TAHIRI Maïa
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As a doctoral student in sociology, I study the social mobility of French executives from North African, in this case Moroccan, immigrant backgrounds, through their cultural consumption.
Functions
Doctoral student in sociology, ministerial contract
Part-time teacher in the sociology of observation at Aix Marseille University since 2025
Consultant MENA region & modern and contemporary Arab art, training for the Lyon EELV group on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - February 2025.
Temporary lecturer in political science at Sciences Po, Menton campus from 2023 to 2024.
- Social movements in the Arab world since the 19th century
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Founder and publisher of the trilingual weekly media outlet Al Jaw on MENA art news from 2021 to 2024. Institutional subscribers: Arab World Institute, Louvre, Mucem.
Research assistant on migration dynamics in the Maghreb, Syria and Lebanon at the Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, 2018.
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Academic work
Provisional title of thesis : The Art of the In-Between? Understanding the social mobility of French executives from Moroccan immigrant backgrounds through their consumption culture. More details on https://theses.fr/s423925
Areas of research
Sociology of migration
Sociology of cultural practices
Sociology of transmission processes
Scientific coordinator, programme manager
Editorial committee Change in the Mediterranean, Issue 4, Empathy and justice in the Mediterranean: when emotion becomes the norm