Sciences Po’s academic community pays homage to
Richard Descoings
It is with immense sadness that Sciences Po’s research
community learned of the untimely death of Richard Descoings.
He worked continually throughout his 16 years at the
head of the FNSP and IEP to consolidate, enlarge and internationalise
our community, which now numbers more than 200.
Today we pay homage to Richard Descoings, who helped
to transform Sciences Po into a university of true international
stature. We salute the very high ambitions that he had
for research at Sciences Po and the profound innovations
that he introduced regarding the recruitment of students
and the working conditions of the academic community,
as well as his courage and perseverance in fully implementing
these reforms. The full extent of his accomplishments
will become clear in time. For now, we - the heads of
Sciences Po’s departments and research centres –
wish to express our gratitude for his work and to mark
our deep attachment to his achievements.
The directors of the research centres and departments
at Sciences Po :
Alain Chenu, Renaud Dehousse, Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe
Jamin, Marc Lazar, Christian Lequesne, Laurent Lesnard,
Philippe Martin, Christine Musselin, Marco Oberti, Pascal
Perrineau, Jean-François Sirinelli and Philippe
Weil.
