About
Cécile Robert is a professor of political science at Sciences Po Lyon and a researcher at the Triangle laboratory. Her research focuses on the representation of interests at European level, the uses of science and expertise, lobbying transparency and control policies, and depoliticization processes.
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Towards a political sociology of revolving doors. From the origins of the phenomenon to the implications for public action
- By Sébastien Michon
- and Cécile Robert
In Politix (2024/2 No 146)
Disqualification of conflicts, narrowing of debate, invisibilisation of values: depoliticisation in discourse
In Mots. Les langages du politique (2024/1 No 134)
European transparency policy (2005-2016): from contestation to consecration of lobbying
A sociological study of institutional, professional and activist mobilizations over lobbying at the european level
In Gouvernement et action publique (2017/1 Vol. 6)
From the European Parliament to interest representation: Limited public-private circulation, but low-key cooperation
- By Willy Beauvallet,
- Sébastien Michon,
- Cécile Robert,
- et al.
In Politix (2024/2 No 146)
Reforming the European Union in the name of the common good. Movements for transparency and lobbying regulation: A lasting legacy?
In Mouvements (2025/2 n° 120)
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Reforming the European Union in the name of the common good. Movements for transparency and lobbying regulation: A lasting legacy?
In Mouvements (2025/2 n° 120)
Towards a political sociology of revolving doors. From the origins of the phenomenon to the implications for public action
- By Sébastien Michon
- and Cécile Robert
In Politix (2024/2 No 146)
From the European Parliament to interest representation: Limited public-private circulation, but low-key cooperation
- By Willy Beauvallet,
- Sébastien Michon,
- Cécile Robert,
- et al.
In Politix (2024/2 No 146)
Disqualification of conflicts, narrowing of debate, invisibilisation of values: depoliticisation in discourse
In Mots. Les langages du politique (2024/1 No 134)
Language politics in international organisations
- By Chloé Gaboriaux,
- Rachele Raus,
- Cécile Robert
- et al.
In Mots. Les langages du politique (2022/1 No 128)
Foreword: Expertise and technical assistance on the “margins” of Europe
- By Pascal Bonnard
- and Cécile Robert
In Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest (2020/4 No 4)
Introduction
Transparency as a new horizon for European democracies
Genesis and uses of an ambivalent injunction
In Politique européenne (2018/3 No 61)
Transparency data and registers: instruments of government or scandal machines?
Political uses and issues of forms of knowledge on EU lobbying
In Politique européenne (2018/3 No 61)
European transparency policy (2005-2016): from contestation to consecration of lobbying
A sociological study of institutional, professional and activist mobilizations over lobbying at the european level
In Gouvernement et action publique (2017/1 Vol. 6)
Protecting Interests and Promoting Influence: National Administrations and the Construction of European Expertise
In Revue française d’administration publique (2016/2 No 158)
Expertise in the Construction of European Public Policies: Lessons to Be Learned
In Éducation et sociétés (2012/1 No 29)
Expert Groups in European Governance
Assessments and New Research Perspectives
In Politique européenne (2011/3 No 32)
European Academia
Knowledge, Experts and Academics in the Government of Europe
- By Cécile Robert
- and Antoine Vauchez
In Politix (2010/1 No 89)
Managerial transformations of political activities
In Politix (2007/3 No 79)
The Impossible "European Social Model"
In Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (2007/1 No 166-167)
Expertise as a Means of Community Administration: Between Technocratic Arguments and Strategies of Alliance
In Politique européenne (2003/3 No 11)
The European Union Faced with Its Expansion to the East: Political Uncertainties and the Construction of an Administrative Leadership
In Politique européenne (2001/2 No 3)