Sociologists at CREST address classical and contemporary questions of scientific and public relevance, guided by sociological theory, using empirical data and quantitative methods. We have strong expertise in statistical methodology and in the analysis of quantitative data. This can include traditional data sources of sociological research such as national and international surveys or administrative register data as well as novel ones, such as massive data and digital traces, text, molecular genetic data.
Our current work addresses questions in the areas of social mobility and social inequality, demography, gender and the family, consumption and spending, lifestyles and cultural practices, environmental attitudes and actions, social networks, economic sociology, migration and immigration, health and wellbeing, social science genomics, and political practices.
The group is also active in the field of computational social sciences, an area that uses computers and digital data to further social scientific research. See for instance css.cnrs.fr, featuring a full-fledged course in French on data collection in the digital era, with lectures, labs, scripts and exercises. In June 2023, our team will host a Summer institute in computational social sciences (SICSS). Check out the schedule and apply here.
Our monthly research seminar brings together French and international scholars.
We welcome visiting scholars in our group. Feel free to contact us if you are interested in coming to Paris and spending time in our group.
Training future quantitative sociologists is at the heart of our mission. We have a dynamic group of doctoral students who actively participate in the daily life and research activities of our team. We teach courses in the ENSAE curriculum and the Master program in Quantitative Sociology and Demography. In addition, we host an annual summer school in computational social science.
We are currently inviting students interested in pursuing a PhD in sociology at CREST to contact us. For more information: link.
sociology
Broadening the scope of anthropogenic influence in extreme event attribution
As extreme event attribution (EEA) matures, explaining the impacts of extreme events has risen to be a key focus for attribution scientists. Studies of this type usually assess the contribution of ant ...
Environmental Research: Climate, Volume 3, Number 4, 2024
sociology
Vulnerability, Territory, Population. From Critique to Public Policy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the term “vulnerable” was applied to “individuals” and to “populations”, “groups” and “countries” in discussions, laws and regulations; now it applies ...
Wiley, Geography of Risk, 2024
sociology
The Total Effect of Social Origins on Educational Attainment: Meta-analysis of Sibling Correlations From 18 Countries
The sibling correlation (SC), which estimates the total effect of family background (i.e., social origins), can be interpreted as measuring a society's inequality of opportunity. Its sensitivity to ob ...
Demography 11579806., 2024
sociology
Context matters when evacuating large cities: Shifting the focus from individual characteristics to location and social vulnerability
Climate change is driving extreme weather, heat and flooding, which increasingly require evacuations. Recent studies have found inconclusive results on the determinants of evacuation-related decisions ...
Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 162, December 2024, 103925, 2024
sociology
Algorithmes, inégalités, et les « humains dans la boucle »
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Ce qui échappe à l'intelligence artificielle, Hermann, pp.181-203, 2024, 979 1 0370 3844 9. , 2024
sociology
Gender Equality for Whom? The Changing College Education Gradients of the Division of Paid Work and Housework Among US Couples, 1968–2019
In response to women’s changing roles in labor markets, couples have adopted varied strategies to reconcile career and family needs. Yet, most studies on the gendered division of labor focus almost ...
Social Forces, February 2024, 2024