Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Nice (2004–2006).
Postdoctoral researcher at CEPEL on the ANR PAECE project (Toward an Ecological Approach to Electoral Behavior) from 2006 to 2008.
Lecturer since 2008.
Diploma
PhD Political Science, “Disparities in Gender Parity: The Effects of the Law of June 6, 2000, on the Increase in the Number of Women in Local and National Politics,” awarded with honors, University of Nice, 2006.
Administrative responsibilities:
Program Director of the Professional Master’s Program in “Research and Consulting” (www.M2co.fr) since 2013.
Lessons
Master’s 2 in “Research and Consulting Professions” (M2CO): Research Methods.
Master's Degree (Year 1): Local Government.
L3: Qualitative and quantitative methods.
Coordination or participation in research projects
Coordination, as part of the postdoctoral research for the PAECE survey (2006–2008).
Participation in the young researchers program “The Invention of the Chosen One” (2002–2005).
Research Areas: Electoral Reform and Voting Systems, Sociology of Local Politicians, Gender Parity, Electoral Sociology.
Interactions with the environment
Appeared before the High Council for Gender Equality.
Regular collaboration with the Assembly of French Departments (ADF).
The most representative books or chapters
With Barone Sylvain (eds.), Battre la campagne: Elections and Local Government in Rural Areas, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010.
With Achin Cathy (et al.), Sex, Gender, and Politics, Paris: Economica, 2007.
“Intermunicipal Endorsements or Municipal Copycat Candidates? The Formation of the First Joint Community Slates in the Villages of the Hérault,” by Le Saout Rémy and Vignon Sébastien (eds.), *A Discreet Guest: Intermunicipal Cooperation in the 2014 Municipal Elections*, Editions Berger Levrault, 2015.
“Strategies for Holding Multiple Offices Today” in Bidégaray, C., Cadiou, S., and Pina, Ch. (eds.), The Local Elected Official: Change or Continuity?, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2009, pp. 187–201.
The 5 most representative articles or sections of articles
“Between Consolidation and Challenge: The Trials and Tribulations of the Gender Parity Act (2000–2010),” *Modern and Contemporary France*, vol. 21, Feb. 2013, pp. 17–36.
“Is There a Regional Middle Class? Preliminary Findings from a Survey of Regional Councilors,” Civitas Europa, No. 27, December 2011, pp. 103–119.
With Verge Tania, “Unequals among equals: Party strategic discrimination and quota laws,”*French Politics*, 2011, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 260–281.
“Elections” and “Local Elected Officials,” in Pasquier, Romain, and Guigner, Sébastien (eds.), Dictionary of Territorial Policies, Presses de Science Po, June 2011, pp. 207–212 and 212–217.
“Shortening Terms to Ensure Longevity! The Hypocrisy of Self-Imposed Limits on the Duration of Senate Terms,” Pôle Sud, No. 25, Vol. II, 2006, pp. 25–38.
