{"id":4816,"date":"2025-12-15T11:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/migration-diversite\/home\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:01:28","slug":"annonces-des-laureats-du-prix-de-la-recherche-midi-2025-announcement-of-the-winners-of-the-2025-midi-research-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/migration-diversite\/home\/2025\/12\/15\/annonces-des-laureats-du-prix-de-la-recherche-midi-2025-announcement-of-the-winners-of-the-2025-midi-research-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNONCE DES LAUR\u00c9ATS DU PRIX DE LA RECHERCHE MIDI 2025 \/ ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 MIDI RESEARCH PRIZE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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COLLECTIF INTERDISCIPLINAIRE MIGRATION ET DIVERSIT\u00c9 (MIDI)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANNONCES DES LAUR\u00c9ATS DU PRIX DE LA RECHERCHE MIDI 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le collectif interdisciplinaire Migration et Diversit\u00e9 (MiDi)<\/a> de Sciences Po a le plaisir d’annoncer les laur\u00e9at-es de son Prix de la recherche MiDi 2025. Ce prix, lanc\u00e9 en 2023 pour la premi\u00e8re fois, a pour but de r\u00e9compenser les efforts exceptionnels de jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs au niveau Master et Doctorat \u00e0 travers toutes les \u00e9coles et d\u00e9partements de Sciences Po, d’accro\u00eetre la visibilit\u00e9 d’une recherche rigoureuse et innovante sur les questions li\u00e9es aux migrations internationales et \u00e0 la diversit\u00e9 ethno-culturelle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MiDi a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 2020 en tant qu’initiative collective interdisciplinaire dans le but de renforcer les interactions entre les chercheuses et chercheurs des diff\u00e9rents centres de recherche de Sciences Po autour des questions de migration internationale et de diversit\u00e9 ethno-culturelle. Il met en lien les scientifiques du Centre de recherches internationales (CERI), du Centre d\u2019\u00e9tudes europ\u00e9ennes et de politique compar\u00e9e (CEE), du Centre de recherche sur les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s sociales (CRIS), de l’\u00c9cole de droit, du D\u00e9partement d’histoire, du D\u00e9partement d’\u00e9conomie, du Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), du M\u00e9dialab et du Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d\u2019\u00e9valuation des politiques publiques (LIEPP). La recherche produite \u00e0 Sciences Po sur ces questions couvre des th\u00e8mes tr\u00e8s vari\u00e9s, tels que les flux migratoires, le droit d’asile, les fronti\u00e8res, l’int\u00e9gration des migrants, la discrimination et les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s dans les contextes europ\u00e9en et mondial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le comit\u00e9 de pilotage, compos\u00e9 de Martin ARANGUREN (CRIS), Mohamed ELSAYEH (\u00c9cole de droit), Mathilde EMERIAU (M\u00e9dialab), Virginie GUIRAUDON (CEE), H\u00e9l\u00e8ne LE BAIL (CERI), Marie MERCAT-BRUNS (\u00c9cole de droit), Christophe POULY (\u00c9cole de droit), H\u00e9l\u00e8ne THIOLLET (CERI), et Katharina TITTEL (CRIS\/M\u00e9dialab) f\u00e9licite des excellentes candidatures. Apr\u00e8s d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations, le jury a choisi de r\u00e9compenser un doctorant et deux \u00e9tudiants en master comme suit :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NIVEAU DOCTORAT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Louis IMBERT <\/strong>(\u00c9cole de droit) pour son article Endorsing Migration Policies in Constitutional Terms: The Case of the French Constitutional Council<\/em><\/strong>. Cet article examine l\u2019approche du Conseil constitutionnel fran\u00e7ais en mati\u00e8re d\u2019immigration, analysant comment sa jurisprudence soutient, dans l\u2019ensemble, les politiques l\u00e9gislatives en la mati\u00e8re. Il met en \u00e9vidence la reconnaissance de pouvoirs policiers \u00e9tendus et la censure limit\u00e9e aux seules dispositions les plus excessives. L\u2019analyse souligne que les m\u00e9thodes de raisonnement, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es comme neutres, fonctionnent en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 comme des instruments politiquement orient\u00e9s, consolidant des pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences restrictives en mati\u00e8re de politique migratoire. Elle met \u00e9galement en lumi\u00e8re la mani\u00e8re dont le Conseil appuie les \u00e9volutions r\u00e9centes vers un contr\u00f4le migratoire renforc\u00e9, \u00e9cartant d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment une approche fond\u00e9e sur les droits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Docteur de l\u2019\u00c9cole de droit de Sciences Po (2025), Louis Imbert est actuellement enseignant contractuel en droit public \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans (2025-26). Il est l\u2019auteur d\u2019une th\u00e8se sur les dynamiques d\u2019exclusion et d\u2019inclusion \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre dans les d\u00e9cisions des juges constitutionnels sur l\u2019immigration en Colombie, aux \u00c9tats-Unis et en France. Il a publi\u00e9 l\u2019essai <\/strong>Immigration : fabrique d\u2019un discours de crise <\/em><\/strong>(10\/18, 2022) ainsi que divers articles et chapitres d\u2019ouvrage sur le droit et les politiques d\u2019immigration et d\u2019asile en France et en Europe. