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Self\u2011Introduction In my teaching at Waseda, I encourage students to think critically about the contemporary challenges of democracy through an interdisciplinary approach, as I believe that today\u2019s increasingly complex political and social realities require bringing together analytical tools and perspectives from multiple disciplines.<\/p>\n I am currently leading a number of research and publication projects in political theory, political philosophy, political ethics, and parliamentary deontology. I am especially committed to fostering collaborative and global research networks across institutions and countries.<\/p>\n My recent research develops a comparative perspective on democratic institutions and practice and has been published in Democratic Theory, Dialogue, the Journal of Philosophy of Education, The Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy. I am also the editor of two collective volumes: On The Legacy of Avishai Margalit: The Politics of Decency and Non-Humiliation (Springer, 2026), the first collective volume devoted to the political philosophy of Avishai Margalit, and Theories and Practices of Federalism (Springer, 2026). My Ph.D. dissertation, which develops a theory of compromise inspired by the thought of Paul Ricoeur, drawing on a comparative analysis of parliamentary systems, is scheduled for publication in 2027. At Waseda, I am working on a new book project exploring the relationship between ethics and political cultures.<\/p>\n Self\u2011Introduction Hello, I am Laure Gillot-Assayag, an Assistant Professor at Waseda University. My res […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,1],"tags":[179,76,93,63,47,178],"class_list":["post-25744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-news","tag-facultyintroduction-en","tag-outreach-en","tag-student-en","tag-outreach","tag-student","tag-facultyintroduction"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25754,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744\/revisions\/25754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/sils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Hello, I am Laure Gillot-Assayag, an Assistant Professor at Waseda University.
\nMy research focuses on democratic theory and democratic institutions, political behavior, parliamentary ethics committees and public policy, which I analyse in a transdisciplinary perspective. I am particularly interested in exploring the contentious relationship between politics, ethics, and law.
\nMy work draws on political philosophy, political science, political history, constitutional and parliamentary law. Across these fields, I seek to build bridges between theoretical reflection and real-world political practices.<\/p>\n
\nResearch Interests
\n<\/strong>My research seeks to demonstrate that democratic theory and practice can be renewed by placing political ethics and compromise at the center of the reflection. More specifically, I investigate how the creation and reforms of parliamentary ethics committees offer new insights into the evolving relationship between politics and ethics. I also explore how French philosophy can offer conceptual resources for reimagining the meaning and practice of democracy and compromise in contemporary societies.<\/p>\n
\nProfile
\n<\/strong>I received my Ph.D. in Political Studies from \u00c9cole des Hautes \u00c9tudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris, France) in 2025. Prior to this, I obtained four master\u2019s degrees in law, political philosophy, and transnational history from leading French universities and grandes \u00e9coles, including ENS-Ulm, Sciences Po Paris, Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne, and Nantes Universit\u00e9. This academic training provided me with a solid and comprehensive interdisciplinary expertise, which I draw upon throughout all aspects of my research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"