Lecturer in Political Science. Qualified to supervise research. University of Montpellier.
Degrees
2011 – Master's Degree: University of Montpellier 1.
1997 – Ph.D.: Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Awards, Honors, and Coordination of or Participation in Research Projects
Thesis Award: European Community Studies Association (USA), 1998
Coordination of or participation in research projects
Principal Investigator: European Assistance to Syrians in Turkey – University of Montpellier, Research Support Initiative. 2020.
Principal Investigator: Open Innovation Networks and Governance – University of Montpellier, Research Support Initiative. 2015.
Co-director with William Genieys: Programmatic Elites in Action – CNRS-USA Program 2006–2008.
Participation – Ensuring Access to Healthcare in Disadvantaged Areas: ANR/DFG Program, 2015–2017.
Participation: Operationalizing Programmatic Elite Research in America – ANR Program. 2009–2001.
Participation: New Actors in Health Care Governance in Europe – MIRE-DREES (Patrick Hassenteufel, Scientific Director). 2006–2008.
Administrative responsibilities, research, and outreach
Member (appointed): Section 40 of the National Committee for Scientific Research.
Member (elected): Council of the Department of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier.
Academic Director: Master's in Public Policy – Specialization in International Cooperation and Development
Education: Comparative and European Politics – Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Political Science, University of Montpellier.
Interactions with the environment
Radio and TV Commentary on U.S. Politics and Elections
Notable Works
2021 – Social Cash Transfer in Turkey: Toward Market Citizenship. Palgrave-Macmillan. – with Ceren Ark-Yıldırım.
2018 – “The Myth of the Strong European State: The Governance of Social Policy in France and the United States”in *Beyond the Mirror: Franco-American Comparisons*, edited by Daniel Sabbagh and Maud Simonet. Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
2012 – “Demobilizing to Govern: The Blair Government and NHS Reform,” in Gwenola Naour and Gilles Massardier, eds., On the Selection of Actors in Public Action. LGDJ, Law and Society series.
2008 –*Elites, Ideas, and the Evolution of Public Policy*. New York, NY: Palgrave-MacMillan. – with William Genieys.
2004 – “France: Challenging the Unitary State” in Amoreti and Berneo (eds.), *Federalism and Territorial Cleavages*. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press.
2003 –*Between Europeanization and Local Societies: The Space for Territorial Governance*. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. – Edited with Jeanie Bukowski and Simona Piattoni.
Featured Articles
2019 – “Social Innovation in Translation: New Welfare Instruments in Turkey.”*Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences* 28: 1, pp. 99–115 – with Ceren Ark-Yıldırım.
2017 – “Open Innovation Networks: Development and Adaptation of a European Model.” Revue Française d’Administration Publique No. 161, pp. 89–102. – with Ceren Ark.
2014 – “Beyond Interests and Institutions: U.S. Health Policy and the Surprising Silence of Big Business.”*Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law*, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 5–34.
2010 – “Programmatic Actors and the Transformation of European Health Care States.”*Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law*, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 509–530. – with Patrick Hassenteufel, Javier Moreno, and William Genieys.
2008 – “Inside the Autonomous State: Programmatic Elites in the Reform of French Health Policy.”*Governance*. Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 75–93. – with William Genieys.
