Leny Patinaux is currently a temporary lecturer and research assistant (attaché temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche, ATER) in political science at the University of Lille, and an associate research within the CERAPS joint research unit (Centre d’Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales – Centre for Administrative, Political and Social Studies and Research; UMR CNRS 8026).