Julie Costa

Julie Costa holds degrees in social sciences from the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) and the University of Hamburg (Germany). She is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Caen, under the supervision of Henri Bergeron (CSO, CNRS, Sciences Po Paris) and Federico Taragoni. Conducted at the Center for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO, UMR 7116) and the Center for Research on Risks and Vulnerabilities (CERREV, UR 3918, UAR 3486 CNRS), her current work focuses on the emergence and evolution of crack cocaine use in Paris, alongside its construction as a social problem and a public policy issue. In this context, her research examines the frameworks of understanding and management generated by the phenomenon itself, and the extent to which various emotional economies, moral hierarchies, and conflicting discourses of justification are intertwined within it.

“An Endless Scourge?”: Perceptions and Responses to the Crack Problem in Paris (1980–2023)

Since 2019, Julie Costa has served as a lecturer in sociology and subsequently as a full-time lecturer and research associate. She has taught over 750 hours of courses in general sociology, sociological theory, and research methods at the University of Caen Normandy, at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Additional experience: teaching in economic and social sciences at the Nantes Academy (2018–2019).