Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot (France)
Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot is professor of political science and director of Sciences Po Bordeaux (University of Bordeaux). He received a doctorate and habilitation in comparative politics and public policy from the University of Bordeaux, and a doctorate honoris causa in political science from the University of Stuttgart. He was a visiting scholar at the Universities of Chicago, Michigan (Ann Arbor), and Harvard, and a visiting professor at the Universities of Colorado (Boulder), Barcelona (UAB), Madrid (UAM), Silesia (Katowice), Stuttgart, and Laval. He is a former research fellow of the Fulbright Scholar Program (1989) and of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation (1996). He served on the executive committee of the International Social Science Council (2000-2004). He was a member of the executive committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (1997-2003) and the chairman of its workshop committee (2000-2003). From 2003 to 2009 he was the chairman of the research committee on comparative study of local government and politics (RC 05) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). Co-editor of the ECPR Press Series, he authored numerous professional articles and contributions to edited books, and has written and (co-) edited a number of books and major studies.
These include Finances et pouvoir local : l’expérience allemande (1987), New Leaders, Parties and Groups : Comparative Tendencies in Local Leadership (1990), Local and Regional Bureaucracies in Western Europe (1991), Décentraliser en France et en Norvège (1996), Fremde Freunde. Deutsche und Franzosen vor dem 21. Jahrhundert (1997), The New Political Culture (1998), Quels partenariats pour la ville ? Approches internationales (1999), Urban Democracy (2000), Démocraties locales en changement (2004), Metropolitanization and Political Change (2005), State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany. Divergence and Convergence (2006), Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition: A Global Perspective (2007), Le gouvernement des villes. Une comparaison internationale (2007).
Contact information:
Sciences Po Bordeaux
11, allée Ausone - Domaine Universitaire,
33607 Pessac Cedex, France
Tel: +33-55684 4410
Fax: +33-556844329
Email: v.hoffmann-martinot@sciencespobordeaux.fr
