Stéphanie Tchiombiano holds a doctorate in Political Science and is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is also a member of the African Worlds Institute (IMAF). Her research focuses on international public action and the governance of global challenges. In her doctoral work, she examined the sociology of international organisations and the spread of neoliberal approaches within the health sector, using the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Niger as a case study. She also co-leads the Master’s programme in Development and Humanitarian Action at Paris 1.
Stéphanie has over fifteen years of field experience in West and Central Africa, where she worked on health and HIV programmes—first as Country Director for the French Red Cross in Niger, Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso, and later with the NGO Solthis in Niger, Mali and Guinea. Upon returning to France, she served from 2012 to 2015 as coordinator of L’Initiative (HIV, tuberculosis, malaria), a technical assistance mechanism led by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and managed by Expertise France.
She went on to serve for seven years as the salaried coordinator of the think tank Santé mondiale 2030 and has continued her engagement as a member since September 2024.