As an elected student on the "U.N.E.F. I.D." list, a socialist organisation,[3][better source needed] he was the youngest vice president of the Sorbonne in charge of Finances and Administration, an office he held from 1982 to 1989. Afterwards, he became an advisor on national security to Prime MinisterMichel Rocard from 1988 to 1990.[4]
He was appointed in August 2007 by President Nicolas Sarkozy to reorganise the French system on studies and research on security and strategy, focusing on the creation of a national security council. Bauer was also an advisor for the French industrial company Lafarge between 2007 and 2014.[6]
He defends his doctoral thesis in law: Crime and criminology: a legal, political and social archaeology, under the supervision of Christian Vallar, on December 14, 2016 at the University of Côte d'Azur.[7]
Bauer became the President of the College of the National Council for Private Security Activities (CNAPS) in 2012. Bauer was succeeded in the elected position in 2017 by the engineer Valérie Derouet. Derouet had been a vice-Presient of the college from 2015 to 2017.[8]
Avec Alexis Deprau et Gilles Ferragu, Juger les terrorismes. Regards croisés de la criminologie, du droit et de l'histoire, éditions du Cerf, avril 2024 ISBN9782204151849