Sciences Po Law School in Paris is a premier institution that aims at educating high-calibre law professionals, capable of engaging in a constantly changing professional world, supported by the school’s vibrant academic community. It also houses a research centre, with some twenty professors, forty doctoral researchers, affiliated researchers, and post-doctoral students. The research centre hosts Sciences Po’s doctoral programme in law.
Max Planck Law’s cooperation agreement with Sciences Po Law School seeks to strengthen inter-institutional support for early-career scholars, with particular attention to advanced doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers, while reinforcing shared commitments to research excellence, internationalization, and early-stage academic career development. It is conceived as a light and flexible framework, enabling effective cooperation and providing a basis for future developments, including expanded mobility schemes, joint research initiatives, and potential teaching collaborations.
Under the agreement, Max Planck Law and Sciences Po Law School may each send and host up to two doctoral or postdoctoral researchers per year, including faculty members, for research stays of up to two months per participant. The cooperation places a primary emphasis on research collaboration, academic exchange, and structured professional development for participating scholars.