Evelyne Baillergeau

Evelyne Baillergeau (1970) studied urban planning, history and political science at the University of Lyon II and at the University of Grenoble II (France). As a PhD student, she was located at the Institute of Political Studies of Grenoble (France). Her dissertation (2002) addresses the emergence and development of professional expertise in promoting citizens’ participation in a sociological-historical perspective, on the basis of empirical research in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Over the last fifteen years, she has conducted research works in various fields related to social policy: social welfare work, criminality prevention, non take-up of social benefits, residents' participation in so-called deprived areas, public housing policy, migrants' participation, professional training among marginalised youth. Most of her research work has been conducted in an international comparative perspective. She notably took part in several comparative research projects funded by the European Commission. She is now senior research fellow at CREMIS (non-profit sociological research institution related to the University of Montreal, Canada) and associate professor at the University of Montreal (Department of sociology). She recently co-edited a book about the changes in social intervention over the last decades in Canada and Europe, considering both the level of policy making and the level of implementation at the grassroots’ level (Evelyne Baillergeau & Céline Bellot eds., Les transformations de l’intervention sociale, entre innovation et gestion des nouvelles formes de vulnérabilité?, presses de l’Université du Québec, 2007). At the moment she is conducting research into social practices such outreach work and street corner work. These practices are occurring in the living environment of marginalised people in urban settings of different countries (Canada, The Netherlands, Spain). What are the normative issues addressed by social professionals in their everyday practice regarding social incorporation of marginalised groups? What do the target groups think about such practices?