CEPEL

Fanny DEBIL

Career History

  • Ph.D. candidate in political science, “Environmental Health Planning,” University of Montpellier, co-supervised by 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 traditional environmental health stakeholders—primarily 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—a transfer not only of regulatory approaches but also of uncertainties.

Degrees

  • 2012: Master’s Degree in Research (Bilingual), 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 honors, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Rennes.
  • 2005: Bachelor’s degree in literature, summa cum laude, 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.