Blondiaux Loïc
Professor
Department of Social Sciences
Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS)
France
Biography
Loïc Blondiaux is a professor of political science. After studying at IEP Paris and Paris I, he completed his PhD at IEP Paris under the direction of Jacques Lagroye. He taught at Lille II University and IEP Lille. His research focuses on opinion polls, the history of social sciences, participatory democracy and democratic innovations. He was Fulbright Scholar at the University of Michigan and taught at the University of Montreal and at the Universities of Tampere and Jiväskilä (Finland).
Research Interest
His research on citizen participation has led him to become involved in a large number of projects, working groups, commissions and think tanks concerned with democratic innovation ( Institute for Concertation , Open Democracy ,Foundation of France , Terra Nova , National Commission of the Public Debate , Program "Concertation, Decision and Environment " of the Ministry of Ecology, Nicolas Hulot Foundation , Collective "Not without us " ...). He directs the journal Participations and chairs the scientific council of the GIS "Democracy and Participation" since 2009.
Publications
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"A critical introduction to deliberative democracy: from the ideal to experimentation", in MF. Chevallier - Le Guyader (dir.), Science and public debate , Paris, Actes Sud / IHEST, 2012, p. 101-116.
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The factory of opinion. A social history of polls , Paris, Seuil, 1998.
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The new spirit of democracy , Paris, Seuil / The Republic of Ideas, 2008.
