Master in Political Science
The Master's degree in Political Science is a generalist Master's degree. It provides students with a general, demanding training, intended to develop their critical thinking. The Master provides students with conceptual and methodological tools allowing them to think about the State in all its facets, and in its interactions with other components of the society. It questions the State according to a multidisciplinary approach. It is based in particular on two pillars: political sociology and political philosophy, being open to history and economics. The courses offered focus more particularly on Morocco, within an African and Mediterranean context. Specialization is progressive, through the choice of elective courses and the End of Studies Project, as well as an optional internship. This measured specialization gives the student strong adaptability, necessary for long-term professional integration.
Le master de Science politique est un master généraliste. Il vise à doter les étudiants d’une formation générale, exigeante, destinée à former leur esprit critique. Le master procure aux étudiants des outils conceptuels et méthodologiques leur permettant de penser l’Etat sous toutes ses facettes, et dans l’ensemble de ses relations avec les composantes de la société. Il interroge l’Etat selon une approche pluridisciplinaire, plutôt qu’à partir des grands enjeux auxquels il est confronté. Il s’appuie notamment sur deux piliers : la sociologie politique et la philosophie politique, en étant ouvert à l’histoire, et l’économie.
Les cours proposés se centrent plus particulièrement sur le Maroc, pris dans un contexte africain et méditerranéen. La spécialisation y est progressive, à travers le choix de cours électifs, et à partir du projet de fin d’études, qui donne lieu à l’écriture d’un mémoire de recherche – accompagné d’un stage facultatif. Cette spécialisation mesurée vise à donner à l’étudiant de fortes facultés d’adaptation, nécessaires à son insertion professionnelle à long terme.
Youssef Errami
Management
Youssef Errami is a Professor of Practice at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He was Director of the Institute of Government & Public Policy at the University of East London (UK) and General Director and Dean of ESC Pau Business School (France). His research focuses on managerial innovation and leadership in public and private contexts, as well as public policy management. He is the author of numerous publications in research journals,…
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Moritz SCHMOLL
Political Science
Moritz Schmoll is an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He obtained his MSc in Comparative Politics from Sciences Po Paris and his PhD in Political Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Prior to joining UM6P, he was an LSE Fellow at the Department of International Development, LSE, and an Associate Doctoral Researcher at the Centre d’Études et de Documentation Économiques,…
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Déborah PEREZ
Political Science
Déborah Perez is an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
She previously taught political science at the EHESS, Paris Dauphine University, and SciencesPo. Her research interests deal with political actors, parliaments, and regime change in the Maghreb. A former student from the École Normale Supérieure, she gained a PhD at Sciences-Po Aix-en-Provence.
Her PhD dissertation received a special mention from the GIS…
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Clotilde NOUET
Philosophy
Clotilde Nouët is an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
She is a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, « agrégée » in philosophy. She obtained her PhD from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She was also a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Lyon 3 before joining UM6P.
Her area of expertise is modern and contemporary social and political theory,…
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Norman SEMPIJJA
International Relations
Norman Sempijja is an Associate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He holds a PhD in international politics (2013) from Kingston University UK. He also has an MA in Diplomatic Studies from Keele Univeristy UK and BA Social Sciences from Makerere University Uganda. He has taught a number of courses in international relations and political science in France, United Kingdom, South Africa and Spain.
His research focuses on…
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M'hammed Dryef
Political Science
M’hammed Dryef is an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Special Advisor at the Public Policy School.
Pr. Dryef is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South. He has spent his career in public administration and has held several leadership positions within the public sector including Chief of Staff at the Ministry of the Interior; Governor Director of the Casablanca Urban Agency; Director General for…
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Mounia Boucetta
Management
Mounia Boucetta is an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
She has over two decades of experience in the Moroccan public administration, having held managerial and leadership roles and worked on the development of industrial and commercial policies in particular. She was Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Morocco from 2017 to 2019.
A graduate of the Mohammadia School…
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Amir ABDUL REDA
Political Science
Amir Abdul Reda is an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
His research focuses on public opinion, civil unrest, and migration using data science methods. Currently, he is working on several projects related to protest cycles, subsidy reforms and protests, and migration, some of which are funded by the UK Research and Innovation and Horizon Europe 2020.
At UM6P, his teaching focuses on data science methods for…
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Mohamed Benabid
Management
Mohamed Benabid is a Professor of Practice at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He has almost three decades of experience in media landscape. In 1994, he began as a journalist before becoming finance sector editor with a focus and specialization on pension systems, insurance market and social protection system. In 2006, he was appointed Editor- in-chief of l’Economiste.
Mohamed Benabid holds a double PhD in Management Sciences from ISCAE…
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Jan Galip Erk
Political Science
Jan Galip Erk is an Associate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
His expertise covers a broad array of areas of high interest to our cluster, including comparative law, governance, public policy and conflict resolution. A few highlights among his affiliations include Bilkent University, Cambridge University, the University of the Western Cape and Leiden University. Professor Erk has also served as member of the editorial boards…
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Youssef Errami
Management
Youssef Errami is a Professor of Practice at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He was Director of the Institute of Government & Public Policy at the University of East London (UK) and General Director and Dean of ESC Pau Business School (France). His research focuses on managerial innovation and leadership in public and private contexts, as well as public policy management. He is the author of numerous publications in research journals,…
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Ahmed Bencheikh
Political Science
Ahmed Bencheikh is an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He is a former professor at : (i) Cadi Ayyad University (Marrakech), (ii) the University of Quebec in Montreal, (iii) the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Rabat), and the National Institute of Planning and Urbanism (Rabat). Since 2012, Mr. Bencheikh has been an expert trainer in development policy evaluation at the Programme International de…
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Mohamed El Guide
DaraScience
Mohamed El Guide is a Research & Education Fellow at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cadi Ayyad in 2017. In February 2018, he continued his postdoctoral work in the Complex Systems and Human Systems laboratory at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University before joining the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota as a postdoctoral…
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Zachary GARFIELD
Anthropology
Zachary Garfield is an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He is an interdisciplinary behavioral scientist and evolutionary anthropologist. He co- directs The Omo Valley Research Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to social, biological, and health research. His academic journey was sparked by a profound experience of independent travel in Southeast Asia and volunteering on Japanese farms. This fueled his…
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Aomar Ibourk
DaraScience
Aomar Ibourk is an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, and a professor of quantitative methods and social economics at Cadi Ayyad University. He is director of the Research Laboratory in Social and Solidarity Economy, Governance and Development at Cadi Ayyad University, who focuses on econometric methodologies and impact assessment methods applied to social…
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Tahani CHOUKAH - Political Science Master Student
"This Master's degree provided me with the necessary tools to broaden and deepen my knowledge, both theoretically, thanks to the various courses covering political reality at the national, African and international levels, and methodologically, by developing an analytical mind and critique of political and social issues and problems.''
