The CReSPo covers the following research fields:
1/ Public policies and democracy
This theme analyses the dynamics of pubic action outputs from an institutional, a local and a European governance level. It focuses on the models of association and rallying of public non-institutional actors involved in the production of these public actions. Its purpose is also to clarify the different types of relationships between politics and citizens (governance v. participation, deliberative democracy v. populism, etc.)
Researchers : Olivier Paye – Ludivine Damay – Anne Guisset – Claire Lafon – Nicolas Arens – Florence Delmotte – Martin Deleixhe – Marie Dufrasne – Nathalie Schiffino-Leclercq – Rocco Bellanova – Valentina Brogna – Loïc Cobut – Sophie Jacquot – Chloé Thomas – Yannick Vanderborght.
2/ Social Politics and Social Law
This theme distinguishes itself from a mere descriptive dimension, on the one hand by focusing on the analysis of social policies of industrialized countries, especially European ones; and on the other hand by comprehending a prospective dimension that focuses on analysing the reforms of social protection and the proposals intended to an increased level of fairness.
Researchers : Yannick Vanderborght – Sophie Jacquot – Anne Guisset – Frank Lesueur Bonte.
3/ Political community, identities, boundaries
This triptych has been crucial in the process of modern policy making and it has constantly been put under a double pressure: globalization and European integration. How can we deal with new relations between political communities, identities and borders and more broadly, how can we deal with the rearrangements of the contemporary political order?
Researchers : Florence Delmotte – Denis Duez – Rocco Bellanova – Florence Di Bonaventura – Catherine Xhardez – Christophe Majastre – Heidi Mercenier – Marie Dufrasne – Youri Lou Vertongen – Nicolas Arens – Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet – Anne Nguyen – Chloé Thomas – Alizée Dauchy – Martin Deleixhe – Fanny Faccenda – Damien Simonneau – Institut d’Etudes Européennes (IEE) de Saint-Louis.
4/ The role of the State in post-conflict situations
This field focuses on the role States play in the aftermath of post-crisis or post-conflict situations. It examines not only the domestic public action of those states that experienced conflict but also the international public action (i.e. : third parties and intergovernmental organisations) carried out in these states.
Researchers : Manu Klimis – Gilles Biaumet – Olivier Paye.
5/ International negociations and global environmental politics
Understanding international relations through international negotiations and international environmental politics allows grasping interesting trends. More specifically, the research conducted investigates the relations between international organisations and international environmental regimes. It also deals with the issue of non-state actors’ participation in international environmental debates.
Researchers : Amandine Orsini – Benjamin Denis – Yves Montouroy – Valentina Brogna – Laura Iozelli – Loïc Cobut.
6/ Gender and politics
This theme of research encourages gender integration in the analysis of political phenomena, analysing public action, citizenship, and individual and collective mobilizations. It also aims to produce conceptual and methodological tools useful for the understanding of politics through a perspective, which addresses inequalities between men and women.
Researchers : Olivier Paye – Claire Lafon – Sophie Jacquot – Clément Arambourou.
7/ Nationalism, federalism and linguistic diversity
This theme of research examines the convergence of two phenomena: nationalist movements and federal states. The purpose is to analyse and better understand how the nationalist experience influences, politically and institutionally, federal states in their structure. Within this framework, special attention and critique focus on the linguistic diversity and its related public policies.
Researchers : Catherine Xhardez – Yannick Vanderborght – Dave Sinardet – Frank Lesueur Bonte.
You will find all CReSPo activities in our annual « activity report »: