Welcome to my website!

I am a CNRS Researcher (≈ Associate Research Prof) at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics at Sciences Po in Paris.

A unifying theme in my research is how political institutions shape economic outcomes. My dissertation, later published as a book, analyzed how distributive struggles over regulatory design transformed pharmaceutical markets in France and the United Kingdom. Subsequent projects have investigated the welfare–finance nexus in European political economies and examined how legislative and regulatory processes redistribute resources and affect firm performance. I pursue these questions using both qualitative and quantitative methods.

I have published extensively on these topics in peer-reviewed outlets, alongside broader contributions to comparative political economy, public policy, and legislative studies. My ongoing projects continue to explore how evolving institutional arrangements—often at the intersection of markets and states—reshape welfare provision, redistribute risks, and transform the political economy of advanced democracies.

I teach courses at Sciences Po including Introduction to Political Science, Industrial Policy for the Green Transition (with Elsa Massoc) and The Politics of Policy, where I link theoretical approaches with empirical cases in comparative and European politics. I also serve as the incoming scientific advisor for the “Politics and Public Policy” stream at the School of Public Affairs.

I welcome correspondence at cyril.benoit@cnrs.fr.