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Sports betting and corruption: How to preserve the integrity of sport
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Pascal BONIFACE – Director, IRIS
Pascal Boniface is Director of the Institut de Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS - the
French institute of international and strategic relations) and a member of the teaching staff of the
Institute of European Studies at the University of Paris 8.
He also edits La Revue Internationale et Strategique (International and Strategic Review) (published
quarterly since 1991) and L’Annee Strategique (The Strategic Year) (published annually since 1985).
He has written or edited some forty books on international relations, nuclear issues and disarmament,
the balance of power between world powers, the French foreign policy and the impact of sport on
international relations.
Pascal Boniface has published numerous articles in international geopolitical journals and regularly
contributes to the media, both national and international, written and audiovisual.
He is a columnist for the weekly publication Actuel (Morocco), and dailies La Croix (France), La
Vanguardia (Spain), and Al Ittihad (United Arab Emirates).
He chaired the French Football Federation s Commission de Prospective sur l’Avenir du Football
(Commission on the Future of Football). He is now General Secretary of the Fondation du Football
(Football Foundation).
Pascal Boniface is a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite and a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.
Sarah LACARRIERE – Researcher, IRIS
Sarah Lacarriere has been a researcher at IRIS since 2009. She specialises in international mechanisms
for crisis management, and participates in the activities of the defence and security cluster. She also
undertakes research on sustainable development issues, more specifically on international climate
negotiations. In addition, she works on issues related to the internationalisation and geopolitics of the
sport, and collaborated with Joel Bouzou in producing the work "Peace through Sport" (published by
IRIS / Armand Colin, 2010). Along with Pim Verschuuren, Sarah was responsible for coordinating the
IRIS research program on Sports Betting and Corruption in 2011.
Sarah Lacarriere holds a Master 2 (Research) degree in Defence and International Security (University
Pierre Mendes France - Grenoble II) and a Master 2 (Professional) degree in Global Security
(Universite Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV). She currently heads up the "International Relations" basic
education diploma (Master 1 level) at IRIS Sup'.
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