Analysing, understanding and forecasting global geopolitical, technological and economic shifts that are redefining sovereignty in the 21st century.
OUR MISSION
The Chairs of Advanced Studies for Sovereignty aim to provide insight into contemporary issues of power and sovereignty by bringing together multidisciplinary expertise, public and private partners, and a strong institutional anchoring.
Launched on 9 December 2025 at the Hôtel de l’Industrie in Paris, they reflect a process of high-level strategic thinking.
At the crossroads of engineering, political science, defence studies, economics, organisational sociology and technological innovation, they offer a comprehensive and integrated approach to shifts in the concept of sovereignty.
OUR MISSION
The Chairs of Advanced Studies for Sovereignty aim to provide insight into contemporary issues of power and sovereignty by bringing together multidisciplinary expertise, public and private partners, and a strong institutional anchoring.
Launched on 9 December 2025 at the Hôtel de l’Industrie in Paris, they reflect a process of high-level strategic thinking.
At the crossroads of engineering, political science, defence studies, economics, organisational sociology and technological innovation, they offer a comprehensive and integrated approach to shifts in the concept of sovereignty.
Standing Team
Amelie FEREY
Dr. Amélie Férey is Director of Data Projects and Institutional Relations at the Institute for Strategic Research of the Military School (IRSEM). Her research focuses on the contemporary transformations of conflicts, with particular expertise in Israeli defense policy.
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She is the author of Words, Weapons of a New War (Les mots, armes d’une nouvelle guerre, Le Robert, 2023). Her doctoral dissertation, defended at Sciences Po in 2018, led to the publication of Targeted Killings: A Critique of Armed Liberalism (Assassinats ciblés. Critique du libéralisme armé, CNRS Éditions, 2020), which analyzes the moral and legal justifications for the use of force from a comparative perspective (Israel and the United States).
From 2021 to 2026, she directed the Defense Research Laboratory at Ifri. She is also Scientific Director of the Chairs for Advanced Studies in Sovereignty, a joint initiative of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, PSL University, and ESCP Business School.
She teaches at Sciences Po, École Polytechnique, and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.
Bastian DUFILHOL
Bastian DUFIHOL is an affiliated professor at ESCP Business School. His research focuses on the resilience of the State. He is a retired general officer of the French Army, following a military career marked by operational unitsthe training and command of officers at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy …
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He is a retired general officer of the French Army, following a military career marked by operational units, the training and command of officers at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, numerous overseas operations, and positions within the central administration.
He is also responsible for the development of ANOZR WAY, a French start-up at the forefront of cybersecurity.
Nicolas PETIT
Nicolas Petit is a professor at Mines Paris – PSL, within the Center for Automatic Control and Systems. His research focuses on control theory and its applications. In particular, he works on exoskeletons, refining and energy processes, multiphase and microfluidic flows …
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His research focuses on control theory and its applications. In particular, he works on exoskeletons, refining and energy processes, multiphase and microfluidic flows, smart munitions, and heavy launch vehicles.
After co-founding a start-up, he now actively serves on the board of directors or as a scientific advisor to several other start-ups, including Wandercraft, Fieldbox.ai, and K-Ryole. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of IFP Energies Nouvelles.
OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
Our core objectives
1/ MAPP & ANALYSE
Existing research on strategic power and sovereignty at national and international levels.
2/ DEVELOP
Research on issues relating to strategic power and sovereignty, resulting in leading publications.
3/ BRING TOGETHER
Public and private partners in the scientific, technological, industrial and economic sectors
FOUNDING INSTITUTIONS
Academic founders
The Chairs of Advanced Studies for Sovereignty were established by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, with the support of its academic partners, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres and ESCP Business School.
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
The Institut Polytechnique de Paris is a world-class Sciences and Technology Institute coalescing six prestigious French engineering schools. It benefits from a community of 1,400 research professors working across ten academic departments.
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
An incubator for 29 Nobel Prize winners, 10 Fields Medals, 3 Abel Prizes, 50 César Awards and 79 Molière Awards, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres accounts for nearly 10 % of research activities in France and has secured more than 150 European Research Council (ERC) grants since its inception. Its academic community benefits from the expertise of its 140 laboratories.
ESCP Business School
Founded in 1819, ESCP Business School is the oldest business school in the world. Its six European campuses allow its 11,000 students to experience a fully international approach to management, rooted in multiculturalism.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Defence Procurement Agency (DGA - Direction Générale de l'Armement)
RADAR
The RADAR Club, established as part of the RADAR defence foresight and strategic anticipation programme
TO WHOM ARE THE CHAIRS INTENDED?
The chairs aim to bring together the scientific and academic community with the socio-economic sector, as well as public and private institutions and organisations, to address issues of sovereignty.
OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Chairs of Advanced Studies for Sovereignty seek to explore the challenges facing these fields by combining fundamental research, strategic monitoring and the production of actionable knowledge.
Theirs actions focus on :
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Publish articles and papers in leading academic journals, as well as expertise reports, adopting a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach.
02
Share their findings in an annual publication, synthesising their research projects.
03
Host conferences, featuring French and European researchers and experts.
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Present their work and that of their partners through national and European events and foster a network of affiliated researchers and interdisciplinary experts.
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