Introduction
Associate professor – Université de Montréal
- Ph.D in Sociology, Sciences-po Paris (2004)
- Associate Professor – EHESS (temporary leave)
Contact
- Telephone: 514-343-7157, PAV.M.CARON-L.GROULX-3200 J.B. Pav.\ Room C-5120
cecile.vandevelde@umontreal.ca
I also have the following duties and responsibilities:
. Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Social Inequality and the Life Course. In addition to academic works, the Chair is also responsible for the blog entitled: Inegalitessociales.com, which publishes students and researchers’ articles, as well as meetings and visual arts work, dealing with the issue of social inequality and the life course.
. Member of the editorial board for the journal entitled « Sociologie » (PUF)
. Member of CREMIS (Montreal Research Centre on Social Inequalities, Discrimination and Alternative Practices of Citizenship)
. Member of l’Observatoire Jeunesses et sociétés (INRS)
. Member of Population Change and Life Course Strategic Knowledge Cluster
. Associate member at Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CNRS/EHESS/ENS)
. Member of the Franco-British Council
. Chair of the « Collège scientifique de l’Observatoire National de la Vie Etudiante », France (2012-2014)
. Assistant Director of the « Centre Maurice Halbwachs » (CNRS/ENS/EHESS) (2010-2012)
. Assistant Director of Masters’ and Phd Training in Sociology – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (2008-2013)
. Co-director of the network « Jeunesses, âges de la vie, génération » de l’Association française de Sociologie (2005-2011)
Research Expertise
My body of work sheds a light on the plight of youth, the shifts in age structure, and the evolution of relationships between generations. I have a particular interest in these topics in relation to international standards, in order to better identify the dimensions of our life paths that converge across borders and how inequalities reconstruct it. As well, I have written several journal articles, chapters and books, namely « Becoming Adult. Comparative Sociology of Youth in Europe» (2008), as well as « Sociology of the Life Course » (2015). In my various surveys, I am now attempting to answer the basic question : what are the consequences of the crisis and austerity policies on the conduct of our lives, as well as the inequalities affecting them? On this point, I am currently in the process of finalizing research relating to the « anger » of the XXI century and its social significance. My ultimate goal is to better pinpoint the new social tensions that have affected the path of the younger generations since the crisis, both in terms of politics and citizenship.
– Youth, ages, generations, inequality
– International comparisons
– Mixed methods : statistics, interviews, ethnography
Ongoing Projects
- “Angers” : comparative survey on social mobilizations of youth and representations of inequalities between generations (Paris, Madrid, Montréal, Santiago du Chili, Hong-Kong).
“Solitude” : survey dealing with the issues of loneliness through the various stages of life. This research merited the Senior Prize in research for the Red Cross / Social Bond Foundation – April 2013.
Main publications
Complete List of Publications : here
Go to my Academia Page
Academic works and Journals :
Jean-François Giret, Cécile Van de Velde, Elise Verley (dir.), Les vies étudiantes. Tendances et inégalités (Student lives. Trends and Inequalities), Paris, La Documentation Française, 2016, 312 p.
Cécile Van de Velde, Sociologie des âges de la vie (Sociology of the Life Course), Paris, Armand Colin, Collection 128, 2015, 128p.
Commission pour l’avenir des retraites, Nos retraites demain. Equilibre financier et justice (Our Retirements Tomorrow. Financial Balance and Justice), Rapport remis au Premier Ministre, La Documentation Française, 2013, 197 p.
Camille Peugny, Cécile Van de Velde (dir.), « Repenser les inégalités entre générations »(« Rethinking Inter-generational Inequalities»), Revue Française de Sociologie, Numéro spécial, vol. 54, n.4, décembre 2013 (numéro traduit en anglais).
Valérie Becquet, Patricia Loncle, Cécile Van de Velde (dir.), Politiques de jeunesse : le grand malentendu (Youth Policies: the Great Misunderstanding), Editions Le Champ Social, 2010, collection Questions de Société, 2012, 244 p.
Cécile Van de Velde (dir.), « Jeunes d’aujourd’hui, France de demain »(« Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s France »), Problèmes politiques et sociaux, Paris, La Documentation Française, n.970, 2010, 110 p.
Cécile Van de Velde (dir.), « Entre les âges » (« Between the Ages»), Agora Débats/Jeunesses, Dossier spécial, n.47, janvier 2009.
Cécile Van de Velde, Esdevenir adult. Sociologia comparada de la joventut a Europa (Becoming Adult. Comparative Sociology of Youth in Europe), Observatori Català de la Joventut, Collecció Aportacions, Barcelona, décembre 2008, 52 p.
Cécile Van de Velde, Devenir adulte. Sociologie comparée de la jeunesse en Europe (Becoming Adult. Comparative Sociology of Youth in Europe), Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, collection Le Lien Social, février 2008, 288 p. (Prix Le Monde de la recherche universitaire).
Selected Texts in English
- Rethinking_Inter-Generational_Inequality (with Camille Peugny) (translated by Peter Hamilton), Revue française de sociologie, 2013/4 (Vol. 54), p. 641-662.
- Indignados : The Reasons for Outrage, Cités, Presses Universitaires de France, n.46-47, October 2011, p.293-297.
- Entering adult life. A European Comparison, in Sandra Gaviria Sabbah (dir), « Autonomía de la Juventud en Europa », Revista de Estudios de Juventud, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, n.71, Diciembre 2005, p 55-65.
- Separations : the Female Perspective, Review of François de Singly’s book, “Séparée. Vivre l’expérience de la rupture” (Paris, Armand Colin 2011), Books and Ideas, 29 octobre 2012.
- Liberty, Equality or Fraternity between the Generations ? Social Thought and Family Ties, Review of André Masson’s « Des liens et des transferts entre générations » (Editions de l’EHESS, Paris, 2010), Books and Ideas, 23 mars 2011.
Reviews of the book “Devenir adulte” (PUF, 2008)
- Coming of Age in Europe, par Christian Baudelot, Books and Ideas, avril 2008.
- Becoming an Adult in Europe. A socially determined experience, par Maroussia Raveaud, European Educational Research Journal, V. 9, N.3, 2010, p.431-442.
Interviews
- No Generational Gap, Europa, Dossier Eurocities 2012, propos recueillis par Emmanuel Lemoine, novembre 2012.
- The Importance of Being Adult / Devenir adulte, la belle affaire, Press Europ, propos recueilli par Matias Guerrido, 30 octobre 2009 (Entretien initialement publié sur Cafébabel.com, 28 janvier 2009).
Selected Texts in Spanish and Catalan
- Joventuts d’Europa : trajectories comparades, Àmbits de política i societat, “Trajectories juvenils i mobilitat socia. La reproduccio intergeneracional de la desigualtats“, Observatori Català de la Joventut, n. 41, Primavera 2009, p.43-50.
Fer-se adult. Sociologia comparada de la joventut a Europa,Observatori Català de la Joventut, Colleccio Aportacions, Barcelona, 2008, 52p. (Traduction d’une synthèse de l’ouvrage “Devenir adulte. Sociologie comparée de la jeunesse en Europe”).
- La entrada en la vista adulta. Una comparación europea, in Sandra Gaviria Sabbah (dir), « Autonomía de la Juventud en Europa », Revista de Estudios de Juventud, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, n.71, Diciembre 2005, p 55-65.
Texts in Italian
- Diventare adulti in Europa. L’impronta delle società nazionali sui percorsi di emancipazione giovanile, La Revista delle Politiche Sociali, « Giovani senza », n.3, 2011.