Olivier Costa

Olivier Costa is a political scientist, specializing in European integration, international issues, and political life. He is a CNRS research director at CEVIPOF (Sciences Po).

Olivier Costa is a political scientist, specializing in European integration, international issues, and French political life. He is a CNRS research director at CEVIPOF, the political research center of Sciences Po (Paris). He studied at Sciences Po Strasbourg and then dedicated his doctoral thesis to the functioning of the European Parliament (University Paris VIII, 1998). Initially a researcher at the Free University of Brussels, he joined CNRS in 1999. His research and publications focus on the institutional system and policies of the European Union, as well as the institutions and actors of parliamentary representation in Europe and France. He is the author of 10 books, has directed 25 collective works and special issues of journals, and has published nearly 200 articles and chapters of scientific works. He teaches European issues at Sciences Po, within the School of Public Affairs. He has been a visiting professor at numerous universities in Europe, the United States, and Japan. He is also involved in ongoing training on European issues for various audiences (senior officials, diplomats, private sector executives, lobbyists, journalists, business leaders...). He works as an expert for the European Parliament, the European Commission, French authorities, and think tanks. He is also a consultant for various public and private organizations. He regularly appears in the media on his favorite topics: institutions and policies of the European Union, French political life, international issues. He is a speaker and APM expert. In his spare time, he writes columns (under the pseudonym Oscar Vileito) and draws classic cars.