Thibaud BONCOURT – Curriculum Vitae

Thibaud BONCOURT – Curriculum Vitae
Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique (CESSP)
Office no. 303, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris, France
+33 (0) 610398361 – [email protected]; [email protected]
https://sites.google.com/site/thibaudboncourt/
1. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER
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Academic Positions and Fellowships
Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Appointments
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09.2014-08.2016 (current): CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at the European Centre of Sociology
and Political Science (CESSP, Paris) in the framework of the INTERCO-SSH project;
Teaching fellow at University Paris 8 and Sorbonne University.
09.2013-08.2014: Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI, Florence).
03.2013-08.2013: CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at CESSP, Paris.
2011-2013: Associate researcher at the Centre Emile Durkheim (Bordeaux, France); Teaching
fellow at Sciences Po Bordeaux and the University of La Rochelle.
Fellowships and Grants During Ph.D.
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10.2009-08.2011: ATER (temporary teaching and research fellow) at Sciences Po Bordeaux.
06.2009: Funded visiting fellowship at the Oxford Maison Française.
09.2008-12.2008: Funded research fellowship at Concordia University, Montreal.
10.2006-09.2009: Three-year Ph.D. research grant (‘Allocataire de recherche’) and teaching
fellow (‘moniteur’) at Sciences Po Bordeaux.
Education, Qualifications and Professional Development
Post-Doctoral Training and Qualifications
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02.2012: ‘Qualified’ by the ‘Conseil National des Universités’ for lectureship positions
(‘Maître de conférences’) in political science.
02. 2012: ECPR Winter School – Course: ‘Optimal matching and sequence analysis’.
PhD and Doctoral Training
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10.2006-07.2011: Ph.D. in political science, with highest honours (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
Thesis title: ‘The internationalisation of political science – a comparison of British and French
political sciences (1945-2010)’.
Supervisor: Pierre Sadran (Sciences Po Bordeaux). Defended on 4 July 2011.
Jury: Loïc Blondiaux (University Paris 1), Alistair Cole (Cardiff University), Yves Deloye
(Sciences Po Bordeaux), Sophie Duchesne (Sciences Po Paris), Gisèle Sapiro (EHESS, Paris).
07.2008-08.2008: Essex and ECPR Summer Schools – Courses: ‘Regression using R’,
‘Mixed methods’.
07.2007: Essex Summer School – Courses: ‘Theory of regression’, ‘Multivariate analysis’.
Pre-Doctoral Education
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09.2002-09.2006: Master’s in Political Science, with distinction (Sciences Po Bordeaux).
07.2002: Baccalauréat (A-Level) in Sciences, with distinction (Ribérac, France).
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2. RESEARCH
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Research Topics
I have a wide range of research interests. My website provides a more detailed overview:
https://sites.google.com/site/thibaudboncourt/research
Sociology of science
Sociology and history of the social sciences; Political uses of sciences
(intellectual Cold War; sciences and European integration); Politicisation of
scientists; History and transnational flow of scientific ideas; Academic
careers; Higher educations policies; International scientific organisations.
Military Sociology
International mobility of military officers; International flow of military ideas
and practices; Regionalization of European defence and security policies.
Research Methods
Mixed methods; Qualitative methods (archives, biographical interviews,
repeated interviews, participant observation); Quantitative methods
(bibliometric studies); International comparisons (France – United Kingdom).
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Book Project
The winding road to international science. The development of political science after World War
II, book projet, Palgrave Macmillan (synopsis accepted, contract in progress).
How can we account for the sudden rise of previously marginal disciplines? What are the factors
behind the internationalisation of sciences? How do national specificities weaken to allow international
standards to emerge? How can we explain the transnational diffusion of scientific standards, methods
and paradigms? This book, drawn from my Ph.D. thesis, aims to answer these questions by
“unpacking” the process of scientific internationalisation. It focuses on the development of political
science after 1945 and uses material drawn from the archives of professional associations and
transnational organisations (UNESCO, philanthropic foundations, etc.), interviews, and bibliometric
studies of scientific journals.
My book shows that the internationalisation of political science has to be understood in relation to the
political context of the Cold War and post-Cold War periods: the dynamics of post-war reconstruction,
the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union as well as the process of European
integration have all had direct consequences for the transnational development of the discipline.
