Politics of Random Selection

Gil Delannoi is a senior researcher (FNSP), professor of political theory at Sciences-Po Paris, and a fellow of the Centre de recherches politiques. His main interests include political theory, the history of ideas, the history and theory of democracy, institutional design, literature, and music.He led an international research programme on random selection for political office. It was the first opportunity to bring together the main authors from all countries. The research, funded by Sciences-Po, included lectures or workshops at other universities, such as Trinity College (Dublin), Queen Mary (London), University of Lausanne (2008-2013) in a programme whose main co-organizers were Antoine Chollet, Oliver Dowlen, Laurence Morel, and Peter Stone. It continued in various workshops during the IPSA congresses (Montreal 2014, Lisbon 2021).