CEPEL

Manon RATEL

Career History

Ph.D. in Political Science and Assistant Professor at the University of Law and Political Science in Montpellier.

Thesis proposal

Abstract:The aim of this dissertation research was to contribute to an understanding of the transformation of the French education system and the state by examining the specific characteristics of the regions in which it operates and the differential treatment of populations within it. Specifically, the study focused on a single department to examine the issues revealed by a “diversity” initiative launched at the city level in 2016. The study was conducted among various local authorities and groups of stakeholders involved in the school redistricting process, whose stated objective is to “increase diversity.”Ultimately, the dynamics shaping the region are rooted in patterns of categorization and the spatial treatment of populations.

Keywords:governance – regional inequalities – education – public policy – framework

Courses

  • Local Government, Master’s Degree, M1, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2022–2023.
  • Introduction to Political Science, Senior Year, First Year of Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2022–2023.
  • Public Policy and Governance, Master’s 1, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2022–2023.
  • Local Government, M1, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2021–2022.
  • Introduction to Political Science, Freshman Year, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2021–2022.
  • Public Policy and Governance, Master’s 1, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2021–2022.
  • Introduction to Public Policy, Junior Year, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2021–2022.
  • Sociology of Journalism, Master’s 1, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2019–2020.
  • Great Classics of Sociology, Second Year, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2019–2020.
  • Research Methodology, Master’s 1, Faculty of Education, Montpellier, 2018–2019.
  • Introduction to Political Science, Freshman Year, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier, 2018–2019.

Awards, and coordination of or participation in research projects

  • Affiliation with the Convergences Migrations Institute, INTEGER Department (Integration and Discrimination), 2021–2022
  • 2017 Regional Council Award for Best Work on a Topic of Regional Interest

Publications and Presentations

Article

  • Ratel Manon, (Preliminary agreement February 2023) Forms of Depoliticization in the Service of School Governance. Mechanisms of Depoliticization: Lexical, Rhetorical, and Discursive Dynamics, No. 134, March 2024.
  • Manon Ratel, “Inequalities: Reassessing and Questioning the Focus on Regions,” *Diversité* (No. 199), September–December 2020.

Review

  • Arnaud Alessandrin and Johanna Dagorn (eds.), “Territorial Discrimination: City & Suburbs,” Les cahiers de la LCD, No. 12, 2021, Manon Ratel
  • Claire Dupuy, *Regionalization Without Inequality: Regional Education Policies in France and Germany*, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2017, 192 pp., in *Pôle Sud* 2020/2 (No. 53), pp. 135–144, by Manon Ratel.

Communication

  • Manon Ratel, “The Multiple Dimensions of Experimentation: A Contribution to the Study of an Experimental and Unprecedented School Zoning Process in the Region,” CSO Study Day, Chair of Health and IRDES, May 23, 2023, Sciences Po Paris.
  • Manon Ratel, “Exploring the Implications of Process Tracing in Research on Change in Public Education Policy,” AFSP, Lille, July 5–7, 2022.
  • Ratel Manon, “Transformation of the State through Process Tracing of Education Policy Reform.” 5th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP5), Barcelona, July 5–9, 2021.
  • Ratel Manon, “Between Assignment to the ‘Margins’ and the Imperative of Mobility in an Urban Context,” AFS Lille, July 5–9, 2021.
  • Manon Ratel, “School Zoning Policies: From Ranking Dynamics to the Fear of Downgrading—When Spatial Categorization Reinforces Social Marginalization,” 21st AISLF Congress, Tunis, July 12–16, 2021
  • Émilie Biland-Curinier, “Governing Private Life: The Unequal Regulation of Marital Separations in France and Quebec,” June 18, 2021. Discussion by Estelle Aldegheri and Manon Ratel.
  • Manon Ratel, “Local Government Through the Lens of Institutional Reforms: Rationale, Challenges, and Public Perception,” 15th AFSP Conference, Bordeaux, July 2–4, 2019.
  • Manon Ratel, “Authority and Legitimacy: A Sociological Approach to These Concepts Through the Lens of Public Policy,” “Authority” Symposium, Montpellier Law School, June 11, 2019.
  • Manon Ratel, “Resistance to Research in the Field of Public Education Policy in France,” Lausanne Ethnography Workshop, University of Lausanne, May 27–28, 2019.
  • Julien Talpin and Julien O’Miel, *Islam and the City: Muslim Engagement in Working-Class Neighborhoods* (ed. Franck Frégosi, PUF, 2017), March 29, 2019, with a discussion by Arthur Groz and Manon Ratel.
  • Ratel Manon, Vareilles Roman, “Reform of School Coeducation and Racial Discrimination: From a Consensus-Based Analysis to a Contentious Local Implementation,” International and Interdisciplinary Conference, Paris Diderot University, September 27–29, 2018.
  • Ratel Manon, Zoïa Geneviève, “Racism and Religion in Schools: Institutional Panic? What a Public Policy on Mixing School Populations Reveals,” RIED Conference, University of Geneva, June 18–20, 2018.

Scientific Responsibilities and Activities

  • Supervision of a Master’s thesis between 2021 and 2023.
  • Organizer of the 2022 CEPEL Young Researchers Seminar.
  • Co-organizer and organizer of the seminar “Current Trends in Social Science Research at CEPEL” (Montpellier) from 2019 to 2021, and of the seminar for young researchers from 2019 to 2020.
  • Work with the Association for Research, Education, and Action (AREA), leading the Hérault Slum Observatory, Montpellier, 2017–2018.

Degrees

  • 2021: PhD Political Science
  • 2021: Certificate in Scientific Data Management, University of Montpellier.
  • 2017: Bilingual Master’s degree in Research, “Comparative Public Action and Politics,” University of Montpellier, with honors.
  • 2016: Bachelor’s and Master’s (first year) in Political Science, University of Montpellier, with honors.
  • 2013: University Diploma, College of Law I, with honors.