Political Humanities Faculty
Astrid von Busekist is Professor of political theory at Sciences Po, Paris. She is head of the political theory program at the graduate school; and the editor of Raisons Politiques
She has been visiting professor at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt (2020-2021), at New York University (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), Tel Aviv University (2009-2011), and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2001).
Her latest publications include: with Michael Walzer, Justice is steady work, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2020; Political Theory Today, Raisons Politiques / La Théorie Politique aujourd'hui, Raisons Politiques, Raisons Politiques 20 ans / 20 years, 2022, n°84; “Cross-jurisdictional linguistic cooperation in multilingual federations. Proposals for Europe” in Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy F. Grin, L. Maracz et N. Pokorn (ed.), Amsterdam, John Benjamin’s, 2022; After Empire, in Nations and Nationalism, (https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12464), 2019; Forms of Pluralism, Columbia University Press, 2018 ; “The Ethics of language policies”, in The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, A. Lever et A. Poama (ed), Londoon, Routledge, 2018 ; Astrid v. Busekist, Idealism or pragmatism? Ad hoc multilingualism and open English, in The Politics of Multilingualism, P. Kraus et al. (ed), Amsterdam, J. Benjamins, 2018; with B. Boudou, “Language and Immigration: What can be Expected from Newcomers?”, in Language Policy and Linguistic Justice, M. Gazzola & al., Heidelberg, Springer, 2018; Portes et murs. Des frontières en démocratie, Paris, Albin Michel, 2016 ; Singulière Belgique, Paris, Fayard, 2012 ; Penser la Politique, Paris, Presses de Sciences-Po, 2010
She is also the translator of Richard Sennett (Bâtir et Habiter. Pour une éthique de la ville) ; Philippe Sands (La Filière ; Retour à Lemberg) ; Roger Scruton (Conservatisme), and Michael Sandel (La tyrannie du mérite).