Hourcade Nicolas

Nicolas Hourcade has been teaching at the École Centrale de Lyon since 2001, as an ATER and then, from 2003, as an associate professor of social sciences. Director of the Human Sciences, Languages and Sports department since September 2022, he is mainly involved in the general engineering curriculum. He is responsible for several social science courses, in both the core curriculum and the elective pathway. With Baptiste Chomette, he is in charge of teaching internships (execution, application and gap year). He is also involved in various activities in the UE Professionnelle. An alumnus of ENS de Cachan and holder of a DEA in sociology, his research focuses on soccer fans and their management by public and sporting authorities. He is currently one of the personnalités qualifiées de l'Instance Nationale du Supportérisme with the Ministry of Sports.

Training activities

• Responsible for the core course of the generalist engineering curriculum "Individuals and society": introduction to social sciences
• Responsible for the core course of the generalist engineering curriculum "Working today": analysis of current issues in the professional world
• Responsible for the generalist engineering curriculum's elective module "Sociology of political behavior"
• Responsible for the generalist engineering curriculum's elective module "Collaborating and managing in the digital age"
• Pedagogical responsible for internships in the generalist engineering curriculum (execution, application, gap year) with Baptiste Chomette