Management and governance
Since its inception, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA has built on more than seventy years of history, marked by landmark events and founding figures. The current management team took office on February 1, 2025.
Simon Persico
Director, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Simon Persico is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA since 2017, attached to the laboratory Pacte laboratory. His research and teaching focus on four main themes: changing partisan systems in Western Europe, the impact of parties on public policy, the fulfillment of electoral promises, and developments in political ecology in partisan competition, opinion and social movements.
His work has appeared in Political Studies, the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, French Politics, the Revue Française de Science Politique, Gouvernement et Action Publique, Lien Social et Politique. His publications include: Sauver l'Europe? Citizens, Elections and European Governance in Stormy Weather (co-edited with Sabine Saurugger, Dalloz 2019), Political Parties (co-edited with Florence Haegel, Traités Larcier 2023) and the Dictionary of Political Ecology (collective, Presses de Sciences Po, 2025).
Before becoming Director of Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA, Simon Persico was head of the Governance team and a member of the Pacte laboratory board for 6 years, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Université Grenoble Alpes. He was co-director (with Céline Belot) of the organizing committee for the XVIIth congress of the French Political Science Association (2024). He co-founded and co-directs the Master in Ecological Transitions at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA.
He graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Grenoble in 2007.
Academic management team
From left to right: Caroline Bray, Franck Petiteville, Hedwig Mesana, Laurent Labrot, Simon Persico, Anna Jeannesson, Reia Anquet, Yann Echinard, Gilles Bastin, Sonia Berrakama
Simon Persico, Director
Gilles Bastin, Deputy Director, in charge of Education and Research
Gilles Bastin, Vice President, Research
Hedwig Mesana, Vice-President Education
Caroline Bray, Vice President for Student Life, Equality, and Anti-Discrimination
James Anderson, Head of Languages
Yann Echinard, Vice-President, Lifelong Education and Distance Learning
Camille Morio, CPAG Director
Sonia Berrakama, Program Manager, Social Openness and Openness to People with Disabilities
Simon Varaine, Competition Manager
Franck Petiteville, Vice President, International Relations
Anna Jeannesson, International Mobility Manager
Anne Bartel-Radic, Vice-President Human Resources
Laurent Labrot, External Partnerships Manager
Florent Gougou, Vice-President, Ecological Transformation
Management bodies
The 3 councils are made up of elected members representing staff, students and outside personalities. They sit under the responsibility of a chairman.
Board of Directors (BOD) - 30 members - Articles 10 and 22 of Decree no. 89-902 of December 18, 1989, concerning political studies institutes with the status of public administrative establishments associated with a university or a community of universities and establishments
The BOD determines the establishment's policy, in particular validating the establishment contract, voting on the budget and approving the accounts. The decisions of the Scientific Commission and the Board of Studies and Student Life are submitted to it for approval.
The Board of Directors comprises thirty members as follows:
1° The Director of the Civil Service, the President of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques and the Director of the Institut National du Service Public (ex-ENA), or their representatives, are ex officio members of the Board of Directors;
2° Seven outside personalities appointed for their expertise by the rector of the academy on the recommendation of the institute's board of directors;
3° Five representatives of university professors and staff belonging to assimilated categories within the meaning of article D. 719-4 of the Education Code, including at least three professors;
4° Five representatives of other teaching and research staff;
5° Nine student representatives in accordance with the internal regulations of each institute;
6° A representative of the engineers, technicians, administrative and service staff.
The president of each institution with which the institute is associated, or his or her representative, also sits ex officio on the Board of Directors.
The Director of the Institute and the Accounting Officer attend Board meetings in an advisory capacity.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors is elected by the Board for the duration of his or her term of office from among the outside personalities who are members of the Board.
The Board of Directors determines the general policy of Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA and deliberates, in particular, on:
teaching and research programs,
the general organization of studies,
the budget and financial accounts,
internal regulations.
The Board of Directors is composed of :
Chairman (voting rights) :
- Mr. Jean-Luc NEVACHE, State Councilor
Ex officio members (voting rights) :
- Mr. Yassine LAKHNECH, President of the UGA
- Ms. Maryvonne LE BRIGNONEN, Director of INSP (formerly ENA)
- Mr. Fabrice LARAT, Representative of the Director of INSP (formerly ENA)
- Mrs Nathalie COLIN, or her representative
- Ms. Catherine PRUDHOMME, Representative of the Director of Administration and Public Service
- Mrs Laurence BERTRAND DORLEAC, President of the FNSP
- Ms. Patricia CABROL-LAVERGNE, Representative of the Presidency of the FNSP
Outside personalities (voting rights)
- Mrs Geneviève FIORASO, in her capacity as former Minister of Higher Education and Research, former Member of Parliament for the first constituency of Isère and former Deputy Mayor of Grenoble
- Mr Jérôme BELLION-JOURDAN, Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Negotiation
- Ms. Pauline VIGNOUD, Chief Executive Officer of Alter Horizon, holding company chairwoman of Alpes Contrôles
- Mr. Julien LOYER, Executive Director of Mountain Wilderness France
- Mr Jean-Luc NEVACHE in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Ms. Estelle CARRELET DE LOISY, Head of the EU Regional Financial Assistance Program for Croatia
Representatives of university professors and staff in assimilated categories within the meaning of article d. 719-4 of the French Education Code (voting rights)
- Mr. Frédéric GONTHIER, Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
- Mr. Aurélien LIGNEREUX, Professor of History at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
- Anne BARTEL-RADIC, Professor of Management Sciences at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
- Ms. Séverine LOUVEL, Professor of Sociology and Demography at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
- Mr. Fabien TERPAN, Professor of Public Law at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
Representatives of other teaching and research staff (voting rights)
- Mr. Camille CHAUSSINAND, Lecturer in Communication and Crisis Management at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
- Ms. Claire MARYNOWER, Lecturer in History at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
- Mr. Haitem GUIZANI, Associate Professor of Management Sciences, Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA
- Mr Simon GODARD, Senior Lecturer in History at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
- Sophie PANEL, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Student representatives 1st college (deliberative vote)
Ms. Eloïse CAUSSE, Ourse
Ms. Yvonne LUPOVICI, Ourse
Mr. Iban HONTHAAS, Ourse
Mr. Raphaël DAVIN, Agora
Mr. Adrien LEFEBVRE, Solidaires étudiant.e.s (Student Solidarity)
Student representatives, 2nd college
Ms. Lou ALPY, Ourse
Mrs Maëlis LECOMTE, Ourse
Mr Giulio CARIGNANO, Agora
Ms Lucie CLAMENS, Solidaires étudiant.e.s
Representative of engineering, technical, administrative and service staff (voting rights)
Mr Eric BRUN, Director of the steering assistance unit at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Board members
Mr Simon PERSICO, Director of Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Monsieur le Recteur de région académique or his representative
Permanent guests
Mrs Béatrice ANDURAND, President of the Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA Alumni Association
Mrs Agnès CASASSA, Executive Assistant, General Management, General Services Management, Deputy General Services Management of Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Ms Catherine SAINTAGNE, Head of Orientation and Careers at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Mr Arnaud COEFFIER, Deputy Director General, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Ms Hélène DESSAUX, Deputy Director General, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Ms Pascale MARTINOT, Director General, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Mr Emmanuel KALNINS, Director of Legal Affairs, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
Finally, depending on the agenda, the Chairman may invite other people to attend from time to time.
