governance

The aim of MESHS governance is to watch over the implementation of the research centre’s guidelines and the coordination among its affiliated laboratories.

The management team

The management team is elected, as the MESHS director, by the governing committee after consultation with the council of units and the laboratory council. The management team is an executive board, executing MESHS’ scientific project. Composed of a director, a deputy director and five members, the management team meets once a month on average.

> consult the MESHS directory team composition

The governing committee

The governing committee gathers representatives of the nine institutions supervising the MESHS, in addition to representatives of the national MSH network, the Hauts-de-France region and the French state. They meet at least once a year. The governing committee decides on the general organisation and functioning of the MESHS. After consultation with the scientific board, it adopts MESHS’ scientific program. Budget plans are also adopted by this committee.

The supervising institutions are: the National Center for Scientific Research, the public universities of the region Hauts-de-France (University of Lille, Artois University, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis, Université Littoral Côte d’Opale, University of Picardy Jules Verne) and Lille Catholic University.

The council of units

The council of units gathers representatives of all MESHS’ affiliated laboratories. It is consulted regarding the scientific program, the main research guidance and the functioning of the MESHS.

The scientific board

The scientific board evaluates ex ante and ex post the research projects financed by the MESHS. The board counts 15 members at most. As a guarantee of their independence, all of them must be external to the supervising institutions, one third of whom being from outside France. This distance relative to the associated laboratories gives to the scientific board independence in its task of evaluating the financed projects of the MESHS.

The laboratory council

This council is composed of MESHS administrative and management teams. It is consulted on every major policy of the research centre.

The general assembly

The general assembly meets at least once a year. It is composed of researchers and lecturers of MESHS’ affiliated laboratories.

Composition of the scientific board (2019-2021) :

> scientific members without voting rights

• Christophe Niewiadomski, MESHS director 
• Clarisse Bardiot, Jérôme Foncel, Fabrice Guilbaud, Laurent Madelain, Gabrielle Radica, Catherine Roche, Fanny Vasseur MESHS programs and actions managers
• Jean-Pierre Gaudin, scientific board president of GIS of MSH

> external scientific experts

• Bruno Nassim Aboudrar, art history professor at Paris 3 University – Sorbonne-Nouvelle -  art researches international laboratory researcher (LIRA, EA 7343)
• Isabelle Daugareilh, juridical sciences researchers director, comparative laws and social security Center researcher (COMPTRASEC, UMR 5114, Bordeaux)
• Chiara Lastraioli, Romanes literature and language professor at François Rabelais university of Tours, Renaissance higher education Center (CESR, UMR 7323) researcher, MSH-Val de Loire director
• Frédéric Sawicki, political sciences professor at Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne, researcher at political researches Center of Sorbonne (CRPS, UMR 8209)
• Eugène Warmenbol, European protohistory chair at University Libre de Bruxelles (UBL) holder, researcher of patrimony and archeology researches Center (CReA-Patrimoine)
• Emmanuelle Zech, vice-dean of the faculty of psychology and sciences education of Louvain catholic university (ULC)
• Julie Allard, law philosophy professor at University Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
• Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, communication and information sciences professor at Lyon university
• Gregor Fitzi, sociology professor at Postdam university, Citizenship Center co-director, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity of Postdam university
• Florence Fix, comparative literature professor at Rouen university
• Laurent Fonbaustier, public law professor at Paris-Sud university
• Agnès Gramain, economical sciences professor at Lorraine university
• Antoine Lilti, director studies at EHESS, his researches studies deals with Les Lumières and their legacy, as well as cultural and social history of XVIII Century