Science policies, in this perspective, are a continuation of war (and peace) by other means. In
addition, my book argues that scientific internationalisation is also fuelled by specifically academic
dynamics: paradigm competitions and academic rivalries all act as incentives for the creation of
international associations and the development of transnational exchanges. Thus, this book aims to
shed an innovative light on both the development of the social sciences and the multifaceted impact of
post-war international politics, including the intellectual dimensions of the Cold War.
2.3.
Funded Research Projects
• “Marginal Academics. A Study of Scientific Socialisation in the United States.”
Type of project: Individual.
Status: Ongoing.
Funding: Central European University, Budapest (Junior Core Fellowship, 18,000 euro, offered in
February 2016); shortlisted in March 2016 for a Fulbright grant to fund fieldwork in the US.
Abstract: Science is a highly stratified social activity: its elite figures draw a wide range of resources
from their occupation, while others face a variety of difficulties, e.g. a less recognised status,
difficulties in getting access to grants and prestigious publication outlets, etc. This project seeks to
understand why many of the most marginal researchers cope with, and even consent to or
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contribute to, these inequalities and the scientific standards that produce them. It hypothesises that
the socialisation of these scientists plays a key part in maintaining the scientific order. It will test this
hypothesis by collecting quantitative and qualitative data about the trajectories of American scientists
in four disciplines (political science, economics, engineering science, biology) using a questionnaire
and biographical interviews.
• INTERCO-SSH (“International Cooperation in the Social Sciences and Humanities:
Comparative Perspectives and Future Possibilities”)
Type of project: Collective (international consortium coordinated by Gisèle Sapiro, comprising seven
universities: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Cambridge University; University
of Bologna; University of Graz; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Central European University,
Budapest; and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina).
Status: Ongoing.
Funding: European Seventh Research Programme (FP7), 2,5 million from 2013 to 2017.
Role within the project: After taking part in the writing of the original grant proposal, I am now
employed as a postdoctoral researcher in the framework of the project.
Abstract: The Interco-SSH project compares the institutionalisation of seven academic disciplines
(anthropology, political science, economics, sociology, psychology, literature, and philosophy) in
Europe since 1945. Using quantitative and qualitative data, it studies three broad phenomena: the
institutionalisation of disciplines at the national level; the development of transnational scientific
structures (e.g. professional organisations, scientific journals) and the geographical mobility of
scholars; and the circulation of scientific paradigms, methods, and ideas between disciplines and
countries. As a member of the project, I deepened my understanding of the history of the social
sciences by comparing the results of my thesis (about the case of political science) with the
development of other disciplines (anthropology, economics, psychology, sociology). I notably
undertook a comparative study of European social science associations, in order to unveil the
scientific, academic, and political dynamics at work behind the internationalisation of disciplines. I
also undertook a study of the history of the European University Institute as an instrument of
European science policy, in order to further highlight the interplay between sciences and politics in
the development and transnational diffusion of knowledge. The results of INTERCO-SSH will be
published by Palgrave Macmillan in the form of three edited volumes, one of which coedited by
myself.
• SPEL (“Political Sociology of Elections”)
Type of project: Collective (researchers from CESSP – University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and
IRISSO – University Paris Dauphine).
Status: Completed, funding application in progress for extension.
Funding: Application in progress (shortlisted in February 2016 by the French National Research
Agency – ANR).
Role within the project: Member.
Abstract: The SPEL project studies the evolution of the political preferences of French voters before,
during and after the campaign of the 2012 presidential and legislative elections. It used qualitative
data drawn from repeated in-depth interviews with a panel of voters of various social origins. In the
framework of this collective effort, I especially focused on the study of the political opinion and
behaviour of scientists from four disciplines (biology, mathematics, literature, management). The
results of the project are compiled in a collective volume published by Rennes University Press. A
funding application is in progress for a similar study of the 2017 elections using more diverse
methods (questionnaires, repeated interviews, direct observations).
• “The Internationalisation of Military Officers. Contribution to the Sociology of Elite
(re)Production.”
Type of project: Individual.
Status: on hold.
Funding: European University Institute (12 month Max Weber Fellowship in 2013-2014, 24,000
euro).
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Abstract: After my thesis, I have pursued my interest in the internationalisation of professions by
looking at the way in which the development of international security settings (linked to NATO and,
in Europe, to the Common Security and Defence Policy) leads to an increasing internationalisation
of military careers. Using in-depth biographical interviews with French military officers, I showed
how internationalisation changes military socialisation and the production of military elites. Some of
these results are presented in a paper published by Cooperation and Conflict. Provided further funding
is obtained, the study could be extended to other national cases (Germany, United Kingdom).
