{"id":11,"date":"2021-06-14T13:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:22:26","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/en\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"1498\" alt=\"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Martel\" src=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frederic-Martel-portrait.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frederic-Martel-portrait-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frederic-Martel-portrait-400x599.png 400w, https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frederic-Martel-portrait-600x899.png 600w, https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frederic-Martel-portrait-800x1198.png 800w, https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frederic-Martel-portrait.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:33.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 5.76%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 5.76%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:33.333333333333% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 5.76%;margin-left : 5.76%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Dr. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Martel is a Researcher and Writer. He has a PhD in Social Sciences and four Master Degrees in Law, Political science, Philosophy, and Social Science (University of La Sorbonne). He taught at Sciences-Po Paris and at the HEC\u2019s Business School MBA in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Martel is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zhdk.ch\/en\/person\/201202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">professor at the university ZHdK in Zurich<\/a> where he is a researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativeeconomies.com\/\">Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE)<\/a>. His main field works are: cultural policy, soft power, cultural industries, smart cities, smart curation, the creative class, medias and the Internet. He was a researcher at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences-Po Paris and an adviser to the European Commission as a member of \u201cNew Narrative for Europe\u201d, the cultural task force of the former president of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>He is the author of a dozen books, including <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/en\/books\/on-culture-in-america\/\"><i>On Culture in America<\/i><\/a> (Gallimard, 2006), the best-seller <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/en\/books\/mainstream\/\"><i>Mainstream\u00a0: On the Global War on Culture and Medias<\/i><\/a> (Flammarion, 2010, translated in twenty countries) and <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/en\/books\/smart\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Smart, on the internets<\/em><\/a> (Stock, 2014). See articles in: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/americas-winning-soft-power-war-mainstream-73103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/movies\/2010\/06\/world-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Yorker<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/26\/books\/26martel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a journalist, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Martel is the producer and anchor man of the weekly radio program \u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/www.franceculture.fr\/emission-soft-power-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soft Power<\/a>\u00bb on French National Public Radio (France Culture\/Radio France). He is the Reporter at large and a Foreign Affairs Columnist of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.fr\/source\/67601\/frederic-martel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slate.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His book <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/en\/books\/in-the-closet-of-the-vatican\/\"><em>In the Closet of the Vatican<\/em><\/a> (<em>Sodoma<\/em> in other languages) has been published in 2019. The book was a <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller and has been already translated in more than twenty languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Japanese, Romanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgar etc.). <em>In the Closet of the Vatican<\/em> was No. 1 best seller in France, Portugal and the Netherlands; also in the best sellers list in the UK, Italy, Ireland, Canada, Quebec, Belgium, Spain, Australia, Chile, Mexico, Colombia and the US.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, he published <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericmartel.com\/en\/occidents\/\"><em>Occidents: Report on Our Enemies<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Plon, 2026), a bestseller in France that is currently being translated into several languages.<\/p>\n<p>Martel lives in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 2.88%;margin-left : 2.88%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 a:not(.awb-custom-text-hover-color):not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-view-cart):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 a:not(.awb-custom-text-hover-color):not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-view-cart):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:before, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 a:not(.awb-custom-text-hover-color):not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-view-cart):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:after {color: #d13b2e;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 .pagination a.inactive:hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a {border-color: #d13b2e;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 .pagination .current {border-color: #d13b2e; 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