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 Teaching Fellow<\/em> en droit sur le campus de Reims de Sciences Po (2023-25) et attach\u00e9 temporaire d\u2019enseignement et de recherche en droit public \u00e0 CY Cergy Paris Universit\u00e9 (2020-22). Laur\u00e9at d\u2019une bourse doctorale de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (2017-20), il a \u00e9t\u00e9 tuteur puis assistant de la clinique Migrations de l\u2019\u00c9cole de droit de Sciences Po (2016-20). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NIVEAU MASTER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Niklas AYRIS<\/strong> (Master en sociologie, \u00c9cole de la recherche) pour son m\u00e9moire The \u2018Immigrant Bargain\u2019 Revisited: Exploring the Subjective Social Mobility of Immigrants in France<\/em><\/strong>. Ce m\u00e9moire analyse la mobilit\u00e9 sociale des migrants en distinguant leur perception subjective de la mobilit\u00e9 et leur mobilit\u00e9 interg\u00e9n\u00e9rationnelle objective en mati\u00e8re d\u2019occupation et d\u2019\u00e9ducation. \u00c0 partir de donn\u00e9es provenant de Trajectoires et Origines 2 (TeO2), de l\u2019International Social Survey Program (ISSP)<\/em> et de Life in Transition Survey IV (LITS IV)<\/em>, l\u2019\u00e9tude porte d\u2019abord sur la population immigr\u00e9e en France, avant d\u2019adopter une perspective comparative internationale. L\u2019analyse montre que les migrants se per\u00e7oivent plus souvent comme socialement mobiles, m\u00eame lorsqu\u2019ils connaissent une mobilit\u00e9 objective descendante, et que leur mobilit\u00e9 subjective est moins corr\u00e9l\u00e9e avec leurs trajectoires objectives, en particulier en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9ducation. Ces r\u00e9sultats mettent en \u00e9vidence un \u00e9cart entre les perceptions des migrants et les indicateurs objectifs de mobilit\u00e9, et soulignent que la migration constitue en soi une forme de r\u00e9ussite sociale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niklas Ayris est doctorant au Centre pour la recherche sur les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s sociales (CRIS) \u00e0 Sciences Po. Avant d\u2019entrer dans l\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur, il a pass\u00e9 une d\u00e9cennie \u00e0 travailler dans le secteur de l\u2019h\u00f4tellerie. S\u2019appuyant sur son m\u00e9moire de master, <\/strong>The Immigrant Bargain Revisited<\/em><\/strong>, ses recherches examinent le chevauchement conceptuel et les interactions entre mobilit\u00e9 sociale et mobilit\u00e9 spatiale. Son projet doctoral adopte une approche multi-m\u00e9thodes \u2013 combinant m\u00e9thodes computationnelles, quantitatives et qualitatives \u2013 pour \u00e9tudier comment les trajectoires professionnelles \u00e9voluent tant au sein des professions peu valoris\u00e9es qu\u2019entre diff\u00e9rentes professions, comment ces parcours sont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9s par les d\u00e9placements g\u00e9ographiques, et comment ces facteurs influencent ensemble la perception qu\u2019ont les individus de leur propre mobilit\u00e9 sociale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u00e9o MUGNERET-LA GRAVIERE <\/strong>(Master en science politique – mention politique compar\u00e9e, \u00c9cole de la recherche) pour son m\u00e9moire Being \u2018Overseas Chinese\u2019 in the French Overseas: Diaspora Politics and Entangled Claims of Loyalty within the Chinese (Descent) Community of French Polynesia. <\/em><\/strong>Ce m\u00e9moire examine la communaut\u00e9 polyn\u00e9sienne d\u2019origine chinoise issue de la migration entre 1865 et 1949 depuis le Guangdong vers les territoires insulaires du Pacifique sud int\u00e9gr\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019empire colonial fran\u00e7ais. Il analyse la configuration diasporique de cette communaut\u00e9 \u00e0 travers l\u2019histoire politique et sociale de la Chine et de la Polyn\u00e9sie fran\u00e7aise. S\u2019appuyant sur des archives diplomatiques et un travail ethnographique comprenant 39 entretiens et 13 observations sur le terrain en France et en Polyn\u00e9sie, le m\u00e9moire enrichit le cadre analytique classique des \u00e9tudes diasporiques. Il met en lumi\u00e8re l\u2019enchev\u00eatrement des