Holds a Ph.D. in anthropology (2006) from the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l’Amérique latine (University of Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle). Joined CERI in February 2009. Member of the Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network and co-founder of the Association pour la Recherche sur les Catastrophes et les Risques en Anthropologie (ARCRA). Participates in the project "Observatoire des transformations sociales et politiques du Venezuela contemporain", coordinating the research line : « Gestion des risques socio-naturels et insertion du Venezuela dans les réseaux internationaux d’expertise ». Specialized in the study of disasters and risk management and prevention. Her current research focuses on international organizations working on disaster and risk management, Venezuela risk and disaster policies and management, and new configurations about security (human security, global security). She is a member of the editorial boards of Critique Internationale and Cahiers des Amériques latines
Teaching
- Sciences Po : "Reading social sciences", Master’s level course, specialization on Latin America)
- Co-lecturer for the seminar EHESS-CERI : Disasters , risks and social sciences sociales
Research interests
- Political anthropology of disasters and risks.
- International management of risks and disasters
- Security transformations
- Management of disaster and risks in Venezuela