CEPEL

Fanny DEBIL

Career History

  • Ph.D. candidate in political science, “Environmental Health Planning,” University of Montpellier; co-advisors: William Genieys (CEPEL, UMR 5112) and Géraldine Pflieger (UNIGE, Geneva).

Thesis Proposal

This dissertation examines the long-term trajectory of national environmental health planning since the 1980s. It suggests that the visible and political formalization of environmental health in France stems from a gradual shift away from the traditional pioneers of environmental health—namely, public health engineers—toward new generations of health and environmental actors who have access to diverse resources within the state apparatus. However, the *sustainability* of this formalization depends primarily on environmental actors, representing a shift in responsibility for the issue—which entails a transfer not only of regulatory approaches but also of uncertainties.

Degrees

  • 2012: Master 2 in Research – Bilingual Program, Comparative Politics and Public Policy Analysis, with honors, University of Montpellier 1.
  • 2010, Professional Master’s Degree (Master 2), Specialization in Local Public Policy, with honors, Institute of Political Studies, Rennes.
  • 2005–2010: Interdisciplinary degree program, with a focus on sociology and political science, graduated with a “Assez Bien” grade, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Rennes.
  • 2005: Baccalaureate in Literature, with honors (Très Bien), Lycée Notre-Dame du Mur, Morlaix.

Administrative responsibilities, research, and outreach

  • “Greening the Black Box: A Programmatic Coalition for (Climate) Change in the World Health Organization,” 1st International Conference on Public Policy, session “Actor-Centered Approaches to Policy Change: Raising Methodological and Theoretical Issues,” Grenoble, June 26–28, 2013.
  • “Cattle in Marie-Galante,” symposium “Human-Animal Relations in the Caribbean,” Fort-de-France, Martinique, May 13, 2011.

Interactions with the environment

  • January 16, 2012 – April 15, 2012: Assessment: Agriculture, Health, and Climate Change. International Expertise in Addressing Cross-Sectoral Challenges, World Health Organization, Geneva.
  • February 14, 2010 – August 15, 2010: Socio-anthropological study: Perceptions of the risks posed by the Senegalese tick and chemical control measures among cattle owners on the island of Marie-Galante. Recommendations for a public action plan, CIRAD UMR 15/UMR CIRAD-INRA 1309 “Control of Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases,” Guadeloupe.

Most Representative Article

  • “The Emergence of the Climate Issue at the WHO: From Marginal Adjustment to Discrete Change,” *Gouvernement et action publique*, Presses de Sciences Po, 2(1), pp. 118–138.