Education
Analyses and investigations into ideological shifts in education and universities.
Education is one of the main arenas for the dissemination and transformation of contemporary ideologies. The Observatory documents doctrinal developments, pedagogical practices, institutional changes, and academic discourses that structure higher education and teacher training. This section brings together analyses, surveys, and studies devoted to these transformations.
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Jacques-Robert
Professor Emeritus of Cancerology, University of Bordeaux
The color of fraud
Jacques Robert revisits the plagiarism committed by sociologist Jason Arday and how the University of Cambridge initially defended its professor before announcing an investigation, while Arday ultimately resigned. The affair reveals the failings of a university where identity politics and the pursuit of diversity take precedence over the rigorous evaluation of scientific competence and integrity.
SECULARISM
Analysis of discourses and practices related to school discourse
UNIVERSITY
A study of cross-curricular approaches within classrooms
SORBONNE
An approach to the contemporary transformations of a struggling institution
Our articles
When Sylvie Laurent uses sociology to deny the existence of poor whites in the United States (and in France)
Sylvie Laurent compiles in her book almost all the most hollow concepts of contemporary sociology.
Studies, a new Olympic discipline
There was the first medalist from the refugee team, Cameroonian boxer Cindy Ngamba; the selfie of the South and North Korean table tennis players, united on the podium; and Australian Rachel Gunn, who distinguished herself with a breakdancing performance that earned her no points but
Wearing the veil and the Paris Olympics: “Amnesty International prefers difference to equality”
David Lappartient and Amélie Oudéa-Castéra supported the decision to ban athlete Sounkamba Sylla from wearing a veil at the Olympic Games, in accordance with the principles of secularism and neutrality, despite criticism from Amnesty International, insisting on the universality of human rights and republican equality.
To end the nonsense about academic freedom
There is a lot of talk these days about "academic freedom," but it is mostly just to say stupid things, which a little common sense and knowledge of the issue should be enough to dispel.
Gaza Protests: What's Happening at Sciences Po?
Following the tragic events of October 7, 2023, particularly virulent mobilizations took place at the Paris Institute of Political Studies as well as in several provincial IEPs, where demonstrations were often accompanied by blockades...
Academic Anti-Semitism in Globalized Hybrid War
François Rastier criticizes the infiltration of antisemitism into Western universities, exacerbated by intersectional and Islamist movements, transforming these institutions into militant ideological platforms. He emphasizes that this dynamic, partly funded by countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia, compromises the educational mission of universities and threatens the