Thesis: "Legalization, judicialization, and cause lawyering by associations supporting foreigners."
Director: Thomas Ribemont, University of Paris 13.
2009–2010: Master's degree in political science:
mention "International relations and exchanges."
Valedictorian.
Thesis: "Al-Qaeda: new forms of demands and actions likely to continue?"
Director: Kamal BAYRAMZADEH University of Paris 13.
2007–2009: Bachelor's degrees in Political Science, University of Lyon 2.
2006–2007: Bachelor's degree in Sociology, University of Grenoble 2.
PhD
Thesis subject: political science.
Title: Ideal homeostasis. Understanding the stability of access to healthcare for undocumented immigrants in France and the United States (1970–2016).
Institution where thesis was defended: University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Year of defense: 2019.
Duration of the thesis: 8 years after the Master's 2 (i.e., 7 years of thesis work).
Thesis advisor: Patrick HASSENTEUFEL.
Members of the jury:
Virginie GUIRAUDON, National Center for Scientific Research: [Chair].
David AUBIN, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium): [Rapporteur].
Marc Smyr, University of Montpellier: [Rapporteur].
Stéphane BAHRAMI, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin.
Lawrence D. BROWN, Columbia University (United States).
Note: not issued by the institution where the thesis was defended.
Type of funding: no funding.
Education
2020–2021: Part-time temporary teaching assistant, University of Montpellier:
Lectures (63 hours equivalent to tutorials):
Environment and Policy, Master's Degree.
Great Classics of Sociology, Bachelor's Degree.
Tutorials (45 hours):
Great Classics of Sociology, Bachelor's Degree.
2019–2020: Full-time temporary teacher, University of Montpellier:
Lectures (112.5 hours equivalent to tutorials):
Public Action and Governance, Master's Degree.
Environment and Policy, Master's Degree.
Great Classics of Sociology, Bachelor's Degree.
Tutorials (83.5 hours):
Political Sociology of Elites, Master's 1.
European Union Policies, Bachelor's Degree.
2018–2019: Part-time temporary teaching assistant, University of Montpellier:
Lectures (49.5 hours equivalent to tutorials):
Great Classics of Sociology, Bachelor's Degree.
Tutorials (45 hours):
Great Classics of Sociology, Bachelor's Degree.
2012–2015: Temporary doctoral student, University of Paris 13:
Lectures (77 hours equivalent to tutorials):
Political Science, Bachelor's Degree.
Migration policies, Bachelor's degree.
Tutorials (250 hours):
European Integration Policies, Master 1.
Research Methodology, Master's Degree.
Political Science, Bachelor's Degree 2.
Preparation for civil service examinations, Bachelor's degree.
Public Policy Analysis, Bachelor's Degree 1.
Scientific activities
Article currently being published in a peer-reviewed journal
"Parliamentary Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Medical Deserts in France," Politique et Sociétés (scheduled for publication in spring 2021).
Articles currently under review in peer-reviewed journals
"Is NVivo useful for a political science thesis? Reflexivity on CAQDAS," Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique (submitted in December 2020).
"Policy feedback and the health of undocumented migrants in France: reconciling historical institutionalism and punctuated equilibria," Gouvernement et Action Publique (submitted in April 2021).
Participation in conferences
(forthcoming) “Parliamentary Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Medical Deserts in France,” International Public Policy Association (Fifth International Conference on Public Policy), July 2021, Barcelona, Spain.
(forthcoming) “Policy Feedback and Health of Undocumented Migrants in France: Should We Reconcile the Historical Institutionalism and the Punctuated Equilibrium Framework?”,International Public Policy Association(Fifth International Conference on Public Policy), July 2021, Barcelona (Spain).
"Policy feedback, punctuated equilibria, and French interest groups: the health of undocumented migrants at stake," study day entitled "The health of migrants. Between migration policies and health policies," February 5, 2020, Sciences Po Paris (Interdisciplinary Laboratory for the Evaluation of Public Policies – LIEPP), Paris.
"Interest groups, culture, and access to healthcare for undocumented immigrants in France and the United States," French Sociological Association, August 27-30, 2019, Aix-en-Provence.
(Discussion) Desmond KING and Patrick LE GALÈS (eds.), Reconfiguring European States in Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2017): book presented at the CEPEL (Center for Political Studies of Latin Europe – UMR 5112 University of Montpellier/CNRS) general seminar entitled "Current Research in the Social Sciences,"June 1, 2018, Montpellier.
