Patrick Hassenteufel

Patrick Hassenteufel is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) and Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where he has taught since 2005. Affiliated with the Department of Social Sciences and the Laboratory of Professions, Institutions, Temporalities (SPRING), he holds leadership roles including Deputy Director of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at UVSQ and Director of the Master's program in 'Political Professions and Territorial Governance.'

• Former student of École Normale Supérieure (1985-1989)
• Master's in History, University of Paris 1 (1988)
• Doctor of Political Science, University of Paris 1 (1994)
• Political Science Aggregation (1999)

Hassenteufel's research centers on health policy stakeholders (particularly medical professions), comparative public policy analysis tools, and the Europeanization of social protection policies. His work frequently employs France-Germany comparative frameworks to examine healthcare governance, welfare state transformations, and crisis management. He investigates how economic conceptualizations interact with political reconceptualizations in health systems, emphasizing institutional continuity amid structural reforms.

His recent publications reveal a pronounced focus on pandemic response mechanisms and healthcare policy adaptations during crises, with significant attention to federal-central tensions in crisis management. The thematic concentration spans from historical analyses of healthcare policymaking since 1981 to contemporary studies of European austerity impacts on welfare systems, consistently prioritizing institutional dynamics over purely technical policy dimensions.

Hassenteufel serves as Co-director of the journal Gouvernement et action publique and holds elected positions in the French Political Science Association and Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye's board. His current research includes ANR/DFG-funded projects on healthcare access regulation in disadvantaged territories and European comparisons of medical-economical evaluation operators.

• Deputy Director, Faculty of Law and Political Science (UVSQ, since 2012)
• Director, Master's in Political Professions and Territorial Governance
• Scientific Council member, UVSQ (since 2012)
• Board member, Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye (since 2014)

He collaborates across multiple research entities including SPRING, CESDIP, and DANTE laboratories, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to public action transformations through historical, sociological, and political lenses.