Pierre Rosanvallon is Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, where he held the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History from 2001 to 2018, and is currently Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). A graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris) and with doctorates in Management Sciences and History from the University of Paris-Dauphine and the EHESS, under the supervision of Claude Lefort, he is considered one of the most influential thinkers on contemporary democracy. His work examines the transformations of the State, the crisis of representation, and the challenges to democratic legitimacy in current societies.
Author of fundamental works such as La Contre-démocratie (2006), La Légitimité démocratique (2008), and Le Siècle du populisme (2020), Rosanvallon is recognized for formulating concepts that expand the notion of democracy beyond voting, incorporating citizen oversight, institutional impartiality, and political reflexivity. He has received honorary doctorates from several universities and is an officer of the Legion of Honor of France.