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Martin Sarzier
Assistant Professor
Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO)
Research Interest(s): Age, Inequality, Socialization, Health, Work, Professions
Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program, Public Policy and Transformations of the State
Biography
Martin Sarzier's work lies at the intersection of the sociology of work, professions, health, and age. In his thesis, he focused on the processes of specialization that shape the medical profession, analyzing the emergence and establishment of geriatric psychiatry in France. His recent research, combining ethnography and statistical analysis, has focused on the reproduction of social inequalities in health in the treatment of cognitive decline. He is now studying the mechanisms of age assignment, their socializing effects, and their challenges in various institutions that provide care for the elderly. As part of the RÂGE junior laboratory, which he co-leads, Martin Sarzier is involved in the development of a sociology of age relations.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Co-director of the CSO doctoral seminar
Co-organizer of the junior laboratory on age relations (RÂGE)
Associate researcher at ERC Gendhi (link: https://gendhi.eu/)
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Sociology, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 2023
Master's in Social Sciences (PDI track), ENS-EHESS, 2017
External Agrégation in Economics and Social Sciences, 2016
Student at the École normale supérieure de Lyon (B/L competitive exam), 2013-2018
Teaching
At Sciences Po, in 2025-2026
Major sociological studies, 2nd year, Nancy campus
Collective study, Master 1 Sociology, Paris campus
Editorial Activity
Member of the editorial board of the journal Retraite et société
publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
« Des déclassé·es immobiles. Comprendre l’évolution des rapports au travail dans un service hospitalier », Sociologie du travail, vol. 62, n°4, 2020 [En ligne]. : https://journals.openedition.org/sdt/35687
« Repousser les frontières du travail. Propositions pour une autre approche de la vieillesse », Sociétés contemporaines, n°129, 2023, p. 5-21 (avec M. Derrien et M. Rossigneux-Méheust). : https://shs.cairn.info/revue-societes-contemporaines-2023-1-page-5?lang=fr&tab=texte-integral
« Mettre la vieillesse au travail. Les pratiques de stimulation en gérontopsychiatrie et leurs effets », Sociétés contemporaines, n°129, 2023, p. 77-106. : https://shs.cairn.info/revue-societes-contemporaines-2023-1-page-77?lang=fr
« Sociologie du grand âge : transitions, épreuves, inégalités », in J.-P. Clément, B. Calvet, P. Vandel (dir.), Psychiatrie de la personne âgée, Paris, Lavoisier, 2025.
