Christian Lequesne, holds degrees from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg, the College of Europe, Bruges and a Ph.D. in political science. Assistant, Department of Political and Administrative Studies of the College of Europe (1986-1988). Research fellow at CERI since 1988 and deputy director of the center between 2000 and 2003. Director of the Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales (CEFRES) in Prague from 2004 to 2006. LSE-Science Po Alliance Professor at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2006 to 2008. Appointed director of CERI on 1.1.2009. Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Sciences Po. Member of the board of the federation of universities Sorbonne Paris Cité. Director of publication of Critique internationale, of the series "Les Grandes Etudes internationales" (Fayard), and of the "CERI’ series in international relations and political economy" (Palgrave). Member of the editorial board of Journal of European Integration; member of the scientific committees of Politique Européenne and Etudes Européennes. Regular columnist (European affairs) in Ouest- France. Was awarded the F. Palacky social sciences medal by the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Teaching
-Sciences Po
"Politics in the European Union"
(Bachelor)
"France in the European Union"
(Master, with Olivier Rozenberg)
Research interests
- French European politics in an enlarged EU
- EU enlargement policies
- Changes in European diplomatic administrations