Stéphanie Balme - Biography#

Current position: Director of CERI-Centre for International Studies, Sciences Po/CNRS Paris, 2023 - present

Stéphanie Balme served as Dean of the Sciences Po Undergraduate College (2018-2023). During her tenure, she developed the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc) program at Sciences Po, which offers integrate training in the humanities and sciences. She strengthened the links between teaching and research, and developed regional outreach projects.

Stéphanie Balme also served as Director of Research at Science Po and first academic freedom officer. She was French scientific cooperation attache in Beijing (2017-2018). A founding member of the European Science Diplomacy Initiative, she launched the courses on science diplomacy at Sciences Po, aimed at training future diplomats, policymakers, and journalists.

Stéphanie Balme serves on several scientific and strategic councils, including Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Institute for Advanced Studies in National Defense, and European Institute of China Studies. She is vice-president of the EU-China Law Studies Association) and member of the European scientific council of Springer Nature.

Stéphanie Balme directed the research program “Law, Justice and Society in China” and was a research associate at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Justice.

Stéphanie Balme has taught at several institutions worldwide, including in Paris, Hong Kong, Beijing, New Delhi (Ashoka), Montreal (UQAM), Vancouver (UBC), and New York, where she was a Visiting Professor at Columbia University during the 2014-2015 academic year. She obtained her Habilitation in Law in 2016 and a PhD in Political Science under the supervision of Professor Guy Hermet in 2000.

Stéphanie Balme graduated from Sciences Po, INALCO, IEP Bordeaux, Fudan University (Shanghai), and the Faculty of Letters of Bordeaux. She received the 1998 Prize from the Chancellery of Paris Universities and the Montesquieu Prize in 2015 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.”

Current Research: China’s scientific rise, science diplomacy, relations between the European Union, China, and the United States, academic freedom.

Teaching: Science, Power and the Power of Innovation in China, Introduction to Science Diplomacy, Science & Tech Diplomacy, Navigating the G3 (EU-US-China) dynamics