CEPEL

Genevieve ZOÏA

Career History

  • PU since 2012.
  • Member of LIRDEF since 2002.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. dissertation, EHESS, Paris: 1996 (advisor: N. Belmont).
  • Ph.D.: 2009, University of Montpellier 3.

Awards, honors, and coordination of or participation in research projects

  • Scientific Direction of the “Sectorization and Social Diversity” Research Program for the Urban Plan Research Program: Renewing Urban Areas in the Name of Social Diversity, Paris. 2002–2009.
  • Lead researcher for the CNESCO research project “The Emergence of Parent-Led Participatory Movements in Policies Promoting Diversity,” 2015.

Administrative responsibilities, research, and outreach

  • Member of the International Network for Education and Diversity (RIED).
  • Member of the International Comparative Conference “Social, Educational, and Ethnocultural Diversity in Schools: What Policies Will Ensure Success for All Students?” #cci_mixités, CNESCO, Paris.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Education/UM.
  • Steering Committee of the journal *Diversité* (City – School – Integration), Paris.
  • Editorial Board of the journal *Les Cahiers du Cerfee*. Montpellier.
  • Program Director, Master's 1, Health, Humanities, and Independence, UM1-Faculty of Medicine.
  • Program Director for the Master’s Program in “Educational Leadership: School Life and Mediation,” ESPE, Montpellier.

The most representative works

  • Zoïa G., Mabilon-Bonfils B., (2014). Secularism and the Risk of the Other. Paris: L’Aube
  • Visier, L., & Zoïa, G. (2009). School Zoning and the Urban Landscape. Foreword by F. Dubet. Paris: PUF
  • Zoïa G. (2010), in J.P. Payet, Sociology and the Challenge of Weak Actors, Rennes: PUR
  • Zoïa G. (2009). “Social Diversity and the Choice of Middle School.” In M. Duru-Bellat & D. Meuret. Feelings of Justice in and about School, Brussels: De Boeck
  • Zoia G., Schiff C. (2004). Welcoming Newly Arrived Students to School in France, Paris: La Documentation Française.

The 5 most representative articles

  • Zoïa G. (2015) “Training Teachers in Cultural Diversity,” *Formation/Formations*, Diversity No. 177, Canopé, Paris.
  • Zoïa G., (2013) Secular Ethics and Identities in Schools, *Le Télémaque* Journal, No. 43, May 2013.
  • Zoïa G., (2012). “Secularism and Cultural Identity,” Tréma, No. 37.
  • Zoïa G. (2010). “Addressing the Issue of Communities in Schools: What Are the Realities, and What Tools Are Available?” Cahiers du CERFEE, No. 29, February 2019
  • Zoïa G. (2010). “Middle School, the City, and Social Diversity.” *Les Annales de la Recherche Urbaine*, No. 106, pp. 39–47.
  • Zoïa G. (2010). “Should We Fear Ethnicity? The French Case.” Anthropologie et Sociétés, Social Representations and Practices in Economics, 34-2, 2010, Quebec City: Laval University.