Hélène Le Bail
Researcher, CNRS at Sciences Po
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Biography
Sciences Po
Hélène Le Bail is a research fellow at CERI since 2015. She has a doctorate in political science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and a master degree in Chinese studies from INALCO (National Institute for Eastern Languages and Cultures). She spent many years in Japan as a Ph.D student (Hitotsubashi University), as a post-doc (Waseda University), and more recently as a research fellow for the French research center on contemporary Japan, Maison franco-japonaise (Nichifutsu kaikan), Tokyo.
Her research focuses on Chinese migrations (to Japan and France) and on migration policies in a comparative approach. Special focus is made on female routes of migration (marriage, reproductive labour, sex work) and on mobilization and collective actions.
Ongoing Projects at CERI :
- Chinese/Asian populations in France : identifications and identities under transformation projet Emergence(s) de la Ville de Paris with Simeng WANG, CERNESS3-CNRS
- Diasporic identities : Southeast Asian incorporation experiences in Europe and America. The post-refugee generations , Cooperation UC Berkeley-Sciences Po. with Khatharya Um (Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
- Migrations, gender and class in areas under urban renewal with Chikako Mori, Hitotsubashi University
Others
Advisory board ERC project « SEXHUM : Migration, sex work and trafficking »
Editorial committee Migrations Société
Editorial committee Cipango. Cahiers d’études japonaises
Research group Populations Japonaises
Member of Présage and Cité du Genre
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