2.4.
Publications
Articles in peer-reviewed journals (7)
• ‘La science internationale comme ressource. Genèse et développement des associations européennes
de sciences sociales’ [‘International science as a resource. Genesis and development of European social
science associations’], Revue Française de Sociologie, accepted for publication in March 2016, forthcoming
(to be published in both French and English).
• ‘French military careers and European security integration. How internationalisation changes
military socialisation’, Cooperation and Conflict, accepted for publication in March 2016, forthcoming.
• ‘The transnational circulation of scientific ideas. Importing behaviouralism in European political
science (1950-1970)’, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, vol. 51, no. 2, 2015, p. 195-215.
• ‘Acteurs multipositionnés et fabrique du transnational. La création du European Consortium for
Political Research’ [‘Multipositioned actors and the making of the transnational. The creation of the
European Consortium for Political Research’], Critique Internationale, no. 59, 2013, p. 17-32.
• ‘Why European political science organisations? A diachronic comparative and fairly short
explanation’, European Political Science, vol. 9, no. S1, 2010, p. 38-49.
• ‘Is European political science different from European political sciences? A comparative study of
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• ‘The evolution of political science in France and in Britain: a comparative study of two political
science journals’, European Political Science, vol. 6, no. 3, 2007, p. 276-294.
Books (3)
• Entre science et politique. La constitution de la science politique européenne depuis 1945 [Between science and politics.
The structuring of European political science since 1945], Paris, CNRS éditions, forthcoming in 2016.
• (with Ken Newton) The ECPR’s first forty years 1970-2010, Colchester, ECPR Press, 2010.
• A history of the International Political Science Association, Montreal, International Political Science
Association, 2009.
Collective volume (1)
• (with SPEL research group: E. Agrikoliansky, L. Barrault-Stella, C. Berjaud, J. Fretel, D. Gaxie, K.
Geay, J. Heurtaux, B. Le Grignou, S. Rozier, A.-F. Taiclet), Les sens du vote. Une enquête sociologique
(France, 2011-2014) [The meanings of voting. A sociological inquiry (France, 2011-2014)], Rennes, Presses
Universitaires de Rennes, 2016.
Book chapters (6)
• ‘Gouvernement des carrières académiques et diffusion d’un mainstream scientifique. Les politistes
français et britanniques face aux injonctions à l’internationalisation’ [‘The government of academic
careers and the diffusion of scientific mainstream. French and British political scientists facing
injunctions to become internationalised’], in Martin Benninghoff, Jean-Emile Charlier, Cécile Crespy
& Jean-Philippe Leresche (dir.), Le gouvernement des disciplines académiques, Paris, Edition des archives
contemporaines, forthcoming in 2016.
• (with Kevin Geay) ‘ “Y’a tellement moins de sujets moins médiocres !” Les formes du relâchement
politique des catégories supérieures’ [‘The forms of the political apathy of upper social classes’], in
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SPEL, Les sens du vote. Une enquête sociologique (France, 2011-2014), Rennes, Presses Universitaires de
Rennes, 2016, pp. 55-74.
(with SPEL research group) ‘Donner du temps au temps. Questions de méthode’ [‘Taking the
required time. Methodological questions’], in SPEL, Les sens du vote. Une enquête sociologique (France,
2011-2014), Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, pp. 195-212.
‘Social science infrastructure: European Union’, in James D. Wright (ed.), The International
Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition, vol. 22, Oxford, Elsevier, 2015, p. 648-654.
(with Laurent Jeanpierre) ‘Scholarly associations’, in James D. Wright (ed.), The International
Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition, vol. 2, Oxford, Elsevier, p. 88-91.
‘A discipline on the edge. An overview of the history and current state of political science in France’,
in B. Krauz-Mozer, P. Borowiec, M. Kulakowska & P. Scigaj (eds.), Political science in Europe at the
beginning of the 21st century, Krakow, Jagiellonian University Press, 2015, p. 109-132.
Working papers (2)
• ‘French military careers and European security integration. Preliminary results of an ongoing
research’, European University Institute Working Papers, Max Weber Programme, Red Number Series,
2014/01, p. 1-14.
