European Commission and the Korean government. This semester, four SNU students are studying at Sciences Po and three Seoul National University president Lee Jang-Moo (left) and dean for student affairs Chang Chae Seong. Sciences Po students will spend their third year at SNU beginning in September. Le Président de l Université nationale de Séoul (SNU), Lee Jang-Moo, a visité Sciences Po le 19 mars à la tête d une délégation qui s est entretenue avec le professeur Bruno Latour, vice président chargé de la recherche. Récemment, Sciences Po et la SNU ont renforcé leur coopération en se joignant à l Université Bocconi, la Copenhagen Business School, l Université Pompeu Fabra (Barcelone), et l Université de Corée dans le cadre de la Nexus Corée- Europe sur l économie internationale et de gouvernance ( ). Il s'agit d'un programme lancé par la Commission européenne et le gouvernement de la Corée. 6

7 Three schools brainstorm on double degrees Sciences Po and the Lee Kwan Yew School in Singapore participated in a brainstorming meeting on the value and scope of the double degree on March in Tokyo. The meeting, hosted by the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) of Tokyo University examined the double degree concept in the context of a major study carried out in large Japanese universities. The meeting coincided with a Asia/Pacific students at welcome breakfast International students from Asia and the Pacific networked at a welcome breakfast organised by the International Affairs Division (DAIE) Center for Asia and the Pacific on March 15th. 40 out of 44 exchange students for the spring semester and the three MPA (mpa.sciences-po.fr) students from the Asia-Pacific region attended the meeting, which was a relaxed way of starting the new semester. reception for 60 students on a SIPA study tour in Japan. A l invitation de GraSPP (Université de Tokyo), Sciences Po a participé, avec la Lee Kwan Yew School de Singapour, à une réunion de réflexion de deux jours sur la valeur et la portée des double diplômes, dans le contexte d une étude au sein des grandes universités japonaises sur le développement de partenariats de ce type. Lectures on the Indian economy in Paris and Le Havre Professor Errol D Souza (far left), holder of the India Economy Chair at Sciences Po for the Spring semester, delivered two inaugural lectures on "Global Capital Flows and the Indian Economy" on the Paris campus and the Europe-Asia Campus in Le Havre on March 9 th and 13 th 2009, respectively. Your Key Contacts at the International Affairs Division of Sciences Po (standard format: firstname.lastname@sciences-po.fr) General Management, Tel: +33 (0) Francis Vérillaud, Director Carl Dawson, Deputy Director Maria-Thereza Monte, Chief Financial Officer Nadia Nazet, Assistant to the Director Latifa Eskil, Assistant to the Director Basma Daouadi, Assistant to the Deputy Director Centre for the Americas Tel: +33 (0) Marie Mercat-Bruns, Director Ana Grigera (Latin America) Elodie Luquet (Canada, United States [graduate]) Matthew Thomas (United States [undergraduate]) Alexandra Chaffanjon, Administrative Coordinator Sandrine Lacorne, Secretary Centre for Asia and the Pacific Tel: +33 (0) Alessia Lefébure, Director Thierry (Zhongjun) Liu (China/Hong Kong, Taiwan, South-East Asia) Régine Serra (India, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand) Catherine Tanaka, Administrative Coordinator Marie Valin-Colin, Secretary Stéphane Thevenet, Research Assistant, Korea Studies Chair Cindy Arnold, Representative in China (tel ) Gilles Verniers, Representative in India (tel Centre for Europe Tel: +33 (0) Gabriela Rehorova-Crouzet, Director Cécile Blondel (United Kingdom, Ireland) Agueda Perez (United Kingdom, Ireland) Julia Lindbom (Scandinavia, Baltics, Benelux, Erasmus) Paolo Modugno (Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal) Stefan Seiler (German-speaking countries, Central Europe) Céline Buon, Administrative Coordinator Christine Selvom, Secretary Erasmus Programme: Julia Lindbom, Manager Sophie Prudent, Secretary Middle East and Africa Region Tel: +33 (0) Catherine Farhi, Programme Manager Sébastien Linden, Institutional Programmes (EGE Morocco) Student Exchange Logistics Unit, Tel: +33 (0) Caroline Johnson, Coordinator Ghislaine Fau, Programme Manager Perrine Constans de Larquier, Administrative Assistant Bouchra Amali, Secretary Mirette Godard, Secretary Emilie Boudin, Secretary Laure Pichot, Intern