Luc Sindjoun

Luc Sindjoun is a Professor of Political Science at University of Yaoundé in Cameroon and is currently the Head of the Political Science Department.

He is the first African scholar trained in African universities to be successful at the French competition for the promotion to the title of "Agrégé de Science Politique" (Professor tenured). Luc Sindjoun has authored ten books and more than fifty articles in peer reviewed political science journals. His fields of interests are: comparative politics, international relations and epistemology of social sciences.Thanks to his publications, he was granted the golden medal of French speaking universities in social sciences (2003/2004). He had served as the President of the 2007 jury of the panafrican competition for the promotion to the title of "Professeur Agrégé de Droit Public et de Science Politique" of African french speaking universities (CAMES). In January 2008, he was elected Member of the french prestigious "Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer".

Luc Sindjoun is an active member of scientific associations:
*He is a member of the Executive committee of International Political Science Association (IPSA) since 2003.
*He was the President of African Association of Political Science from 2001 to 2003.

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* [http://www.auf.org www.auf.org]
* [http://www.ipsa.ca www.ipsa.ca]