Certain fields of research are deeply shaped by their proximity with policy-makers and administrations. The so-called ‘regulatory sciences’ and their corresponding expert communities emerge from this intermediary space between science and policy. Social studies of expertise and scientific experts show, however, that modes of engagement with policy-...
À travers une approche paléogénomique multiscalaire, ce travail vise à étudier la diversité génétique des groupes humain du sud de la France entre le Néolithique et l’Âge du Bronze au regard des transformations culturelles identifiées dans le registre archéologique. Dans une optique de documentation régionale et diachronique, cette étude a été cons...
Les communautés saoudiennes qui composent l’oasis d’al-‘Ulâ (Arabie saoudite) affichent une unité cimentée par l’appartenance au royaume, excluant de fait les travailleurs étrangers, essentiels à l’économie oasienne locale. Cette unité sous le sceau royal est plus proclamée que localement pensée et vécue par les habitants de la région. Les identité...
Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) have a unique social system for primates, with huge groups of hundreds of individuals and males moving in and out of the group seasonally. Despite intensive field studies conducted at several sites in the Congo Basin rainforests, the mechanisms and adaptation of their social organization are still poorly understood. Ho...
Explaining the evolution of social organization has been fundamental to understanding human sociality and social evolution more widely. In the past, it was thought that each species had a specific social organization. However, intra-specific variation in social organization (IVSO) has been found in many taxa. This thesis aims to understand the evol...
The Saudi communities that make up the oasis of al-‘Ulâ (Saudi Arabia) display a unity cemented by their belonging to the kingdom, de facto excluding foreign workers, who are nevertheless essential to the local oasis economy. This unity under the royal seal is more proclaimed than it is felt and experienced by the inhabitants of the region. Local c...
Report and scientific justification of the project: al-Ula AS Project : Anthropological survey of al-‘Ulā community and its oasis system.Annual Report to AFALULA (Agence française pour le développement d'al-Ula) & RCU (Royal Commission for AlUla).
Published in Animal cognition
A fundamental question in animal behaviour is the role of vocal communication in the regulation of social interactions in species that organise themselves into social groups. Context dependence and seasonality in vocalizations are present in the communication of many species, although very little research has addressed this dependence in marine mam...
Published in Social science research
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has rolled out a series of programs that leverage local and state resources to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. There is little understanding, however, about the public safety consequences of mobilizing local police to enforce immigration law. I use ICE administrative records, Uniform Crime Report...
Currently, more than half of the country's inhabitants are concentrated in the Central Valley of Costa Rica and the growth of the city has generated great pressure on the archaeological heritage. Thanks to institutional efforts and current legislation, this process has been accompanied by a large number of archaeological impact assessments and resc...
