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Past researchers

This page presents the main figures who contributed to the founding of the CSO and the establishment of its reputation in France and abroad.

WERNER ACKERMANN

Research interests:

  • Justice system
  • Police

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CATHERINE BALLÉ

Research interests:

  • Judiciary
  • Organisations
  • Culture - Museums and Heritage

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BENOIT BASTARD

Research interests:

  • Justice system, Family and divorce
  • Health and prevention

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MICHEL CROZIER

Research interests:

  • Strategic analysis of collective action
  • Administration and change

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ERHARD FRIEDBERG

Research interests:

  • Organisational analysis
  • Mobilisations – Social and political movements
  • Public policies, markets, and other forms of collective action

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CATHERINE GRÉMION

Research interests:

  • Catholic Church elites
  • Local and national housing policies
  • Urban and rural environment
  • Education and social integration

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PIERRE GRÉMION

Research interests:

  • Regional institutions and society
  • French political and intellectual history post-World War II
  • East-West relations in Europe

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EMMANUELLE MARCHAL

Research interests:

  • Sociology of Work
  • Recruitment
  • Discrimination in hiring

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FRANCIS PAVÉ

Research interests:

  • Computerization of organisations
  • French health system

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RENAUD SAINTSAULIEU

Research interests:

JEAN-CLAUDE THOENIG

Research interests:

  • The State
  • Firms and management

PHILIPPE URFALINO

Research interests:

  • Sociology of collective decision and deliberation
  • Collective entities
  • Social Philosophy
  • Political philosophy

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PIERRE-ÉRIC TIXIER

Research interests:

  • Transformation of public and private globalised groups

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JEAN-PIERRE WORMS

Research interests:

  • Relations between the State and local authorities
  • Local dynamics of economic development and employment

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