François-Mathieu Poupeau

François-Mathieu Poupeau is a research director at CNRS and Professor at École des Ponts ParisTech since 2019, with additional membership on ADEME's Scientific Council since July 2024. His academic foundation stems from doctoral and post-doctoral training in sociology and political science at SciencesPo Paris.

His educational trajectory includes:

• Doctorate in Sociology and Political Science, SciencesPo Paris
• Post-doctorate, SciencesPo Paris

Research focuses on four interconnected domains with strong policy relevance:

• Energy Transition Policy: Analyzing market liberalization, digital impacts, and local authority roles in French/European energy systems
• Digital Platform Regulation: Specializing in Mobility-as-a-Service governance challenges
• Territorial State Reform: Investigating decentralized service mergers and Ministry of Ecology transformations
• Socio-History of Decentralization: Tracing intergovernmental relations from 1870-1980

His scholarly output reveals consistent interdisciplinary engagement across sociology, political science, and public administration, with recent emphasis on bureaucratic capacity limitations in climate policy implementation and the contested evolution of decentralized energy systems.

Poupeau actively supervises graduate research as evidenced by his open invitation for Master's/PhD candidates, and collaborates with doctoral researchers like Hugo Cordier and Charlotte Marcilliere on events such as the July 2025 study days on planning state renaissance. He maintains institutional affiliation with LATTS (Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires, Sociétés), a CNRS-EHESS-École des Ponts research unit.