"Irregular foreigners in France: the socialization of law," French Sociological Association, June 29–July 2, 2015, UVSQ, Guyancourt.
"Access to healthcare for undocumented immigrants in France and the United States: a new framework for coalitions of cause?" International Colloquium Actors, coalitions of cause, and the construction of public issues: approaches and methods, December 19, 2014, São Paulo Law School, São Paulo (Brazil).
"Screening, treatment, vaccination, and regularization of undocumented immigrants in France and the United States: who is involved, and what are the ideas?" Study day organized by the Health and Precarity Group, June 5, 2014, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris.
“Care Access for Irregular Migrants”at the symposium“Brokering Human Security: Access at times of heightened migration control,”September 2–3, 2013, CERI (Center for International Research – UMR 7050 Sciences Po Paris/CNRS), Paris.
"Being a foreign student in France" at the doctoral conference atParis 3 University, March 16, 2013, Paris.
Participation in research programs
2015–2018: Research engineer on the ANR-DFG "RegMedProv" project focusing on access to primary healthcare in disadvantaged areas (Germany, France, England, and Sweden). Part-time employee for three years at the French National Center for Scientific Research.
Organization of scientific events
Co-organizerof the general seminar of CEPEL (Center for Political Studies of Latin Europe – UMR 5112 University of Montpellier/CNRS) entitled "Current Research in Social Sciences" from 2018 to 2020 (2 years).
Scientific director with Marc SMYRL of thematic section no. 25 atthe French Political Science Association conference, "Healthcare expenditure control and instrument selection: a comparison between European Union member states," July 10-12, 2017, Montpellier.
Dissemination of research
Presentation of my thesis results to the "Personal and Professional Project" of third-year political science students. This project, entitled "Migrants: from exile to integration," organized a photography exhibition and a series of presentations by SOS Méditerranée, Cimade 34, and Collectif Migrant.e.s Bienvenue 34 (April 5, 2019, at Anacrouse in Montpellier).
Presentation of my thesis results at the "Six Hours for Care " event in the presence of Fréderic PIERRU, health sociologist, Hervé BOKOBZA, psychiatrist and founder of the Collectif des 39, and Éric FAVEREAU, journalist at Libération (March 23, 2019, at La Carmagnole in Montpellier).
Presentation of my thesis results atthe"Instant Philo"event organized by the Center for Contemporary Ethics at the Epsylon Laboratory (EA 4556) (January 8, 2019,at the Black Sheep inMontpellier).
Administrative responsibilities
2018–2019:
Maurane CAUBERT: Local reception of foreigners.
2019–2020
Lola MARTIN: Municipal policy on school meals.
Abdou Karim GUEYE: The eco (currency) and Senegal.
Léola GENIEIS: "Me too," English-speaking and French-speaking worlds.
Lise ZARCOS: National cultural policy under André Malraux.
Julia ROMANO PELONERO: Sports policy in Occitanie.
Lisa ROURE: Access to healthcare services.
Coraline BOUREL: Privatization of the SNCF.
Juliette CONESA: Feminism and gender relations.
Lucie KUBIAK: National policy and the pink tax.
Simon THOUZELLIER: National policy and video game addiction.
Quentin JARNET: Territorial policy and squats.
Emma LEFÈVRE: "JeSuisUnDesDeux" in Montpellier.
Arthur MARIE: Political communication in times of crisis.
Adam AOUNI: Implementation of T2A.
Nolwenn FOY: Accommodation for refugees in France.
2020–2021:
Meghan CLÉROT:Sex education in France.
Other experiences
Running mate in the 2020 municipal elections in Montpellier on Clothilde OLLIER's list (lead candidate).
Alternate candidate in the 2017 legislative elections in Hérault with Stéphane Vidal (incumbent).
Training provided in immigration law at Intercapa Solidarité (2013) and in social security law at Secours Populaire Français (April 2014).
Volunteer at Médecins du Monde (6 months, 2013), Intercapa Solidarité (2 years, 2012-2013) and Handicap International (2 months, 2008).
Intern at GISTI (3 months, 2011) and at the Center for Human and Women's Rights (3 months, 2010).
Employee at NGO Conseil for AIDES and Amnesty International (7 months, 2011).
