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PRESENTATION

I hold a doctorate in contemporary British civilisation and am qualified for CNU section 11. My PhD thesis, entitled ‘Euroscepticism, Party Politics, and Political Gain: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and France from Maastricht to Brexit’, studied the impact of EU integration on political competition in mainstream parties in the United Kingdom and France. My research focuses on UK-EU relations, post-Brexit UK politics, Europeanisation and Euroscepticism. I am a member of both the SAES and CRECIB.

My teaching covers UK political institutions, UK foreign policy, the political context of European integration, Euroscepticism among political elites and the public, and the institutions and policies of the European Union. I supervise masters dissertations on a range of subjects, including the Europeanisation of EU member state politics and policies, and public perceptions of European integration.

Both my research and teaching allow me to call on the multidisciplinary nature of my studies: following undergraduate and post-graduate studies in law, I practiced as a solicitor, before completing a masters degree in international relations.

Since 2016, I have been director of studies of the Masters 2 programme ‘Management de projets de cooperation internationaux et multilingues’ (IRIUS – Institut de Relations internationales de l’Université de Strasbourg). I have been director of the IRIUS since January 2025.

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Publications:

 

“The Interplay between Public Opinion and the Positions of Political Elites: the Case of the Conservative and Labour Parties and Brexit”, Power and Knowledge (forthcoming 2025).

 

“From Fragmentation to Unity? Brexit and the Conservative Party under the Leadership of Boris Johnson”, in Emmanuel Avril, Laurence Cossu-Beaumont, David Fée and Fabrice Mourlon (eds.), Fragmented Powers, Emerald, Leeds, 2025.

 

“The United Kingdom and the European Union. The Shaping of Public Opinion”, in Martin Tamcke, Janny de Jong, Lars Klein and Margriet van der Waal (eds.), Europe – Space for Transcultural Existence?, Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2013.

 

Book reviews:

 

Davis, Richard, Britain, France and the Battle for Leadership of Europe, 1957-2007, Oxon, Routledge, 2024 in Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique (forthcoming 2025).

 

Communications:

 

“Brexit and the changing electoral geography of the United Kingdom”, Borders in the English-Speaking World: Mapping and Countermapping, SEARCH UR 2325, Université de Strasbourg, 9-10 October 2023.

 

“Following the Leaders? Parties’ influence over their supporters at the Brexit referendum”, Power and Knowledge from the 18th Century to Today, IDEA EA 2338, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, 24-26 November 2022.

 

“Brexit and the Conservative Party: from fragmentation to unity?”, Fragmented Powers: Confrontation and Cooperation in the English-speaking World, CREW EA 4399, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, 23-25 June 2022.

 

“Le role de l’identité dans le façonnement de l’opinion sur l’intégration européenne”, Évolution des contacts de langues et de cultures: une réflexion sur l’identité nationale au sein d’une Europe multiculturelle, Université de Strasbourg, 10 June 2022.

 

“Germany, Merkel and Europe”, Europe after Merkel, Forum of Social Sciences, ISCSP, Université de Lisbonne, 12 March 2021.

 

“Brexit: How did we get here? Where are we going?”, Brexit and the UK’s role in Europe, Model European Union, Université de Strasbourg, 19 avril 2021.