Cecile Leconte

Cécile Leconte holds a PhD in political science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and from the University of Innsbruck. She received the Le Monde Prize for academic research for her PhD thesis, which was published at the Presses Universitaires de France under the title L’Europe face au défi populiste. She is currently senior lecturer in European politics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille. She has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Common Market Studies, West European Politics, Journal of European Integration, Human Rights Review, etc. Her last book, Understanding Euroscepticism, was published in 2010 by Palgrave Macmillan. Her research interests include regional integration processes, public opinion and international governance and populism in comparative perspective.

Companies

• Assistant professor in political science Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille (2005)
• Head of MA "European affairs" Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille (2005)
• Maitre de conférences en science politique habilitée à diriger des recherches Sciences Po Lille (2005)
• external lecturer College of Europe (2013 — 2013)
• External lecturer (lifelong training programme) Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) (2012 — 2013)
• Visiting fellow Harvard University (2003 — 2004)
• Senior lecturer Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1999 — 2002)