Stéphanie Balme#
| Membership Number: | 7594 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/directory/balme-stephanie/ |
| ORCID: | 0009-0002-4582-8648 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/st%C3%A9phanie-balme-%E9%B2%8D%E4%BD%B3%E4%BD%B3-81ab60103/ |
| Publication Link: | https://sciencespo.hal.science/CERI/search/index/?q=%2A&rows=30&authIdPerson_i=1004593&sort=publicationDate_tdate+desc |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Director, Center for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po/CNRS Paris
- 2012 - present Professor, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)
- 2024 - present Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies/SAIS, 2024-current and UCL London
- 2022 - 2024 SciencesPo, Academic freedom officer
- 2018 - 2023 Dean, Sciences Po Undergraduate College
- 2017 - 2018 Diplomat, Scientific Cooperation Attachée, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, based in Beijing/China
- Vice-president and founder, EU-China Law Studies Association
- 2024 - present Member of the European Scientific Council of Springer Nature
- 1996 - 1998 China delegate, Médecins du Monde
- 2010 - 2011 Head, Foundation for Continental Law in China/Beijing, Civil Law Initiative
- Visiting professorships: European University Institute (EUI Firenze 2025), LUISS University (Roma 2026), Hong Kong (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Beijing (Tsinghua Law School 2006 - 2013), New Delhi (Ashoka University), Montreal (Université du Québec), Vancouver (University of British Columbia), and New York (Columbia University, 2014 - 2015)
Fields of Scholarship
- International order/ international relations
- Global China (domestic and PRC's foreign affairs)
- China's science policies, China's science diplomacy
- Academic freedom
- China-US-EU relations (the "G3" dynamics)
- Science & tech diplomacy
- Science, technology, and power
Honours and Awards
- 1998 Chancellery of Paris Universities Prize
- 2015 Montesquieu Prize, shared with Antoine Garapon, Daniel Schimmel, Li Bin, and Jean-Louis Langlois for the book The Civil Trial in Original Version: Comparative Judicial Cultures: France, China, United States
