1. Jean-Claude Casanova was the chairman of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques between 2007 and 2016.
13 Facts About Jean-Claude Casanova
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Jean-Claude Casanova then taught economics at Sciences Po, where he was one of the first scholars at the Centre de Recherches et d'etudes Internationales in 1958.
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Jean-Claude Casanova then was an assistant professor at the Faculte de Droit et des Sciences economiques in Dijon, and in 1964 became a tenured directeur d'etudes et de recherches at Sciences Po, a position he kept until 1990.
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Jean-Claude Casanova taught at Ecole nationale d'administration and Paris Nanterre University before returning to Sciences Po as a University Professor until 2002.
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Jean-Claude Casanova taught at Ecole Nationale Superieure du Petrole et des Moteurs between 1970 and 1976, and held visiting positions at University of Dakar, Harvard University, and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
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Jean-Claude Casanova has been a cofounder and key participant of the Saint-Simon Foundation from 1982 to 1999, the chairman of the scientific council of the French Institute for Demographic Studies from 1996 to 2001, a member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences since 1997, and a board member of French Institute of International Relations since 2009.
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Jean-Claude Casanova was involved in politics and public policy from early on, serving on the personal staff of Industry Minister Jean-Marcel Jeanneney between 1959 and 1961, and later in those of Education Minister Joseph Fontanet and Prime Minister Raymond Barre.
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Jean-Claude Casanova advised the presidential election campaigns of Valery Giscard d'Estaing in 1981, Raymond Barre in 1988, and Francois Bayrou in 2002.
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Jean-Claude Casanova has taken part in numerous French policy advisory bodies.
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Jean-Claude Casanova has been a member of the Trilateral Commission since its creation in 1973.
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In 1978 Jean-Claude Casanova cofounded Commentaire with Raymond Aron, and since then has been its director, a position that covers the roles of both publisher and editor.
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Jean-Claude Casanova has been the deputy editor of the Themis economics series at the Presses Universitaires de France publishing house since 1986.
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Jean-Claude Casanova is an officer of the Legion of Honour, officer of the National Order of Merit, and officier of the Ordre des Palmes academiques.