CV
Academic Positions
2024 —
Full Professor in Gender Studies
University of Lausanne, Institute of Social Sciences
2024 – 2027
Vice-Dean for Equality and Early-Career Support
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne
2013 – 2024
Associate Professor in Gender Studies
University of Lausanne
2017 – 2019
Director, Institute of Social Sciences
University of Lausanne
2021 – 2022
Director, Center for Gender Studies
University of Lausanne
2014 – 2017
Director, Center for Gender Studies
University of Lausanne
2008 – 2013
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Université de Montréal
Education
2004
Doctorate in Sociology, summa cum laude
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Dissertation: "L'égalité introuvable. Stratégies de légitimation et mise en œuvre de la parité politique en France," supervised by Rose-Marie Lagrave.
2000
Master's, Political Science, cum laude
Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
1999
Master's, Social Sciences, magna cum laude
ENS d'Ulm & EHESS, Paris
1998
Master's, Sociology, summa cum laude
ENS de Cachan & Université Paris X
1997
Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Sociology
Université Paris X — ENS de Cachan
Research Stays & Visiting Positions
Selection since 2018
- 2020Visiting Fellow — COSMOS, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (Jan.–Jul.)
- 2020Visiting Fellow — Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence (Jan.–Jul.)
- 2011 – 12Visiting Fellow — Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence
- 2011Visiting Scholar — Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po Paris
- 2011Visiting Scholar — American Bar Foundation, Chicago
- 2003 – 04Fulbright Fellow — Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University
Awards & Distinctions
- 2026Best Article Prize, Gender and Sexuality Research Network / Council for European Studies — for "Negotiating Submission"
- 2012Best Paper Award, Women and Politics section, American Political Science Association
- 2012Best Paper Award, French Politics group, American Political Science Association
Current Roles
- Co-chair, Law and Society Initiative (IDES), UNIL 2024 —
- Editorial board, Cahiers du genre 2004 —
- International editorial board, Politique et société 2018 —
- Editorial board, French Politics
- Editorial board, European Journal of Politics and Gender
Main Funded Research Projects
- 2019 – 25Shaping the Legal Consciousness of Intersectional Subjects (LEGALVEIL) — Swiss National Science Foundation, PI. Regulation of Islamic veiling in France, Switzerland, and the UK.
- 2015 – 18Gendered Globalization of the Legal Professions (GGLP) — Swiss National Science Foundation, PI (co-PI: G. Mallard, N. Le Feuvre).
Policy Reports
- 2015with Marylène Lieber, The Policy on Gender Equality in France — In-depth study for the FEMM Committee, European Parliament
- 2014Women in Political and Economic Decision-Making — Study for the FEMM Committee, European Parliament
Public Engagement
- 2019 – 20Member, advisory committee on gender and sport, City of Geneva
- 2018 – 20Policy consultant on gender and sport, City of Lausanne