Theses direction

Theses defended

Arthur Gallois (2025) : The National Sports Committee and the French Olympic Committee from 1918 to 1975. Doctoral theses in Movement and Sport Sciences and in Contemporary History. Co-supervision with Prof. Emmanuel Bellanger (University Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne)

François Bourmaud (2022) : The British and the development of sports in France (1814-1914). A history of cultural transfers. Doctoral theses in Contemporary History and Movement and Sport Sciences. Co-supervision with Prof. Fabrice Bensimon (Sorbonne University)

Lidia Lesnykh (2021) : International university sport and the challenge of autonomy (1919-1961). Doctoral theses in Movement and Sport Sciences

Quentin Tonnerre (2021) : In the stands of prestige. Swiss diplomacy and the challenges of international sport (1919-1981). Doctoral theses in Movement and Sport Sciences. Co-supervision with Prof. Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl (University of Lausanne, IEP)

Theses in progress

Jean-Michel Faidit (since 2025), Hippolyte Triat (1812–1881), gymnasium director, and his work for sports halls, Doctoral thesis in sports history. Co-supervised by Prof. Xavier Pujadas-Martí.

Juan Manuel Montoro (since 2024), Kosovo: sporting and cultural ways to achieve international agency, Doctoral theses in Movement and Sport Sciences

Romain Crunchant (since 2022) : French mountaineering in the Himalayas: a media story. Doctoral theses in Contemporary History. Co-directed with Prof. Édouard Lynch (Université Lyon 2)

Raphaël Benbouhou (since 2021) : Franco-Spanish relations through football. Circulations, imaginations and diplomacies, Doctoral theses in Iberian Studies and in Movement and Sport Sciences. Co-supervision with Prof. Marie Franco (University Sorbonne Nouvelle)

Helena Klima (since 2018) : The IOC under the presidency of Avery Brundage (1952-1972), Doctoral theses in Movement and Sport Sciences