Jérôme Aust

Jérôme Aust holds a PhD in Political Science and has been a researcher at Sciences Po since 2007. His research concentrates on higher education and research policy. After finishing his dissertation on the “governance of university location policies since the 1960s,” Aust has focused on two research areas:

First, as a continuation of his doctoral work, he studies the redistricting of higher education and research policies.
This work has led him to examine the creation of French higher education and research clusters [Pôles de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur, or PRES] as well as the reshuffling of a portion of the Ministry for Higher Education and Research’s decentralized offices as the Ministry underwent reform.

Second, he investigates the making of French and British scientific policy since the 1960s.
Developed within the framework of the ANR [French National Research Agency] project that he coordinated, entitled “Governing Science”, Jérôme Aust’s second line of research considers how scientific priorities are defined by evaluating the interactions between government representatives, the scientific community, and socio-economic interests. This project was conducted in collaboration with professors and researchers from the Inserm, the CNRS, the Institut français de l’Education, Sciences Po - Toulouse, and the University of Lausanne.

Teaching Activities

Since 2009
Lecturer at the Ecole Normale Supérieure - Lyon
Lecturer at Sciences Po

Since 2004
Lecturer at the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l''Etat (National School of Civil Engineering)

Other Activities

Related professional activities

Coordinator of the ANR project “Governing Science”, (2011-2015)

Director of Studies for the “Administration of Research and Knowledge Disseminating Institutions” Master’s program at Ecole Normale Supérieure – Lyon / Sciences Po - Lyon (2008-2017)

Director of the Research and Higher Education program at the CSO
Co-director of the Research/Higher Education research program at LIEPP Sciences Po
Co-director of the State research program at the CSO

Co-director of the "Universities and Territories" seminar with E. Campagnac at Plan Urbain Construction Architecture, (2010-2011)

Education

Doctorate in Political Science from the Institut d''Etudes Politiques Political Studies Institute, under the direction of Gilles Pollet.
Disseration title: Permanences et mutations dans la conduite de l''action publique. Le cas des politiques d''implantation universitaire dans l''agglomération lyonnaise (1958-2004) [Stability and Changes in Public Policy Management: The Case of University Location Policies in the Greater Lyon Area (1958-2004)].

Master’s thesis in Political Science at the Political Studies Institute (IEP) - Lyon (1999).

Master’s in Political Science from the University Jean Moulin Lyon III (1998).

Bachelor’s degree from the Political Studies Institute (IEP) - Lyon (1997).