Visiting professorsand researchers
Each year, Sciences Po Lyon hosts 12 visiting professors from across the world to deliver 20 hours of teaching over a month-long period in French, English or Spanish.
The purpose is to enrich the quality of teaching at Sciences Po Lyon, support the international outreach of our degree programs, and to bolster the international culture of our students through diverse teaching methods.
Find below the list of visting professors this year, their home university and the the title of their course:



Last name | First name | Home University | Course | Language | Semester |
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CAYMAZ | Birol | Université de Galatasaray (Istanbul, Turquie) | État, nation et citoyenneté. (De l’empire ottoman à la Turquie contemporaine) | Français | S2 |
CUMMING | Gordon | Cardiff University (UK) | Europe and Africa: from exploitation to enlightened engagement? | English | S2 |
GONZALEZ | Lauro | FGV EAESP Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (Brésil) | Financial Inclusion and Development: A Latin America Perspective | English | S2 |
HAMM | Dominik | USEK (Liban) | Terrorism and Security | English | S1 |
KORABLYAOVA | Valeria | Charles University (Prague, République Tchèque) | The Postcolonial Condition in The Post-Soviet World | English | S2 |
MALIK | Arslan | George Mason University (US) | America and the World | English | S2 |
SHIM | Jaemin | Hong-Kong Baptist University (Chine) | Political System and Policies in East Asia | English | S1 |
SLIPAK | Daniela | Universidad Nacional de San Martin – UNSAM (Argentine) | La nueva izquierda armada latinoamericana de los años sesenta y setenta. El caso argentino: orígenes, transformaciones, exilios y memorias en la actualidad. | Spanish | S2 |
SONG | Céline | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Chine) | Tackling Digital Threats in the Information Age: Europe and Beyond | English | S2 |
THERIAULT | Sean | University of Texas at Austin (US) | Comparative Legislatures: Representation, Elections, and Lawmaking | English | S1 |
ZDANIUK | Bartłomiej | Université de Varsovie (Pologne) | Reconfigurations géopolitiques en Europe centrale et orientale | English | S2 |


Join us
Open to all teaching staff holding a position in a foreign university and who have, at least, defended a thesis. Please be aware that lecturers are invited to teach upon recommendation by permanent teaching staff at Sciences Po Lyon. We do not accept direct applications for this position.
Applications are examined by a selection committee and approved by the Sciences Po Lyon scientific board. Regardless of the position held by the member of staff in the university of origin, remuneration is paid at the rate of a 1st class university lecturer in France.
There is no specific call for researchers. Guest researchers are hosted at Sciences Po Lyon as part of a research programme associated with permanent research staff members at the institute.
