After having studied Sociology (University of Geneva, 2005-2008) and Social sciences (University of Lausanne, 2008-2010), I was hired by the University of Lausanne as a junior researcher on SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) and SNIS (Swiss Network for International Studies) research projects (2009-2011). These projects focused on the role of the World Bank in the transfer of development policies in Brazil and the Philippines (SNSF), the feminization of the fight against poverty in Brazil and the Philippines (SNIS). I subsequently completed a doctoral thesis devoted to transnational migrations at the University of Geneva (2011-2016), which was based on 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Philippines, unpicked the processes of sexualization and racialization of Filipina women as they go through recruitment, training and deployment as migrant domestic workers. From 2016 to 2019, I expanded my field of research into the nexus of Mobilities and Migrations through an SNSF-funded project. This innovative research focused on the processes of racialization and sexualization that take place in the European artistic field. In particular, I explored the ways in which the normative regime of transnational mobility shapes artistic careers. By studying the transnational field of the arts in so-called “(post)multicultural“ societies, I demonstrated how the construction of cultural, ethnic/racial and gendered differences has become an aesthetic norm which structures the biographical, professional and mobility trajectories of artists in the field of contemporary dance. Since 2020, I have kept contributing to the fields of Transnational Mobilities and Migrations studies, Gender studies and Critical race theory, Sociology of Public spaces, Sociology of Work and Sociology of Art.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 100 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-3290 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Qualitative research
Geographies
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Scope
Roles
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University of Geneva
University, Geneva, Switzerland
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Haute école de travail social de Lausanne (HETSL)
Other, Lausanne, Switzerland
Collaborateur scientifique
Research
A ‘Minority’ on the Move: Boundary Work among Filipina Muslim Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
« À votre service ! » : la fabrication de la domesticité en Asie du Sud-Est
| Authors | Julien Debonneville, Olivia Killias |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Moussons |
« Always wear a smile on your face! »
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Journal des anthropologues |
(Re)connaissances anthropologiques du postcolonial
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Regards croisés sur les récits de vie des femmes philippines dans l’économie mondialisée du travail domestique. Pour une analyse processuelle des carrières migratoire
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Moussons | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
De la lutte contre la vulnérabilité aux transferts d'argent. La migration des travailleuses domestiques au prisme du dispositif migratoire philippin
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Autrepart |
Les écoles du care aux Philippines
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Revue Tiers Monde | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Les processus de transfert de politiques publiques et les nouvelles techniques de gouvernance
| Authors | Julien Debonneville, Pablo Diaz |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Revue Tiers Monde |
Sexualités en mouvement. Du travail domestique mondialisé à la normalisation des corps sexués
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Genre, sexualité et société |
Suggested Research
De la culture du risque à la culturalisation du risque dans les migrations. Un cadrage sur les mobilités des travailleuses domestiques philippines
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
Gender, migration and domestic employment in France and Italy. Construction of non-qualification and ethnic otherness
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Travail, genre et sociétés | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
An organizational approach to the Philippine migration industry: recruiting, matching and tailoring migrant domestic workers
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
Migrant mothers without borders. The invisible dimension of filipino immigration to France
| Authors | Julien Debonneville |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Travail, genre et sociétés | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mobilités dans le Sud globalisé : altérités, racialisation et fabrique des identités
| Authors | Julien Debonneville, Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot, Gwenola Ricordeau |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Civilisations |