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Anonprofit organization, the Association pour le développement des sciences sociales appli- quées is established by Michel Crozier, Henri Men- dras and Jean-Daniel Reynaud in 1971 to train prospective sociologists. By 1975 it is settled at “ Sciences Po ” . The paper aims to envisage this enterprise inside academia as an entry point to give an account of both the state of the field of French sociology between 1968 and 1975, and the internal dynamic of Michel Crozier's scientific ambition. First, the author shows that the stakes of becoming a school – and a school of thought – fulfils a need to shape young professionals fit to collaborate in research projects as well as to find positions outside academia. Second, the “ applied sociology ” creed – opposed to the traditional uni- versity-based model of excellence – reveals a set of dispositions shaped during a former configura- tion of the discipline
