Personnel decisions through competitive examinations: France and Great Britain in Comparison, 1850-1950.

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Andreas Fahrmeir
• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2014 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 191290453

The project is a comparative investigation of competitive personnel decisions for key public sector roles, in France with particular emphasis on the concours for admission to the ENS and for auditeur posts at the Conseil d'État, in Britain on "Class I" civil service examinations. It is particularly interested in the contrast between the relative stability of French procedures across political caesuras and British skepticism regarding the validity of examination results.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1664: Selecting Personnel for Key Societal Roles