Jean-Marc Coicaud Biography

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Jean-Marc Coicaud is the Director of the United Nations University Office at the United Nations. Before UNU, he served in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General as a speechwriter for Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali. A former fellow at Harvard University (Center for International Affairs, Department of Philosophy and Harvard Law School), Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a Global Research Fellow at NYU School of Law, he has held appointments as Cultural Attaché with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legislative Aide with the Financial Committee of the European Parliament, Associate Professor at the University of Paris, Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure-Ulm in Paris, the New School for Social Research and Keio University. Dr. Coicaud holds a Ph.D. in political science-law from the Sorbonne and a Doctorat d’Etat in philosophy from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris. He has published over ten books in several languages in the fields of comparative politics, legal philosophy, political theory, and international politics.

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