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William GENIEYS

2013 Mattei Dogan Award of Excellence

Career History

  • Senior Research Director at the CNRS (September 2014).
  • CNRS Research Director, 2nd Class (September 2009).
  • CNRS Senior Research Fellow (September 1999).

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Paris 1 (June 29, 1994).
  • Qualification to Supervise Research [H.D.R.] awarded by the Sorbonne (June 29, 1994).
  • Master's Degree in Political Science: University of Paris 1 Sorbonne (1989).
  • Bachelor of Arts in Law and Political Science: University of Montpellier 1, School of Law (1988).

Awards, Honors, and Coordination of or Participation in Research Projects

  • Mattei Dogan Foundation Award for Excellence in Political Science, presented by the French Association of Political Science (July 10, 2013).
  • September 2000, Research Program Director: “Professionalization and Military Conditions: A Comparison of France and Great Britain,” Center for Social Sciences Studies in Defense (C2SD), Paris. (Budget: 45,000 euros, Ministry of Defense).
  • 2001, co-director of a research project with Jean Joana, Andy Smith, et al., “Policies on the Reskilling of Military Personnel: A Comparison of Spain, France, and the United Kingdom,” Paris, C2SD, Ministry of Defense, France. (Budget: 45,000 euros).
  • 2001–2003: Director of the research project “Interest Groups and Decision-Making in the Defense Sector,” DGA, Ministry of Defense, France (2001–2003), (budget: 50,000 euros).
  • 2005–2007: Member of a research team: Marc Smyrl, Javier Moreno, Patrick Hassenteufel, “New Actors in the Transformation of Health Care Systems in Europe (since the early 1990s),” MIRE-DREES, Ministry of Health, France (budget: 55,000 euros).
  • 2006–2008: Director of the CNRS “France-USA” research project: “Programmatic Elites: A Comparison of Europe and the United States” (budget: €24,000, CNRS).
  •  2008–2012: Principal Investigator, ANR-08-BLAN-0032, “Opera: Operationalizing Programmatic Elite Research in America” (budget: €250,000).
  • 2011–2012: Principal Investigator of the Labex (2nd round). Theme: “Governing Sustainable Development” (G.O.S.U.D). Budget: €14 million (not awarded).
  • 2013: BUSR grant from the University of Montpellier to develop a project for the ORA Plus initiative (28,000 euros).
  • 2015: Principal Investigator of the GOSUD research project “GOverning SUstainable Democracies: A Comparison of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States” (€1,150,000) as part of the 4th ORA (Open Research Area) international call for proposals.

Administrative responsibilities, research, and outreach

  • Director of CEPEL (2015–2019).
  • Deputy Director of CEPEL (2011–2014).
  • Director of the CEPEL research program “Elites and Democratic Governance” (2006–2010).
  • Organizer of the CEPEL internal seminar (1997–1999 and 2001–2003).
  • Co-director (with Marc Smyrl) of the Research Master’s program in “Comparative Politics and Public Policy” (2011–2014).
  • Director of the Research Master’s Program: “Regimes and Policies in Southern Europe” (2007–2010).
  • Member of the Board of Directors ofthe French Political Science Association (2010–2012).
  • Member ofthe Association of Political Science Teachers and Researchers (AECSP) from 2002 to 2006.
  • Member of the Council of European Studies: University of Columbia in 2006.
  • Co-editor of the journal Pôle Sud, 2007–2011.
  • Member of the editorial board of the Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée (RIPC) from 2006 to 2011.
  • Reviewer for *Critique Internationale*, *International Journal of Urban and Regional Research* (IJURR), and *French Politics*.
  • Research program evaluation forthe French National Research Agency (ANR) and the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNRL).
  • Courses taught at the University of Montpellier prior to 2001: Constitutional Law, Political Science, Political Sociology of Elites, Comparative Politics, States and Public Policy, Totalitarian and Authoritarian Political Regimes, Sociology of Politics in Southern Europe…

Interactions with the environment

  • Political scientist who regularly appears in the media: Atlantico, Direct-Montpellier, France 24, Le Monde, Midi-Libre, etc.
  • Production of DVDs featuring the discipline's leading figures.

The 5 most representative works

  • William Genieys, Political Sociology of Elites, Paris, Armand Colin [U Sociologie series], 2011 (362 pp.).
  • William Genieys,*The New Custodians of the State: The Programmatic Elites in French Society*, New Brunswick, NJ: Transactions Books, 2010 (213 pp.).
  • William Genieys, Marc Smyrl, *Elites, Ideas, and the Evolution of Public Policy*, Palgrave, London, 2008. [Foreword by Peter Hall], (208 pp.).
  • William Genieys (DS.), The Choice of Weapons: Theories, Actors, and Policies, Paris: CNRS Editions, 2004. [Foreword by Pierre Muller], (168 pp.).
  • William Genieys, *The Spanish Elites Facing Political Regime Change*, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2004. [Foreword by Juan Linz], (292 pp.).

The 5 most representative articles

  • William Genieys, Patrick Hassenteufel, “The Shaping of the New State Elites: Healthcare Policymaking in France Since 1981,” Comparative Politics, vol. 47, no. 3, April 2015.
  • William Genieys, Saïd Darviche, Catherine Hoeffler, J. Joana, “Long-timers at the Top of the U.S. Government: The Defense and Health Sectors (1988–2010),” *Gouvernement et Action publique*, vol. 2, no. 1, 2013.
  • William Genieys, Patrick Hassenteufel, Marc Smyrl, Javier Moreno, “Programmatic Actors and the Transformation of European Health Care States,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, vol. 35, no. 4, 2010.
  • William Genieys, Laura Michel, “The Invention of the Leclerc Tank: The Singular Role of a Project Elite,” French Politics, vol. 3, no. 3, 2005.
  • William Genieys, “The Sociology of Political Elites in France: The End of an Exception?”, International Political Science Review, vol. 26, no. 4, 2005.