Jean VIARD

A sociologist, Jean Viard is an associate research director at CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) attached to the CEVIPOF (Centre de recherches politiques de l’Institut de sciences politiques). He holds a master in economy (University of Aix-en-Provence) and a PhD in sociology (École des hautes études en sciences sociales). His expertise is in sociology of time (holidays, 35 working hours per week), space management (land planning, agricultural issues) and politics. Guest speaker, regular press writer, he also works as an adviser for private corporations and territorial agencies. He was columnist at Le Journal du Dimanche, the Polka magazine, and newspaper « Le 1 ». He took part in the conception of the “Nouvel Obs-le plus” platform on line. He regularly participates in the Arte 28’ TV program and News. He has published several books, including “Quand la Méditerranée nous submerge” (2017) “Chronique française. De Mitterrand à Macron” (2018), “Une société si vivante” (2019), Le sacre de la terre (2020) (Aube publisher)

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