• ‘Le développement des sciences politiques françaises et britanniques : une comparaison de la Revue
Française de Science Politique et de Political Studies 1951-2002’, Lettre de l’OMASP, no. 5, 2007.
Book reviews (3)
• Review of Coman, Ramona and Morin, Jean-Frédéric (eds.), ‘Political Science in Motion. The
Evolution of a Discipline Through its Journals’ (Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2015),
Gouvernement et action publique, forthcoming in 2016.
• Review of Keim, Wiebke, Çelik, Ercüment, Ersche, Christian and Wöhrer, Veronika (eds.), ‘Global
knowledge Production in the Social Sciences. Made in circulation’ (Farnham, Ashgate, 2014).
Sociologie du travail, vol. 58, no. 1, forthcoming in 2016.
• Review of Rose, Richard. ‘Learning about politics in time and space’ (Colchester, ECPR Press,
2014). Revue française de science politique, vol. 64, no. 6, 2014, p. 1231-1232.
Media (3)
• ‘The history of international social science associations’, INTERCO-SSH Project Newsletter, no. 2,
June 2015, p. 2.
• ‘L’ECPR fait l’Europe de la science politique’, interview, Extension[s], no. 26, 2010, p. 12-13.
• ‘Political science, a postwar product (1947-1949)’, Participation, no. 33, April 2009, p. 4-7.
Publications in progress (4)
• ‘La science politique est-elle une affaire politique ? Quand la Guerre froide s’invitait au congrès
mondial de science politique (Moscou, 1979)’, Politix (under review since November 2015).
• The winding road to international science. The development of political science after World War II, book projet,
Palgrave Macmillan (synopsis accepted, contract in progress).
• (with Johan Heilbron and Gustavo Sora), The social and human sciences in a global perspective, edited book
project, Palgrave MacMillan (synopsis under review).
• (with Johan Heilbron and Rob Timans), ‘The social sciences and humanities in the European
Research Area’, edited special issue project, Serendipities (synopsis accepted by the editor in February
2016, in preparation).
• ‘Can interviews tell us anything about the effects of electoral campaigns? An in-depth qualitative
survey of French voters (2011-2013)’, in preparation.
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2.5.
Conference Papers
2016
• ‘Can interviews tell us anything about the effects of electoral campaigns? An in-depth qualitative
survey of French voters (2011-2013)’, International Political Science Association Congress, Poznan,
23-28 July 2016 (forthcoming).
• ‘Elites internationales ou professionnels au placard ? Les officiers militaires français face à
l'internationalisation’, ENS Cachan, 11 April 2016 (forthcoming).
• ‘Social sciences for European integration? Political science and sociology at the European University
Institute (1976-1985)’, INTERCO-SSH Workshop on ‘the social sciences and humanities in the
European Research Area’, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 25-26 February 2016.
• ‘Scientific Europeanisation as a weapon. A comparative perspective on the history of European
social science associations’, INTERCO-SSH Workshop, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 25-26
February 2016.
2015
• ‘Des sciences sociales pour la construction européenne ? Genèse et développement du département
de sciences politiques et sociales de l’Institut Universitaire Européen (1976-1985)’, Workshop
‘L’archive européenne. Espaces et instruments de connaissance de l’Union’, Université Paris 1,
CESSP, 3 July 2015.
• ‘Does globalisation mean knowledge convergence? A comparative perspective on the history of
European social science organisations’, Max Weber Programme June Conference, European
University Institute, Florence, 12 June 2015.
• ‘Carving out a space for international science. A comparison of the International Political Science
Association and the International Sociology Association (1949-2012)’, INTERCO-SSH Conference,
Central European University, Budapest, 28 April 2015.
• ‘Conditions et formes de l’internationalisation scientifique. Une étude comparative des carrières de
politistes français et britanniques’, 6th Congress of Francophone Political Science Associations,
Lausanne, 6 February 2015.
2014
• ‘Researching the early history of the European University Institute. Preliminary data and
hypotheses’, European University Institute Alumni Conference, EUI, Florence, 26 September 2014.
• ‘Transnational science as a weapon. A comparative perspective on the history of European social
science organisations’, History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS) Conference, Ecole Normale
Supérieure, Cachan, 13 June 2014.
• ‘The diffusion of a scientific theory. Behaviourism in European political science 1950-1970’, Max
Weber Programme June Conference, European University Institute, Florence, 12 June 2014.
