Laurie Boussaguet

Laurie Boussaguet is a Full-Time Professor of Political Science at the University of Rouen Normandie in France and currently holds a Part-time Professor position at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies within the European University Institute. Her research focuses on agenda-setting, comparative politics, and the use of symbols in public action. She is particularly examining symbolic dynamics at the EU level, analyzing how protocol shapes the political identity of the European Union.

Research Interests:

• Policy Analysis
• Symbolic Policies
• Comparative Politics
• Agenda-Setting
• Crisis Management
• Transnational Governance

Publication Trends: Her work spans symbolic policy frameworks, EU governance, and crisis communication, with a focus on presidential discourse post-terrorist attacks and comparative symbolic action repertoires across European nations. Notably, her research bridges political theory and public administration, emphasizing the 21st-century evolution of policy analysis.

Supervision: She actively mentors several PhD researchers, including Bruna A. Gonçalves, Franca Feisel, and Hauke Schneider, among others.