Patrick Le Galès, is the founding Dean of Sciences Po Urban School and a CNRS Research Professor of Sociology and Politics, at Sciences Po Centre for European studies and comparative politics. He is a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, a member of the Academia Europea, a former editor of the International Journal of Urban and regional Research,and now a co editor of the European Journal of Sociology He is a past president of SASE (Society for Advanced Socio economics) an was awarded the CNRS silver medal for excellence in research in 2018. Most recent books : "Reconfigurating European states in Crisis" Oxford University Press, 2017, Gouverner la ville Numérique, PUF 2019, Gouverner la métropole parisienne, Presses de Sciences Po 2020