exigences de loyaut\u00e9 adress\u00e9es \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 par les autorit\u00e9s chinoises, les \u00e9lites polyn\u00e9siennes, les autorit\u00e9s fran\u00e7aises et les organisations locales. Enfin, il remet en question l\u2019id\u00e9e selon laquelle les \u00ab Chinois d\u2019outre-mer \u00bb seraient de simples relais de la politique chinoise, en montrant leur contribution politique \u00e0 une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 polyn\u00e9sienne (post-)coloniale et les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s locales de l\u2019implication croissante de la Chine dans le Pacifique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00e9o Mugneret-La Gravi\u00e8re est doctorant en science politique au Centre de recherches internationales de Sciences Po sous la co-direction de Fran\u00e7oise Mengin et J\u00e9r\u00f4me Doyon. Sa th\u00e8se porte sur les relations entre l\u2019\u00c9tat-Parti chinois et les communaut\u00e9s diasporiques chinoises et d\u2019origine chinoise dans le Pacifique. Dans le cadre de son m\u00e9moire de master en science politique \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole de la recherche de Sciences Po, il a conduit un projet de recherche sur les politiques diasporiques de la communaut\u00e9 (d\u2019origine) chinoise en Polyn\u00e9sie fran\u00e7aise bas\u00e9 sur une recherche archivistique et un terrain de recherche de deux mois \u00e0 Tahiti.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MIGRATION AND DIVERSITY (MIDI) INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLECTIVE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 MIDI RESEARCH PRIZE <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sciences Po’s Migration and Diversity (MiDi)<\/a> interdisciplinary collective is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 MiDi Research Prize. This prize, launched in 2023 for the first time, aims to reward the outstanding efforts of young researchers at the master\u2019s and PhD levels across all Sciences Po schools and departments, and raises the profile of rigorous and innovative research on issues related to international migration and ethno-cultural diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MiDi was created in 2020 as a collective interdisciplinary initiative with the aim of strengthening interactions between researchers from different Sciences Po research centres around issues of international migration and ethno-cultural diversity. It brings together researchers from the Centre for International Studies (CERI), the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE), the Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS), the Law School, the Department of History, the Department of Economics, the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP), and M\u00e9dialab. The research produced at Sciences Po on these issues covers a wide range of themes, such as asylum and migration flows, the right of asylum, borders, the integration of migrants, ethno-racial discrimination and inequalities in the European and global contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steering committee, composed of Martin ARANGUREN (CRIS), Mohamed ELSAYEH (Law School), Mathilde EMERIAU (M\u00e9dialab), Virginie GUIRAUDON (CEE), H\u00e9l\u00e8ne LE BAIL (CERI), Marie MERCAT-BRUNS (Law School), Christophe POULY (Law School), H\u00e9l\u00e8ne THIOLLET (CERI), and Katharina TITTEL (CRIS\/M\u00e9dialab), congratulates the excellent applications received. After deliberation, the jury decided to award one doctoral candidate and two master\u2019s students as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DOCTORAL LEVEL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Louis IMBERT<\/strong> (Sciences Po Law School) for his article Endorsing Migration Policies in Constitutional Terms: The Case of the French Constitutional Council<\/em><\/strong>. This article investigates the French Constitutional Council\u2019s approach to immigration, examining how its case law has generally upheld legislative policies in this domain. It highlights the Council\u2019s recognition of extensive police powers while striking down only the most excessive provisions. The study demonstrates that the Council\u2019s ostensibly neutral methods of reasoning operate as politically oriented instruments, reinforcing restrictive immigration policy preferences. It further illuminates how the Council has endorsed recent trends toward stricter immigration control, deliberately eschewing a rights-based approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louis Imbert, who earned his doctorate from the Sciences Po Law School (2025), is currently a lecturer in public law at the University of Orl\u00e9ans (2025-26). He is the author of a thesis on the dynamics of exclusion and inclusion at play in constitutional judges\u2019 decisions on immigration in Colombia, the United States, and France. He has published the book <\/strong>Immigration: fabrique d\u2019un discours de crise<\/em><\/strong> (10\/18, 2022), as well as various articles and book chapters on immigration and asylum law and policy in France and Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He served as a Teaching Fellow in law at the Sciences Po Reims campus (2023-25) and as a temporary lecturer and research assistant in public law at CY Cergy Paris University (2020-22). A recipient of a doctoral fellowship from the National Foundation for Political Science (2017-20), he was also a tutor and then assistant at the Sciences Po Law School\u2019s Migration Clinic (2016-20).