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Research Interest(s): Sociology of health, Sociology of gender and sexuality, Sociology of work and professions
Discipline(s): Sociology
Research Group(s): Work, Employment and Professions, Knowledge, Science and Expertise Program
Biography
Zéo Richez is a doctoral student at the Center for Organizational Sociology (Sciences Po Paris), under the supervision of Emilie Biland-Curinier. His thesis focuses on healthcare professionals who support transgender minors in their medical transitions. Based on ethnographic research, he seeks to analyze the process of professionalization of an activity on the fringes of medicine, and the ways in which it contributes to (re)producing gender.
Thesis topic
Caring for transgender minors in France: Building a field and medical practice under pressure