Stéphanie Abrial is doctor of political science and research engineer at the PACTE Social Sciences Research Center, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Grenoble Alpes University. She specializes in political sociology, and her research focuses on voting, the behaviors associated with and the formation of political judgment, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods of social science investigation. She has recently published (with Mathieu Brugidou and Annie-Claude Salomon) “Types idéologiques et classe résiduelle dans l’enquête d’Étienne Schweisguth: les Français et la politique, 1982-1988. Réanalyse à partir de deux familles de logiciels, CAQDAS et ADT,” Recherches qualitatives 21, 2017, 29-53. She lectures at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Grenoble) and at the Doctoral School of Human, Political, and Territorial Sciences, PACTE, 38000 Grenoble.

Simon Persico is a professor at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Grenoble), associated with the PACTE Social Sciences Research Center. His work focuses on the impact of parties on public policies, changing party systems, and environmental politics. He has published (with Florent Gougou) “A New Party System in the Making? The French 2017 Presidential Election,” French Politics 15(3), 2017, 303-21; (with Christophe Bouillaud and Isabelle Guinaudeau) “Parole tenue? Une étude de la trajectoire des promesses électorales du président Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012),” Gouvernement et action publique 3(3), 2017, 85-113; and “‘Déclarer qu’on va protéger la planète, ça ne coûte rien.’ Les droites françaises et l’écologie, 1975-2015,” Revue française d’histoire des idées politiques 44(2), 2016, 157-86. (Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Sciences Po Grenoble, PACTE, 38000 Grenoble).