CEPEL

Genevieve ZOÏA

Career history

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

Degrees

  • EHESS thesis, Paris: 1996 (supervised by N. Belmont).
  • HDR: 2009, University of Montpellier 3.

Awards, distinctions, and coordination or participation in research projects

  • Scientific director of research on "Sectorization and social diversity" for the Urban Plan Research Program: Renewing urban areas in the name of diversity, Paris. 2002/2009.
  • Head of the CNESCO research mission "Emergence of participatory movements by parents in diversity policies," 2015.

Administrative responsibilities, research, and promotion

  • Member of the International Education and Diversity Network (RIED).
  • Member of the International Comparison Conference "Social, Academic, and Ethnocultural Diversity in Schools: What Policies Ensure Success for All Students?" #cci_mixités, CNESCO, Paris.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Education/UM.
  • Steering committee for the journal Diversité (City – School – Integration), Paris.
  • Editorial board of the journal Les Cahiers du Cerfee. Montpellier.
  • Head of Master 1, Health, Humanities, Autonomy, UM1-Faculty of Medicine.
  • Head of Master's Program in Educational Management: School Life and Mediation, ESPE, Montpellier.

The most representative works

  • Zoïa G., Mabilon-Bonfils B., (2014). Secularism at risk from others. Paris: L’Aube
  • Visier, L., & Zoïa, G. (2009). School zoning and urban areas. Preface by F. Dubet. Paris: PUF.
  • Zoïa G. (2010), in J.P. Payet, Sociology Challenged by Weak Actors, Rennes: PUR
  • Zoïa G. (2009). "Social diversity and choice of secondary school." In M. Duru-Bellat M. & D. Meuret. Feelings of justice at 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," Training/Training Courses, Diversity No. 177, Canopé, Paris.
  • Zoïa G., (2013) Secular morality and identities at school, Le Télémaque magazine, 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 be afraid of ethnicity: the French case." Anthropology and Societies, Social representations and practices in economics, 34-2, 2010, Quebec City: Laval University.