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Last updated on 17 juin 2025
The Université Lumière Lyon 2 is a public institution governed by a deliberate and organized internal democracy, whose main principles are autonomy, participation in democratic governing bodies, and multidisciplinarity.

The President of the University is elected by an absolute majority by the faculty and staff elected members of the Board of Directors (fr. Conseil d’Administration or CA). Elected for a four-year term (renewable once), the president is supported by a team of appointed vice-presidents.

The University has 13 Faculties and Institutes, which bring together academic departments and research laboratories. They have their own decision-making body, the Faculty Council. See the list of the Faculties and Institutes here.
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President
Isabelle von BUELTZINGSLOEWEN
Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen, Professor of Contemporary History, was re-elected as President of Université Lumière Lyon 2 on 6 February 2025 for a four-year term.

Elected to the University's Board of Directors in May 2016, she joined Nathalie Dompnier's team and took up the position of Vice-President in charge of research and doctoral studies. She retained this position, which was renamed Vice-President of Research and Open Science, during Nathalie Dompnier's second term of office, when she was re-elected in 2021. She succeeded her on 5 July 2024, when Nathalie Dompnier resigned following her election as President of the ComUE Lyon Saint-Étienne.
Professor of Contemporary History and member of the Rhône-Alpes Historical Research Laboratory (LARHRA), Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen is a specialist in the history of psychiatry and mental health policies in France in the 19th and 21st centuries. She also takes a micro-historical approach to the history of civilian victims of the Second World War and the history of everyday life in occupied France.
She joined the Université Lumière Lyon 2 as a lecturer in 1993 before being elected professor in 2010. She was appointed head of the modern and contemporary history master's degree in 2011, became a member of the Education and University Life Commission (Commission de la Formation et de la Vie Universitaire, CFVU) in 2012 and then took over as director of the École doctorale de Sciences sociales in 2013. She is also developing original research: in particular, she is coordinating an emblematic public survey on starvation in psychiatric hospitals during the Occupation. Through her work, she is keen to forge links between the past and the present, and maintains close contact with healthcare professionals, memorial institutions, the media and the general public.
Vice-presidents

Stéphane CADIOU
Vice-President
Education and University Life Commission (CFVU)
Management of the educational offer

vp-formation@univ-lyon2.fr

Lydia COUDROY DE LILLE
Vice-President
Research Commission (CR)
Research, Innovation, Open Science

vp-recherche@univ-lyon2.fr
Julia BONACCORSI
Vice-President
Transition, Science and Civil Society and Partnership Relations

vp-sciencesociete@univ-lyon2.fr
Marie-Karine LHOMMÉ
Vice-President
Careers orientation, student success and professional integration

vp-formation@univ-lyon2.fr
Raphaël MINJARD
Vice-President
Academic accreditation

vp-accreditation@univ-lyon2.fr
vp-formation@univ-lyon2.fr
Bertrand RAVON
Vice-President
Lifelong Education and Training

vp-ftlv@univ-lyon2.fr
Jim WALKER
Vice-President
Internationalisation and European Alliance

vp-ri@univ-lyon2.fr
Erica DUMONT
Vice-President
Digital,
Artificial Intelligence and Legacy

vp-numerique@univ-lyon2.fr
Quentin MAGOGEAT
Vice-President
Student and Campus Life, Culture and Health

vp-culture-vieetu@univ-lyon2.fr
Christine MORIN-MESSABEL
Vice-President
Equality, Anti-discrimination and gender-based and sexual violence, Social Action

vp-egalite@univ-lyon2.fr
vp-actionsociale@univ-lyon2.fr
Sébastien SOULEZ
Vice-President
Work-Study Programs and Financial Resource Development

vp-alternance@univ-lyon2.fr
vp-budget@univ-lyon2.fr

Assignments and advisers

Advisers

  • Professional ethics: Catherine SCHMITTER
  • Whistleblower liaison officer: Catherine SCHMITTER
  • Scientific integrity: Françoise LANTHEAUME
  • Secularism: Samia LANGAR

Assignments

  • Data workshop: Loïc BONNEVAL
  • Scientific strategy on urban issues: Gilles GESQUIÈRE
  • Teaching, Education and Training Masters Coordinator : Christophe THIERRY
  • Scientific strategy in the field of Health: Marie PRÉAU
Student vice-presidents

Responsible for promoting student citizenship, the student vice-presidents work in collaboration with the administrative departments and act as liaisons between students, student unions, student associations and the administration. They also represent students in relation to the various partners in student life.

Kyomasa KUGAMAI
Student Vice-President of the Board of Directors, in charge of student affairs and relations

vpe-ca@univ-lyon2.fr
Perrine RULLIER
Student Vice-President of the Academic Council, responsible for student life issues in cooperation with the CROUS

vpe-cac@univ-lyon2.fr