M2 Métiers du politique et de l'action publique territoriale

Understand how administrations work and how local, national, and European public policies are implemented .

Analyze the emergence of public issues and support their management.

Identify the actors involved in public policies

Oversee the implementation of public policies

Assess the challenges and risks involved in public choices and/or public decision-making

Evaluate the results of public policies

Deploy communication, facilitation, mobilization, and public negotiation techniques.

Design targeted lobbying and advocacy actions with local, national, European, and international public institutions.

Set up, facilitate, and evaluate public consultation bodies and participatory mechanisms

The aim of the program is to combine learning and understanding of public policy implementation at different levels (starting at the local level) with an understanding of the political rationales of elected officials, focusing on three main areas: urban policy, social and health policy, and ecological transition policy. Emphasis is placed both on the findings of political sociology research on policy processes in these areas, highlighting the interdependencies between public policies at different territorial levels, and on the acquisition of operational knowledge through the accumulation of professional experience, with knowledge assessment based entirely on continuous assessment.

The program is therefore based on seminars focused on research questions in the aforementioned areas of public policy at different levels, as well as on role-playing and practical exercises that enable students to put their academic knowledge into practice: long-term internships (starting in March), tutor-led group projects corresponding to requests from public policy stakeholders, study trips, participation in the Universities of Mayors of Western Paris, role-playing, writing memos, speeches, and press releases, etc. The emphasis on professionalization is accompanied by an ambition to provide training through and for research, in conjunction with the Printemps laboratory (CNRS) to which this master's program is affiliated, on the analysis of changes in public action in the territories, in a context of state restructuring, redistribution of authority and responsibilities between levels of government, the growing role of private actors in public action, and the renewal of public action instruments. Students interested in research can write a thesis on these topics and possibly continue with a PHD.