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Clémence Badie has joined the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics at École Polytechnique as a tenure-track assistant professor supported by the interdisciplinary Materials 4 Society center at IP Paris*. For five years, she will be able to conduct her research on thin film material deposits applied to electrochemistry, such as water electrolysis. Portrait of a researcher committed to academic research and knowledge transfer.

Since January 1st, 2026, Thierry Coulhon has officially been named president of the EuroTech Universities Alliance. Succeeding Koen Janssen (TU/e), he will lead this excellence network during a symbolic year marking its 15th anniversary, with the ambition of strengthening scientific and technological integration on a European scale.

Signed in June 2023, the "Complex Systems Architecture" (ASC) Chair embodies the ambition of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) to strengthen the links between academic research, excellence in education, and industrial innovation.

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris announced on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the nomination of Robbert Dijkgraaf as the new President of the ISAB (International Scientific Advisory Board). This nomination is part of the growth momentum for IP Paris initiated in July 2024 and strengthens its global scientific influence.

A series of meetings designed to facilitate exchange between the Materials community and the Artificial Intelligence community, the internal workshop of the interdisciplinary center Materials for Society (M4S) are held on the third Tuesday of every month.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 edition of its IP Paris Prematuration Call for Projects. This program aims to foster innovation by turning laboratory research into real-world solutions for tomorrow's society. 19 projects will receive funding for this 7th edition. This demonstrates the strength of innovation at IP Paris.

Jérémy Bleyer is a researcher at the Navier* laboratory at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. He has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to carry out his AUTOMATIX project, which aims to transform the way in which the behavior of materials in solid mechanics is modeled and simulated.

On 9 December 2025, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), together with Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) and ESCP Business School, officially launched the Chairs of Advanced Studies on Sovereignty. Co-founded with PSL and ESCP and...

For the first time, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris will host the Forum Seas et Ocean, to be held on Tuesday, January 13th, 2026, at ENSTA - Paris-Saclay campus. This scientific event is part of the activities of the CIMO – Seas and Ocean Interdisciplinary Center, and will also celebrate the first anniversary of its founding.

On December 5, 2025, marking the World Equal Opportunity Day, Institut Polytechnique de Paris and the four Écoles normales supérieures announced the creation of a new initiative: the Observatory for Equality of Opportunity, designed to analyze, document, and track access to the most selective pathways in French higher education.

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris is organizing its first Seas and Ocean Forum on January 13, 2026. This event will provide an opportunity for an initial assessment of the Interdisciplinary Seas and Ocean Center (CIMO), inaugurated a year earlier in collaboration with IFREMER, and will also bring together CIMO researchers and their partners around the major upcoming challenges in research and innovation.

For its second edition, the IP Paris Demo Day brought together nearly 200 participants, including 80 investors, at the heart of Station F on November 20, 2025. With 40 startups from four of the incubators of Institut Polytechnique de Paris, the event pursued a clear ambition: to strengthen the visibility of young tech companies, multiply matchmaking opportunities, and accelerate the transformation of scientific results into impactful innovations.