Curriculum Vitae

Academic employment

Since 2023:     Senior researcher. University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HETSL, HES-SO)

2016 - 2023 :   Senior researcher and teaching assistant. University of Geneva.

2011-2016:       Phd. Candidate and teaching assistant. University of Geneva.

2009-2011:      Junior researcher. University of Lausanne.

Secondary visiting positions and fellowships

2017-2018 (Sept-Aug): Visiting scholar (FNS early.postdoc mobility). Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Göttingen). Department of social and cultural diversity. Sponsor: Pr. Steven Vertovec

2015 (Jan-Aug):Visiting scholar(FNS doc.mobility). Department of Ethnic studies, UC Berkeley. Sponsor: Pr. Evelynn Nakano Glenn

2013 (Jan-Aug): Visiting scholar. Department of Women and Development Studies, University of the Philippines. Sponsor: Pr. Judy Taguiwalo.

Education 

2011-2016: Ph.D. in Social sciences. University of Geneva.

2011-2016: CUSO doctoral programme in Sociology, Gender studies

2008-2010: Master degree in Social Sciences. University of Lausanne.

2005-2008: Bachelor in Sociology. University of Geneva.

Research and Scientific Activities 

Approved Research grants

2025-2026 

  • Fond prioritaire HES-SO 
Project: “Accès aux prestations sociales et disparités territoriales : le rôle du travail social dans la lutte contre le non- recours“ 
 
2021-2022
  • FNS Agora , as co-applicant with Pr. Marylène Lieber

Project:  Photography Exhibition: "Invisibles / Survisibles. A nos histoires", with Cindy Bannani, Amel Benkara, Inès El-Shikh, Aïda Hammad, Vlora Imeri, Mariam Mussa, Nidonite, Rabab Nour, Marylène Lieber, Eva Marzi, Laetitia Gessler.

2017-2018

  • FNS early.postdoc, as principal applicant:

Project: “Corps en mouvement: Mobilité, Cosmopolitisme, Multiculturalisme. Ethnographie des élites artistiques transnationales dans le milieu de la danse contemporaine“ [Bodies on the move: Mobility, Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism. Ethnography of Transnational Artistic Elites in Contemporary Dance] (01.09.2017-31.08.2018)

2015

  • FNS doc.mobility, as principal applicant:

Project: “Les écoles du care aux Philippines: le devenir travailleuse domestique au prisme de l’altérité. Discours institutionnels, carrières migratoires et frontières sociales et symboliques dans la production de l’Autre“ [Schooling for care in the Philippines: becoming a domestic worker and otherness] (01.01.2015-31.08.2015)

Involvement in collectif research 

Since 2023

  • "Étude qualitative sur le non-recours au Revenu d'Insertion", Applicant: Pr: Emilie Rosenstein (HETSL).
  • "Accompagnement et évaluation de la phase pilote du projet 'OASIS Faites valoir vos droits !'", Applicant: Pr: Emilie Rosenstein (HETSL). 

2019-2020 

  • “Genève, une ville égalitaire? Les pratiques féminines des espaces publics“, [Geneva, an egalitarian city? Women's practices in public spaces], Mandate from the City of Geneva (Service Agenda 21), Applicant: Pr. Marylène Lieber (University of Geneva).

2010-2011  

  • “Chinese migrants in Mali, Cameroon and Sierra Leone“, Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Applicant: Dr. Antoine Kernen (University of Lausanne).

2009-2011         

  • Policy Transfers in ‘Developing Countries’ and International Organizations. The case of Conditional Cash Transfer Policies and Decentralization Policies in Four Countries, Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique (FNS), Applicant: Pr. François-Xavier Merrien (University of Lausanne).
  • “Development Myths in Practice: The feminization of Anti-Poverty Policies and International Organizations“, Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Applicant : Pr. François-Xavier Merrien (University of Lausanne).

Membership of editorial Board

  •   2017-2023: Member of the editorial boardof Question de Genre (Seismo, Zurich).

Awards

2017

  • SNIS Award (Swiss network for international studies) for the best PhD thesis in international studies.

2011

  • University of Lausanne Award for the best Master thesis in social and political sciences.

Academic Service

2019 - 2023

  • Member of the research committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Geneva

2016 - 2023

  • Member of the scientific committee of the master for Gender studies, University of Geneva

2015 - 2017

  • Coordinator of the certificate of Advanced Studies in Gender studies, University of Geneva

2014 – 2016

  • Member of the scientific committee of the Doctoral School for Gender studies (CUSO)

2012 – 2016

  • Member of the scientific committee of the Doctoral Program in Gender studies, University of Geneva

2012 – 2013

  • Elected member of the University Assembly, University of Geneva