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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 aging. In his dissertation, he examined the processes of specialization that shape the medical profession, studying 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 within the care of individuals with cognitive decline. He is now studying the mechanisms of age assignment, their socializing power, and challenges to these mechanisms in various institutions providing care for the elderly. Martin Sarzier is contributing to the development of a sociology of age relations, notably as part of the RÂGE collective.
EDUCATION
2023
Doctorate in Sociology, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
2017
Master's in Social Sciences (PDI track), ENS-EHESS
2016
External Agrégation in Economics and Social Sciences
2013-2018
Student at the École normale supérieure de Lyon (B/L competitive exam)
Teaching
- Major Sociological Surveys, 2nd year, Nancy campus
- Group Research Project, Master 1 in Sociology, Paris campus
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Co-director of the CSO doctoral seminar
- Co-director of the junior research group on age relations (RÂGE)
- Co-director of the “Socialization and Health” seminar (EHESS, 2025–2027)
- Member of the editorial board of the journal Retraite et société
- Associate researcher at the ERC Gendhi
Editorial Activity
Member of the editorial board of the journal Retraite et société
publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- « Assigner à la vieillesse. Pratiques d’âgisation et reproduction de l’ordre social en gérontopsychiatrie », Genèses. Sciences sociales et histoire, n°143, 2026, p. 70-93.
- « Les configurations d’un espace spécialisé. Le rôle d’un congrès dans la genèse et les remaniements de la gérontopsychiatrie », Revue française de sociologie, vol. 66, n°3/4, 2025, p. 431-455.
- « D’une sociologie des âges à une sociologie de l’âge », SociologieS, Conversation, 2025 [En ligne] (avec Simon Protar et Lucie Wicky).
- « Mettre la vieillesse au travail. Les pratiques de stimulation en gérontopsychiatrie et leurs effets », Sociétés contemporaines, n°129, 2023, p. 77-106.
- « 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).
- « 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].