• ‘Acteurs multipositionnés et fabrique du transnational. La création du European Consortium for
Political Research’, seminar on ‘the circulation of knowledge’, University of Paris 3, 14 May 2014.
• ‘Importing behaviourism. Transatlantic transfers and the creation of the European Consortium for
Political Research’, European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC), Vienna, 24 April 2014.
• ‘Military officers and European security integration. A biographical perspective on international
settings’, International Studies Association (ISA) annual convention, Toronto, 28 March 2014
(accepted, withdrawn).
• (with Bob Reinalda) ‘The added value of biographical approaches for the study of international
organisations’, ISA Annual Convention, Toronto, 28 March 2014 (accepted, withdrawn).
• ‘Luttes scientifiques, luttes politiques. Les processus de création d’organisations européennes de
sciences sociales’, seminar on ‘the historical sociology of social sciences’, EHESS, 11 February 2014.
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2013
• ‘Des loyautés enchevêtrées. Une sociologie exploratoire d’officiers militaires ‘internationalisés’’,
French Political Science Association Congress, Paris, 9 July 2013.
• ‘‘Now here we go dropping science, dropping it all over…’ L’institutionnalisation transnationale de
la science politique (1945-1960)’, LabTop, University Paris 8, 3 June 2013.
• ‘The study of international social sciences and humanities associations’, kick-off meeting of
INTERCO-SSH project, CESSP, Paris, 16 April 2013.
• ‘Comment mesurer l’internationalisation scientifique ? Apports et limites d'indicateurs quantitatifs et
qualitatifs’, EHESS, Paris, 29 January 2013.
2012
• ‘International organisations and the internationalisation of armed forces’, PACTE, Sciences Po
Grenoble, 18 December 2012.
• ‘La structure hybride des champs transnationaux’, CERI, Sciences Po Paris, 26 October 2012.
• ‘Bilan des activités de l’axe “électorats”’, SPEL research seminar, University of Paris PanthéonSorbonne, 14 September 2012.
• ‘How can we study transnational elites and fields? Benefits and pitfalls of biographical methods’,
International Political Science Association Congress, Madrid, 12 July 2012.
• ‘How to identify and study international professional groups. A research experience’, Irene research
seminar, ISP, University Paris Ouest Nanterre, 5 July 2012.
2011
• ‘Carrières internationales et champ transnational. Apports et limites d’une approche biographique
des espaces transnationaux’, Centre Emile Durkheim, Bordeaux, 26 October 2011.
• ‘The role of higher education policies in professional internationalisation. A comparison between
French and British political scientists’ career patterns’, ECPR general conference, Reykjavik, 25
August 2011.
• ‘La définition d’un secteur de la connaissance : l’Association internationale de science politique dans
le processus d’autonomisation de la science politique (1945-1955)’, French Political Science
Association Congress, Strasbourg, 31 August 2011.
• ‘Les conditions sociales de possibilité de la reconfiguration d’un espace scientifique transnational.
L’institutionnalisation de l’Association Internationale de Science Politique (1949-1970)’, French
Sociology Association Congress, Grenoble, 7 July 2011.
2009
• ‘Une science politique parmi d’autres : la science politique française dans la structuration d’un champ
international (1947 – 1970)’, Congrès de l’Association Française de Science Politique, Grenoble, 7
September 2009.
• ‘The birth of the European Consortium for Political Research: interactions between a scientific
discipline and a scientific field’, International Political Science Association Congress, Santiago de
Chile, 13 July 2009.
• ‘La multinationalisation de la science politique : ressorts de “l’internationalisation” d’une science’,
French Sociology Association Congress, Paris, 17 April 2009.
2008
• ‘Entre science et politique. Le développement d’un champ international de science politique’,
Seminar of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Science and Technology, Université du Québec
à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, 5 December 2008.
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• ‘Le European Consortium for Political Research : sociogenèse d’une organisation internationale de
science politique’, French Sociology Association conference on ‘social sciences in society’, Paris, 14
May 2008.
2007
• ‘Is European political science different from European political sciences? A comparative study of
the European Journal of Political Research, Political Studies and the Revue Française de Science Politique 19732002’, European Political Science Network (EpsNet) plenary conference, Ljubljana, 22 June 2007.
