Eugénie Mérieau (born 1986) is a French political scientist and

constitutionalist Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law". Political organizations are constitutional ...

, specialising in

politics of Thailand Until 22 May 2014, the politics of Thailand were conducted within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the prime minister is the head of government and a hereditary monarch is head of state. The judiciary is independent of the ex ...

, authoritarian constitutionalism and legal transplants. She is an associate professor ''(

maître de conférences ''Maître'' (spelled ''Maitre'' according to post-1990 spelling rules) is a commonly used honorific for lawyers, judicial officers and notaries in France, Belgium, Switzerland and French-speaking parts of Canada. It is often written in its abbrev ...

)'' of Public Law at the

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (french: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, links=yes), also known as Paris 1 or Panthéon-Sorbonne University, is a public research university located in Paris, France. It was created in 1971 from ...

Life and work

Mérieau studied Law at the Paris 1 University (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Political Science at the

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

, and Thai studies at the

National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales ( en, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations), abbreviated as INALCO, is a French university specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. ...

(INALCO) in Paris. She worked as a researcher at the King Prajadhipok's Institute in Bangkok, consultant for the Asia-Pacific Office of the

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, research fellow at Sciences Po in Paris and

Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...

in Bangkok, as well as visiting scholar at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies,

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

. In 2017 she completed her Ph.D. at INALCO with a thesis on "Thai Constitutionalism and Legal Transplants: a study of Kingship" which won the ''2018 Best Dissertation in Law and Politics'' prize of the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris. From 2017 to 2019 she was a research fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Comparative Constitutionalism,

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. In 2019–2020, she was a visiting researcher at the Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP),

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

, and subsequently a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Legal Theory, National University of Singapore. She has commented on the political situation and developments in Thailand for international media, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2021, she was appointed ''

'' (associate professor) at the Sorbonne Law School, Paris 1 University, where she teaches constitutional law. Her research interest is focused on illiberal constitutionalism, globalisation of law, rule of law and state of emergency, epistemology and methology of comparative law, as well as Asian constitutional laws. Eugénie Mérieau is married to the Thai constitutional law scholar and politician

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul Piyabutr Saengkanokkul ( th, ปิยบุตร แสงกนกกุล, , , born 23 October 1979) is a Thai academic, activist, former politician, and Secretary-General of the Progressive Movement, a socio-political group. He served as a ...

Publications (selection)

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References

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