Social scientist and Director of the Centre for Research on Civil Society and the Voluntary Sector
Bernard Enjolras is Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. He holds doctorates in economics (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) and sociology (Université du Québec à Montréal), and master's degrees from Sciences Po and EHESS.
Enjolras studies civil society and the voluntary sector, civic engagement, the digital public sphere and freedom of expression, and the societal implications of artificial intelligence and digital technologies. His work combines institutional theory with quantitative and computational social science methods.
He edits the Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research series and sits on the board of the International Society for Third Sector Research. He coordinated the EU-FP7 project Third Sector Impact and led the Fritt Ord monitor on freedom of expression in Norway. In 2010 he received the Academy of Management PNP Best Article Award.