• ‘La science politique européenne est-elle la somme de ses parties?’, Comparative Politics and
European Studies Unit Seminar, SPIRIT, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 23 April 2007.
3. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
3.1.
Conference Panel Organisation
2016
Organisation of a roundtable on the book Liberalism and the emergence of American political science (Robert
Adcock, Oxford University Press, 2014), International Political Science Association Congress,
Poznan, 23-28 July 2016 (forthcoming).
• Panel chair, ‘The politics of political science: political regimes, power and the discipline(s)’,
International Political Science Association Congress, Poznan, 23-28 July 2016 (forthcoming).
• Panel organisation and discussant, ‘Wars and the development of the social sciences’, International
Political Science Association Congress, Poznan, 23-28 July 2016 (forthcoming).
• (with Prof. Victor Karady) Panel organisation, ‘Social and Institutional Conditions of Success in
Sociology and the Social Sciences’, Interim Conference of the International Sociological Association
Research Committee on the History of Sociology, Warsaw, 6-8 July 2016 (forthcoming).
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2015
• Panel organisation and discussion, ‘La politisation et les usages des sciences humaines et sociales en
temps de guerre’, French Sociology Association Congress, Versailles Saint-Quentin, 30 June 2015.
• Member of the organising committee, ‘L'autonomie en questions. Réflexions sur le concept
d'autonomie en sociologie de l'art, des intellectuels et de l'expertise’, Conference of the thematic
networks no. 14 and 27 of the French Sociology Association, Paris, 12 February 2015.
2014
• Member of the academic and organising committee, ‘Max Weber Programme June Conference’,
European University Institute, Florence, 11-13 June 2014.
• (with Dr. Phillip Ayoub) Panel chair and convenor, ‘Conceptualizing diffusion across (sub)fields:
definitions and methodologies’, European University Institute, Florence, 12 June 2014.
2013
• Panel chair and discussant, ‘Political science in Russia’, Finnish Political Science Association (FPSA)
conference, Helsinki, 14 December 2013.
• (with Dr. David Ambrosetti), Section co-chair, ‘Praticiens et experts de la sécurité internationale:
sociologie politique d’un espace professionnel’, French Political Science Congress, Paris, July 2013.
2012
• Panel chair and convenor, ‘The globalisation of political science’, International Political Science
Association Congress, 9 July 2012.
• Discussant, ‘The fragmentation of political science as a discipline’, IPSA Congress, 11 July 2012.
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2011
• (with Emmanuel Rivat) Workshop convenor, ‘Penser les espaces transnationaux : enjeux et limites
méthodologiques’, Centre Emile Durkheim, Bordeaux, 26 October 2011.
• (with Dr. Thomas Koenig) Section co-chair and convenor, ‘Mapping political science in Europe’,
ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, 25 August 2011.
• Chair of organising committee, ‘Genre et carrières politiques’, annual workshop of the Bordeaux
Junior Political Scientists Association, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 7 April 2011.
2010
• Chair of organising committee, ‘Les acteurs invisibles de la politique’, annual workshop of the
Bordeaux Junior Political Scientists Association, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 14 January 2010.
3.2.
Professional Associations and Networks
• French Sociology Association: member of the executive committee of the thematic network no. 27
(‘Sociology of intellectual and expertise’) since 2011.
• International Political Science Association: secretary and webmaster of the research committee no.
33 (‘The study of political science as a discipline’) since 2009.
• Bordeaux Junior Political Scientists Association: founding member, former president (2010-2011)
and webmaster (2008-2011).
• French Political Science Association, European University Institute Alumni Association: member.
3.3.
Reviewing and Editorial Board Activities
• CESSP Working Paper Series: co-editor (since 2014).
• European Political Science journal: editorial board member (since 2010).
• Reviewer: European Political Science (since 2010); ECPR Press (since 2014); Participations (since 2015).
3.4.
Administrative Functions
• Elected representative of post-doctoral researchers at CESSP (2014-2016).
• Elected representative of Ph.D. candidates at Sciences Po Bordeaux (2008-2010).
4. TEACHING
My detailed teaching portfolio can be downloaded from my personal website. It includes course
outlines, syllabi, and student evaluations: https://sites.google.com/site/thibaudboncourt/teaching
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Prospective Course Offerings
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Science and Technology Studies.
Sciences and Politics.
History of ideas.
Research Design.
Introductory / Advanced Qualitative methods.
