Assistant/Senior Assistant Professor of Public Law and Political Science (1970).
Cultural attaché at the French Embassy in Italy (Assistant Director of the French Institute in Naples) (1985-86).
Degrees
Master's degree in Public Law (1968).
Master's degree in political science (1969).
Doctorate in Political Science (1977).
Administrative responsibilities, research, and promotion
Elected member of the National Council of Universities (Political Science Section), (1982-1995).
Elected member of the National Committee of the CNRS (Political Science Section-40), (1987-1991 and 1995-1999).
Director of the Law and Social Sciences Training and Research Unit at the University of Montpellier I (1990–1992).
Vice President of Montpellier I University/Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Management (1992–1995).
Founder and Director of CEPEL (Comparative Center for the Study of Public Policy and Local Areas). Research unit associated with the CNRS (1987-1996).
Founder and director of Revue Pôle Sud (1994–2014).
Director of the Department of Political Science (1999-2007).
Director of the Professional Master's Degree in Journalism (2005-2014).
Director of the Master's in European Studies module, representing the University of Montpellier I on the Scientific Committee (Siena). (2005-2015).
Books
"The dream of something else. Change the Constitution or change the Constitution." Paris, Don Quichotte. 2017, 350p.
"The Great Renunciation: The Left and the Institutions of the Fifth Republic."Paris, Textuel, 2007, 239 p.
"A Constitution Against Democracy? Portrait of a Depoliticized Europe." Castelnau-le-Lez, Climats, 2005, 228p.
Articles
" Democratic transition and constitutional process in Tunisia (2011-2014)" in: Revue Horizons Maghrébins. University of Toulouse. 32nd year. No. 74. "The 'Arab Spring' of 2011 in light of its political cultures."October 2016.
"Políticas Regionais da União Europeia / EU Regional Policies,"RevistaDebater a Europa, no. 12, January/June, 2015, CIEDA/CEIS20, 2015. ISSN 1647-6336.
" Press and Reason of State: Changes in Journalism in France (1914-18) " in: Cristina Sizifredo (DS.). Proceedings of the symposium "From the Trenches to Versailles." Lisbon. 2012.
"European Union: Governing without Territory " In "Borders and Images of Europe."Florence, CET-Studi Europei. 2012.
" Il Gollismo e la V Repubblica francese: un bonapartismo in Europa" (Gollism and the Fifth French Republic: Bonapartism in Europe). In G. Laschi: Memoria d’Europa (Memory of Europe). Milan, Franco Angeli. 2012.
" The concept of Euroregion and its implementation in the European Union." In: Carlos E. Pacheco Amaral (DS.): Regional Autonomy and International Relations. New Dimensions of Multilateral Governance. Paris, L'Harmattan. 2011. Pp. 245-256.
