Herilalaina Rakoto-Raharimanana, magazine article: «Retour sur l'article « Reconversion, bifurcation ou réorientation professionnelle ? Le cas des professeurs des écoles» (Research and training)

Herilalaina Rakoto-Raharimanana, Noëlle Monin and Anne Barrère, «Retour sur l'article « Reconversion, bifurcation ou réorientation professionnelle ? Le cas des professeurs des écoles » », Recherche et formation [En ligne], 100 | 2022, online since 01 January 2026. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/rechercheformation/9545 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/14iah Résumé de l'article : Changes in the world of work since the 1990s have redefined careers, making professional reconversion a revealing phenomenon of the tensions in the...

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Sébastien Oliveau, book chapters: «Atlas de la population française» (CNRS Editions)

Yoann Doignon (ed.), Atlas de la population française, CNRS Editions, 9 October 2025. EAN: 9782271154149 Résumé: Diagonale du vide, indice de fécondité, emploi, migrations, accroissement naturel, littoralisation, périurbanisation... These words from geography have entered the public arena where, over time, they have lost some of their scientific...

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Scientific home - Welcome to Pietro Battaglini!

MESOPOLHIS is delighted to welcome Pietro Battaglini from 16 March to 30 September 2026. Pietro Battaglini is a doctoral student in urban studies at the Inter-University Department of Regional and Urban Studies (DIST) at the Politecnico di Torino. His stay at MESOPOLHIS is part of his thesis project. Her work is in the field of...

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: International Summer School on Cultural Audiences, 1st edition

International summer school on cultural audiences First edition - Aix-en-Provence and Marseille June 8-12, 2026 THE MUSEUM IN SMALL STEPSThe issues and challenges of cultural mediation for young children The aim of this school is to gain a better understanding of the recent boom in artistic and cultural early learning in museums and cultural institutions in...

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Scientific home - Welcome to Natalia Ribas-Mateos!

MESOPOLHIS is delighted to welcome Natalia Ribas-Mateos from 1 March to 10 April 2026. Natalia Ribas-Mateos is a researcher at the Universitat autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in the TRANSMENA research group. She is preparing an HDR (habilitation to supervise research) with Professor Adelina Miranda (Université de Poitiers, Migrinter) entitled A Sociology of...

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Islam, Middle East and Muslim Worlds 2025 Thesis Prize: congratulations to Audrey Pluta (IISMM Prize) and Lucas Faure (Rémy Leveau Prize)!

The Middle East and Muslim Worlds Scientific Interest Group (GIS MOMM) and the Institute for the Study of Islam and Societies of the Muslim World (IISMM) are pleased to announce the 2025 winners of the Islam, Middle East and Muslim Worlds (IMOMM) Prizes. Following the evaluation of the 66 entries received and the deliberations of the jury, three thematic prizes and...

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Scientific home - Welcome to Erika Greco!

MESOPOLHIS is delighted to welcome Erika Greco from 12 January to 1 June 2026. Erika Greco is a doctoral student in Peace Studies at the University of Rome «La Sapienza», and is joining us on a mobility scheme. Her work falls within the scope of Axis 2, «Migrations, mobilities, circulations», and her referent within the laboratory is...

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Call for papers - «Perspectives on socialisation at nursery school» study day, 2nd edition, with Eric Plaisance

Deadline for receipt of proposals: Monday 26 January 2026, 12 noon The second «Perspectives sur la socialisation à l'école maternelle» conference will be held at the Campus Condorcet on Monday 9 March 2026, in the presence of Eric Plaisance, to mark the fortieth anniversary of the publication of his book, L'enfant, la maternelle, la société (PUF, 1986). This...

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Sébastien Oliveau - Article in The Conversation: «France depopulating, France growing: a demographic review».»

Article by Sébastien Oliveau, geographer, Director of MSH Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay; Aix-Marseille Université - MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Observatoire démographique de la Méditerranée), published on 17 December 2025 on The Conversation media website. While the emphasis this summer was on the observed end of natural demographic growth in France, all...

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Sébastien Oliveau - Talk on France Culture: «Should we be worried about demographic decline?»

Speech by Sébastien Oliveau, geographer, Director of the MSH Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay; Aix-Marseille Université - MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Observatoire démographique de la Méditerranée), in the France Culture podcast «Questions du soir: le débat» (Tuesday 2 September 2025).

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