Introductory / Intermediate Quantitative Methods.
Introductory / Advanced Political Sociology.
French, British and European Politics.
International Relations.
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4.2.
Teaching Experience
Political Sociology
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‘Action publique de l’Union Européenne’ [‘EU policy-making’]
Second-year undergraduate course, University of Cairo, 2015-2016, lead instructor, in French.
‘Intégration européenne et système politique de l’Union Européenne’ [‘European
integration and the political system of the European Union’]
Second-year undergraduate course, University Paris 8, 2014-2016, lead instructor, in French.
‘Analyse politique comparée’ [‘Comparative political analysis’]
Second-year master’s course, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 2012-2013, lead instructor, in French.
‘Vie politique française et européenne’ [‘French and European politics’]
First-year undergraduate seminars, University of La Rochelle, 2011-2013, lead instructor, in
French.
‘Sociologie politique’ [‘Political sociology’]
First-year master’s seminars, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 2011-2013, lead instructor, in French.
‘Théories et méthodes des sciences politiques’ [‘Theories and methods in political science’]
Third-year undergraduate seminars, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 2008-2012, lead instructor, in
French (also relevant to the “research methods” category).
Research Methods
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‘Statistiques’ [‘Statistics’]
Second-year undergraduate course and seminars, Sorbonne University, 2014-2015, lead
instructor, in French.
‘Méthodes des sciences sociales’ [‘Social research methods’]
First-year master’s seminars, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 2009-2013, lead instructor, in French.
‘Discourse Analysis’
ECPR Summer School Course, Ljubljana, Summer 2009, teaching assistant to Ewen Speed
(University of Essex), in English.
‘Theory of Regression’
Essex Summer School Course, Summer 2008, teaching assistant to Jeremy Miles (RAND
Corporation), in English.
‘Méthodes statistiques’ [‘Statistical methods’]
Third-year undergraduate seminars, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 2006-2008, lead instructor, in
French.
Course Coordination and Administration
• Pedagogical coordination and mentoring of junior teaching staff, ‘Statistiques’ [‘Statistics’] (Secondyear undergraduate course and seminars, Sorbonne University, 2014-2015, in French).
• Pedagogical coordination and mentoring of junior teaching staff, ‘Théories et méthodes des sciences
politiques’ [‘Theories and methods in political science’] (Third-year undergraduate seminars, Sciences Po
Bordeaux, 2010-2012, in French).
4.4.
Tutoring and Mentoring
• Discussant of MA students’ term papers, 7th James Madison University – Max Weber Programme
Graduate Symposium “The EU and the Challenges of Globalizing Politics and Economics”, EUI,
11 April 2014, in English.
• Tutoring of Ph.D. candidates in international relations and science studies, European University
Institute, 2013-2014, in English.
• Supervision of numerous BA and MA research papers and theses in political sociology, science
studies and international relations, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 2009-2013, in French.
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5. SKILLS
5.1.
Languages
Language
French
English
Italian
Spanish
Indonesian
5.2.
Read
Native
Fluent
Good
Good
Basics
Spoken
Native
Fluent
Fair
Fair
Basics
Written
Native
Fluent
Fair
Fair
Basics
Statistical packages
Software
Excel
SPSS
R
Stata
Level
Good
Good
Fair
Basics
6. PERSONAL INTERESTS
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Traveling: numerous trips (Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, North America).
Sports: hiking, scuba diving (PADI Open Water diver), wildlife viewing, swimming, football.
Music: piano.
Food and cooking.
7. REFERENCES
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Pierre Sadran (Ph.D. supervisor)
Emeritus Professor of Political Science
Sciences Po Bordeaux
11 allée Ausone, Domaine Universitaire – 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
[email protected]
•
Gisèle Sapiro (coordinator of the INTERCO-SSH project, in the framework of which I am
currently employed)
CNRS Research Professor
Centre Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique (CESSP)
190-198 avenue de France – 75013 Paris, France
[email protected]
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Johan Heilbron (colleague and co-author in the framework of the INTERCO-SSH project)
Professor of Sociology
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Public Policy and Sociology
P.O. Box 1738 – 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
[email protected]
•
Ulrich Krotz (mentor at the European University Institute in 2013-2014)
Professor and Chair of International Relations
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RCAS), European University Institute (EUI)
Via delle Fontanelle, 10 – 50014 San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
[email protected]
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