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MASTER\u2019S LEVEL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Niklas AYRIS <\/strong>(Master in Sociology, School of Research) for his master\u2019s dissertation The \u2018Immigrant Bargain\u2019 Revisited: Exploring the Subjective Social Mobility of Immigrants in France<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>This dissertation examines social mobility among migrants by distinguishing between their subjective perceptions of mobility and their intergenerational occupational and educational mobility. Using data from Trajectoires et Origines 2 (TeO2)<\/em>, the International Social Survey Program (ISSP), and the Life in Transition Survey IV (LITS IV), the study first focuses on the immigrant population in France before adopting a comparative international perspective. The analysis shows that migrants are more likely to perceive themselves as socially mobile, even when their objective mobility is downward, and that their subjective mobility is less closely aligned with objective trajectories, particularly in education. These results highlight a gap between migrants\u2019 perceptions and objective measures of mobility, emphasizing that migration itself constitutes a form of social success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niklas Ayris is a doctoral candidate at the <\/strong>Centre pour la recherche sur les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s sociales (CRIS)<\/em><\/strong> at Sciences Po. Before entering higher education, he spent a decade working in the hospitality industry. Building on his master\u2019s thesis, <\/strong>The Immigrant Bargain Revisited<\/em><\/strong>, his research examines the conceptual overlap and interactions between social and spatial mobility. His doctoral project adopts a multi-method approach – combining computational, quantitative, and qualitative methods – to investigate how professional trajectories evolve both within low-status professions and between occupations, how these paths are shaped by geographical movement, and how these factors together shape individuals\u2019 perceptions of their own social mobility.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u00e9o MUGNERET-LA GRAVIERE <\/strong>(Master in Political Science – Major in Comparative Politics, School of Research) for his dissertation Being \u2018Overseas Chinese\u2019 in the French Overseas: Diaspora Politics and Entangled Claims of Loyalty within the Chinese (Descent) Community of French Polynesia<\/em><\/strong>. This dissertation examines the Chinese-origin Polynesian community that migrated between 1865 and 1949 from Guangdong to South Pacific islands integrated into the French colonial empire. It analyzes the community\u2019s diasporic configuration through the political and social histories of China and French Polynesia. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork, including 39 interviews and 13 observations conducted in France and French Polynesia, the dissertation expands the classical analytical framework of diasporic studies. It highlights the complex loyalties imposed on the community by Chinese authorities, Polynesian elites, French authorities, and local organizations. Finally, it challenges the notion of \u201coverseas Chinese\u201d as passive instruments of Chinese foreign policy, revealing their political contributions to a (post-)colonial Polynesian society and the local realities of China\u2019s growing involvement in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00e9o Mugneret-La Gravi\u00e8re is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Sciences Po\u2019s Center for International Studies under the joint supervision of Professors Fran\u00e7oise Mengin and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Doyon. His PhD research focuses on the relations between the Chinese Party-State and the Chinese (descent) diasporic communities in the Pacific. As part of his MPhil in Political Science from Sciences Po\u2019s School of Research, he conducted his master\u2019s thesis research on the diaspora politics of the Chinese (descent) community in French Polynesia, based on archival research and a two-month fieldwork in Tahiti.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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