OXPO Projects

OXPO (Oxford-Sciences Po Research Group) is a meeting point for social science scholars in Oxford and at Sciences Po, who work on the comparative analysis of the evolution of political systems and societies, in Europe and beyond.

Within its limited budget, OXPO helps set up various comparative research projects that contribute to this goal and offers opportunities to develop new ones, including for doctoral students and post-docs. It provides seed money for joint projects and is particularly keen to help collaboration leading to grant applications to national (ANR, ESRC, BA etc), international (EU Framework Programmes etc) or subnational (regional, private foundation etc) funding bodies. It also supports joint conferences and seminars (including doctoral seminars), publication and translations, work meetings for OXPO programmes. Projects can encompass all subfield of political science and sociology broadly conceived and there is no a priori restriction in terms of geographical areas or time period.

Eligibility –

Oxpo funding is open to collaborative projects between faculty and PhD students of Sciences Po and Oxford University DPIR and Sociology.

Application –

To apply, submit applications, in English, to florence.faucher@sciences-po.fr. Applications must include

• an outline of the research project/event/ collaboration
• a short cv or biographical sketch of the participants
• a budget

For more information, please contact the OXPO coordinator Florence Faucher with details of your collaborative project (research programme, workshop, conference etc).

Current OXPO Projects

• Beyond the BRICs metaphor. Making Sense of Non-Western Power
  Andrew Hurrell, Marie Mendras and Karoline Postel-Vinay

• French Politics
  David Goldey and Pascal Perrineau, in association with Andrew Knapp
  
  
• Joint Doctoral Seminar, Sciences-Po/Oxford
  
  
• The Politics of Inequalities
  Nonna Mayer and Nancy Bermeo
  
  
• The Renewal of the Sociology of the State
  Patrick Le Galès and Des King
  
  
• Sequence Modelling of Everyday Activities
  Laurent Lesnard and Man Yee Kan

Past OXPO Projects

• Citizens Talking about Europe. French, British and Belgian Citizens in Political Discussion
  Sophie Duchesne, Liz Frazer, André-Paul Frognier and Florence Haegel

• Comparative Analysis of Elites
  Jean-Pascal Daloz and Sudhir Hazareesingh

• The Dualisation of European Societies
  Bruno Palier and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

• Echoes of Imperialism
  Kalypso Nicolaidis and Berny Sèbe

• The European Union in International Security
  Christopher Bickerton and Bastien Hirondelle

• Europe's Muslim Neighbourhoods
  Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Kerem Öktem and Sonia Tebbakh
  
  
• Extra European Contributions to the Making of the Modern Political World
  Romain Bertrand and John Darwin
  
  
• The French-British Foreign Policy Observatory
  Karoline Postel-Vinay and Kalypso Nicolaïdis
  

• The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in the UK and France: A Longitudinal Approach
  Christel Kesler and Mirna Safi

• Legislatures in Europe
  Olivier Rozenberg and Katrin Auel

• Memory and Democracy in Europe
  Marie-Claire Lavabre and Robert Gildea
  

• Policy Instruments, Instrumentation and Policy Changes
  Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galès, with Christopher Hood and Des King
  

• Rethinking Europe in a Non-European World (RENEW)
  Franziska Brantner, Andrew Hurrell, Hartmut Mayer, Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Karoline Postel-Vinay

• Sociological and Political Foundations of National Identity: Great Britain from a Comparative Perspective
  Sophie Duchesne and Anthony Heath