Christine MUSSELIN
CNRS Senior Research, Director of the CSO
Research Interests
Higher Education and Research
Research axis
Higher education and research
 Christine Musselin's new book :"The Market for Academics", New York, Routledge, 2009 (translated from the French by Amy Jacobs)
For many years, Christine Musselin has directed a comparative research program of higher education systems at the CSO.
Three overarching research orientations have developed, each one corresponds to a larger theoretical framework :
- university management is incorporated in a larger debate about organization and decision theories;
- education systems that are managed by public authorities lead to an analysis of public policies;
- studies of the higher education labor market fit into the rubric of labor economics and sociology, and also that of judgment.
Over the past decade, Christine Musselin has explored these three areas of research with a group of doctoral students who are participating in the program. She has been particularly involved in the third area of research, which led to publication, in October 2005, of a book called Le marché des universitaires. France, Allemagne, Etats-Unis (The Academic Market, France, Germany, USA), published by Presses de Sciences Po, and in 2008 a book published by La Découverte, in the Repères collection, called Les universitaires (Academics).
She broadened her research perspectives through participation in the PRIME network, which facilitated an exchange of ideas between research on higher education and research on innovation and research systems.
<B>Principal Teaching Activities
Lecturer for the seminar l’Analyse de l’action publique (Analysis of Public Action) (with P. Bezes since 2003) as part of the Master’s in Sociology at the Political Studies Institute (IEP) in Paris (currently known as Mention Sociologie de l’action (Sociology of Action major) of the Master’s program at Sciences Po) (since January 1994).
Lecturer for the seminar Méthodologie de l’action organisée (Methodology of organized action) in the Political Sociology master’s program, a branch of Public Policy of the Political Studies Institute (IEP) in Paris (now known as Mention Sociétés et Politiques comparées (Comparative Politics and Society major) of the master’s program at Sciences Po) (since January 2000).
Lecturer (with A. Van Zanten) for Politiques éducatives (Education Policy), a class in the Mention Sociétés et Politiques comparées (Comparative Politics and Society major) of the master’s program at Sciences Po (since 2004).
Lecturer for the Certificat d'Etudes Postgrades (Postgraduate Studies Certificate) Politiques de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche (Higher Education and Research Policies) at the Université de Lausanne (since 1999).
Director of a field study conducted by Sociology Master’s students at Political Studies Institute (IEP) in Paris (1991-1992, 1995-1996 and 1997-1998).
Co-direction with E. Friedberg of a seminar called L’entreprise au concret (Down-to-earth Business) as part of the Part Time-MBA at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris (1993-1995).
Co-direction with E. Friedberg of an introductory seminar on the sociology of organizations as part of the Master’s in the Sociology of Organizations at the Political Studies Institute (IEP) in Paris (1992-1994).
Reading workshop (in collaboration with Ph. Urfalino) as part of the Master’s in Sociology at the Political Studies Institute (IEP) in Paris (1990-1992).
Seminar on the Sociologie des organisations (Sociology of Organizations) at the Higher Education Institute of Organizational Techniques (IESTO ) (CNAM) (1990-1993).
Responsible for a class at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (National School of Bridges and Roads) on La sociologie des organisations et la décision publique (Sociology of organizations and public decision-making) (1988-1990).
Responsible for classes called L'analyse stratégique des organisations (Strategic analysis of organizations) and Les relations interorganisationnelles et comparées (Inter-organizational and comparative relations), at the ESSEC (1983-1986).
Related Professional Activities
Rapporteur for the “Blanc” and “Jeunes chercheurs” (“Young Researchers”) programs of the ANR (2007).
President of the Consortium for Higher Education Research (CHER) (2007).
President of RESUP, Higher Education Research Network (since 2007).
Member of section 40 of the CNRS (since 2008).
Editorial Activities
Member of the Editorial Board of Sociologie du travail (Sociology of Work) since 1991 and president of the Association pour le développement de la sociologie du travail (Association for the Development of Labor Sociology) (from December 1995 to June 2004).
Member of the Editorial Board of the OECD review Politiques et gestion de l’enseignement supérieur (Higher Education Policy and Management) (since November 2000).
Member of the Editorial Board for the European Journal of Education (since November 2000).
Member of the Editorial Board for the international review Minerva (since July 2007).
Reviewer for the Higher Education review.
Membership in research groups and teaching activities for members of the higher education system
Member of the Schwartz Commission on L'avenir des personnels de l'enseignement Supérieur (The Future of Higher Education Personnel) (Dec. 2007-Jul. 2008).
Active involvement in training programs at the Ecole Supérieure de l’Education Nationale (ESEN) (since 2005).
Member of the workshop Les parcours professionnels (Career Paths) in the context of a CNRS project “Attractivité et politique de ressources humaines” (“Attractiveness and HR policy”) (spring 2005).
Member of the task group Docteurs (Doctors) for FUTURIS (January-June 2005).
Member of the working group Mobilité internationale des chercheurs et des ingénieurs et attractivité de la France (International Mobility of Researchers and Engineers and the appeal of France) of the Commissariat Général du Plan (2003-2005).
Member of the decision-making body for evaluation of contract policy between universities and the state, organized by the Commissariat Général du Plan (January 2002-November 2003).
Member of the think tank on pedagogical innovation chaired by Alain Renaut and created at the behest of the National Education Ministry (2002-2003).
Degrees
Research director accreditation, under the direction of Catherine Paradeise, Université Paris X Nanterre (April 2000).
Doctorate from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Political Studies Institute) in Paris, under the direction of Michel Crozier (October 1987).
Postgraduate certificate from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Political Studies Institute) in sociology (1982).
Bachelor’s Degree from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris (1980).
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The Impact of Changing Recruitment Practices on Academic Profiles, Routledge, 2010.
"New Management Responsibilities : The Organizational Transformation of European Universities", Berkeley Public Policy Press, October, 2009.
"Seeking Autonomy : French Universities Against the Jacobins", International Higher Education, August 2009.
"Profession, Market and Organization : How is Academia Regulated ?", Palgrave-Macmillan, May, 2009.
"The Rationalisation of Academic Work and Careers : Ongoing Transformations of the Profession and Policy Challenges", Sense Publishers, April, 2009.
"Europa und europäischer Bildungsraum", Beltz Verlag, March, 2009.
"France. From Incremental Transitions to Institutionnal Change", Springer, February, 2009.
"The governance of Higher Education Systems : A public Management Perspective", Springer, February, 2009.
"Les réformes des universités en Europe", La Revue du Mauss, 2009, Numéro Spécial.
"How mechanisms implicated in the collective process of academic hiring in France affect discrimination", Sociologie du travail in English, 2009.
The Markets for Academics, Routledge, 2009.
Pour la science, par l’action. Le métier de délégué régional à la recherche et à la technologie (1981-2009), 2009.
"Towards a Sociology of Academic Work", Springer, December, 2008.
From Governance to Identity. A festschrift for Mary Henkel, Springer, 2008.
"Towards a Sociology of Academic Work", Springer, November, 2008.
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"Vers un marché international de l'enseignement supérieur ?", Critique internationale - Presses de Sciences Po, June 2008.
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"Ten years after the Sorbonne Declaration. What has Changed in European Study Structures", Campus Verlag, June, 2008.
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Les universitaires, Editions La Découverte - Collection Repères, 2008.
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"Academic work and academic identities : a comparison of four disciplines", Springer, March, 2008.
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"Les effets des mécanismes du recrutement collégial sur la discrimination : le cas des recrutements universitaires", Sociologie du travail, March 2008.
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c.musselin@cso.cnrs.fr
