Funding ID (coordinator):

Swanie POTOT Professional adr. : Born on the 10th of december 1973 in Nice Campus Saint Jean d’Angély France SJA3 / MSH / URMIS 3, Boulevard François Mitterrand 06357 Nice CEDEX 4 Tel :+33 (0)4 89 88 14 98 Fax. : +33 (0)4 89 88 14 89 Nationality : French Mother of two Researcher (chargée de rechercher titulaire) at CNRS- Migration and Society Research Unit (URMIS) (France)
Specialized on: Migrations to and within Europe; transnationalism; job markets and the foreigners; migration
impact on societies of origin, interethnic relations; discriminations; racism; Romania; Tunisia
Currently working on roma mobility within Europe and their reception in France
Training :
2003 : Doctor of science in Sociology (PhD)- University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (Funded for three years by the
French Ministry of Research)
1999: Master of science in Sociology and Social Anthropology- University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. Mention
Très bien
1999: Training in Rumanian Language and Civilisation, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania. Granted by
French Ministry of Foreign Affair.
1993-94: Training in English language; ESOL Certificate, Gateshead College, Gateshead, United Kingdom.
Professional experience :
Current position: CNRS Researcher at the Migrations and Society Research Unit (URMIS, UMR 8245),
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis.
Lecturer on Sociology of Migration at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis.
Member of the CNRS central comitee
In charge of the Research Master Migrations and aterities of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
01/09/2010-31/08/2012 : Researcher at the french Development Research Institut (IRD), Expatriated in Tunisia.
2007-2010: CNRS Researcher (Chargée de recherche 1ère classe) at the Migrations and Society Research Unit URMIS
2004-2007 : CNRS Researcher at the Mediterranean laboratory of sociology (LAMES-UMR6127), University of
Provence.
Lecturer at the University of Provence
2002-2004 : Assistant lecturer (ATER) in Humanities at the University of Nice.
2000-2002 In charge of a class of Sociology at the University of Nice
1999-2002: Granted by the French Ministry of Research and Education for PhD research.
Funding ID (coordinator):
MICODEV "Migration, globalisation and Development in Tunisia"
Granted by IRD and University of Sousse (Tunisia) between 2010-2013
http://urmis.unice.fr/?Programme-de-recherche-MICODEV
ANR JCJC Migragri Eur: “The work of foreigners in Western agriculture: European construction and evolution
of migration patterns” (ANR 05-|J|C|J|C|-|0|2|2|7|- 01)
Type of grant: Young researchers program funded by the French National Agency of Research
Period: 2006-2009
Position: Coordinator of the project / Budget 120.000€
Number of researchers involved : 9 (1 doctoral student ; 1 post-doc)
ECRP ESF: “New Migration Dynamics: Regular and Irregular Work on the European Labour Market”
(05_ECRP_FP037)
Type of grant: European Collaborative Research Projects of the European Science Foundation
Period: 2006-2008
Position: Coordinator of the project / Total budget: 44.000€
Number of research team involved: 5 = Spain (leader D.Redondo Toronjo, University of Huelva), Italy (leader
M.Ambrosini, University of Genoa), Poland (leader M.Okolski, University of Warsaw) and Belgium (leader
A.Rea, Free University of Brussels)
STREP IDEA “Mediterranean and Eastern European Countries as new immigration destinations in the European
Union” (Contract no.: 44446)
Type of grant: Sixth European Commission Framework Program, Specific targeted research project, Priority
SSP-5A AREA 8.1. B.2.5
Position: Team leader of the French team / Total budget 1,2M€
Number of research team involved: 12 (University of Paris X; University Kralova of Prague; National Council of
Research of Italy, Hellenic foundation for European and Foreign Policy; Universitarian institute of investigation
Ortega y Gasset; Magyar academy Tudomanyos; Investigation centre on economic sociology of organizations;
CNRS; Austrian Academy of Wissenchaften)
Membership into international research programs:
2014-2016 : Membre du programme Subjectivités et rapports aux institutions de socialisation dans
l’immigration et l’itinérance : la participation socio-scolaire des enfants (MIGRITI), Université Paris Lumières
(UPL), dirigé par S.Tersigni, M.Kokoref, M.Armagnague, I.Rigoni.
2014-2016 : Membre du programme Développement régional et coopération internationale en Tunisie
(DERCIT) IRD-Université de Sousse, sous la direction de PN Denieuil et H. Boubakri
2012-2013 : Membre du projet CIMORE Circulations, mobilités et espace relationnel des migrants en
Méditerranée, financé par le programme SOCMED CNRS/IRD. Dirigé par N.Miret (Université de Poitiers)
2006-2010 : Membre du programme ECOS-Norte El Rio Bravo Mediterraneo Las regiones fronterizas en la
época de la globalización, dirigé par N.Ribas Mateo (LAMES UMR 7503 et Colegio de la frontera norte
Tijuana)
2006-2009 :Participation au programme européen STREP IDEA (6th PCRD), dirigé par M.Okolski (Université
de Varsovie)
2005-2008 :
Participation au Réseau thématique des centres européens de recherche en sciences humaines sur l’ensemble
euro-méditerranéen - 5e PCRD, dirigé par M.Péraldi (LAMES UMR 7503)