Professor Thibaud Boncourt

YEAR STARTED

2026

SUBJECT

Social and Political Sciences

FELLOW TYPE

By-Fellows

I am currently a Professor of Political Science at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, researcher at Triangle, Junior Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), and By-Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge. I also cohold the programme on “Science, knowledge, and academic freedom” of the France-Quebec Research Chair on Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Expression. I received my Ph.D. from Sciences Po Bordeaux in 2011, and spent time as a research fellow at the European University Institute, Central European University, Université libre de Bruxelles, Aarhus University, and the University of Cambridge. I was also an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, for five years.

I mainly work on the relationship between knowledge and power, science policies, the history of the social sciences, and the transnational circulation of ideas. I currently study scientific misconduct, research integrity policies, the politics of truth and knowledge claims, academic freedom, and the connections between knowledge and environmental mobilisations. I teach courses related to political sociology, international relations, and research methods.

You can read more about my researchteaching and CV on the pages of this site. My ORCID iD is 0000-0001-8725-2902.