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    Academic

     

     

    1995-2001         Institut Jean Nicod / EHESS, Paris

     

                              PhD (Highest grade) in Philosophy and Social Sciences

     

    Title: La crédulité : perspectives philosophiques et empiriques  (Credulity : philosophical and empirical perpectives)

                              Adviser: Dan Sperber. Experts: B. Conein, V. Descombes, P. Engel, P. Jacob.

     

    1994-1995         Ecole Polytechnique; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales; Université Paris VI; Ecole Normale, Paris

     

                              Diplôme d’Etude Avancée (DEA) in Cognitive Sciences.

     

    Thesis title: Croyance et acceptation: aspects philosophiques et  psychologiques (Belief and Acceptation : philosophical and psychological aspects). Adviser : Prof. Pascal Engel (Sorbonne).

     

    1990-94             Université de Genève

                              Bachelor degree in Chinese

     

                              Master in Philosophy (grade 5.5/6)

     

    Thesis title: La croyance: un phénomène uniforme? (Belief:  An uniform phenomenon?). Adviser: Prof. Kevin Mulligan.

     

    1989-90             Université de Lausanne

                              Excellence prize, Social and Political Sciences Faculty.

     

                              Master in sociology and anthropology (grade 8.7/10)

     


     

     

    Professional experiences and Grants

     

     

    2007-                 SNF Professor at the University of Lausanne.

    2004-2007         Researcher at the University ofLausanne. Swiss National Fellowship grant, project “Naïve sociology” (with Laurence Kaufmann).

     

    2004-2005         Invited professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Neuchatel.

     

    2003-2004         Invited professor, Department of Sociology, University of Geneva.

     

    2000-2003         Three years post-doc fellowship, Swiss National Fund. Research fellow:

                                                                              i.      University of California (Berkeley), 2000-2002

                                                                             ii.      University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 2002-2003

                                                                           iii.      Harvard University (Cambridge), mars-septembre 2003

    1999-2000         Researcher at the University of Lausanne. Collaboration with prof. Gérald Berthoud. Anthropological study on the emerging Information Society.

     

    1996-1998         External expert for exams in social sciences, Université de Lausanne

     

    1995-1997         Researcher, Swiss National Fund, CREA (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris)

     

    1992 -                Scientific Head of a research center (ethno-history) in Champéry (Switzerland).

     

    1992-1994         Lecturer in sociology, University of Lausanne.

     

     

     

     

     

    Languages

     

    Languages

    English: fluent, spoken and written

    French: mother tongue

    German: good knowledge

    Italian: good knowledge

    Chinese: basic knowledge