François-Mathieu Poupeau
Researcher Research Director CNRS
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Bio
A sociologist and political scientist by training (Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at Sciences Po Paris), I am a research director at the CNRS and a professor at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. I am also a member of the Scientific Council of ADEME and a member of the Scientific Council of the Committee on the History of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CHEDD, Ministry of Energy Transition).
Research topics
- Public Policy
- Public Policy
- Multi-level governance
- Decentralization
- Government Reform
- Energy and Climate Policies
- Energy Transition
Disciplines scientifiques
- Sociology
- Political Science
Doctoral supervision
- Raphaël JEAN, “Framing and Analyzing Energy Poverty in Light of the Emergence of Summer Energy Poverty: A Case Study of Public Policy Aimed at Promoting Energy Justice,” political science dissertation begun in early January 2026, Gustave Eiffel University (under a CIFRE agreement with GRETS and EDF R&D)
- Legros, Clémence (co-supervised by Félix Adisson), Integrating churches into local energy policies: local public action between the energy transition, the management of municipal assets and the changing landscape of religion, PhD thesis in sociology commenced in early October 2024, Université Gustave Eiffel (funded by the “Organisations, Markets, Institutions” Doctoral School).
- Marcillière, Charlotte, The socio-political construction of electro-mobile territories: the case of the implementation of master plans for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, PhD thesis in political science commenced in December 2023, École des Ponts ParisTech (under a CIFRE agreement with GRETS and EDF R&D).
- Cordier, Hugo, *Articulating Worlds: Offshore Wind Farm Planning, the State and Local Authorities*, a PhD thesis in political science commenced in 2022, École des Ponts ParisTech (under a CIFRE agreement with RTE).
Teaching
- École nationale des ponts et chaussées / Agro ParisTech Specialized Master’s in PAPDD (Public Policies and Actions for Sustainable Development, training program for Civil and Forestry Engineers): “Energy and Territories” module (since 2024), “Le Bon Plan” workshop (2025), annual supervision of theses for the GAAP (Public Action Analysis Groups) and end-of-year projects.
- Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Rabat (Morocco) MAPAM Specialized Master’s Program (Advanced Public Action in Morocco, a degree program for senior officials in the Moroccan public administration, offered in partnership between Mohammed VI University and the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées): member of the program’s monitoring committee, taught a course on the sociology of organizations, supervised individual and group theses, and served on the thesis defense committee for the final-year theses.
Scientific and institutional responsibilities
- Member of the ADEME Scientific Advisory Board (since July 2024)
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Committee on Environmental History and Sustainable Development (CHEDD, Ministry of Energy Transition) (since April 2025)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Research Group on Local Administration in Europe (GRALE, GIS CNRS) (since 2015)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Award Selection Committee of the Academic Association for Historical and Sociological Research in the Field of Energy (AARHSE) (since 2016)
- Member of the editorial boards of *Public Administration Research* and *Métropoles* (since 2015)