Im an anthropologist and a senior researcher at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), in Centre Norbert Elias, Marseille. I earned a PhD from Aix-Marseille Université on Senegalese migrant women traders in Marseille, a subject I continued to investigate for several years and which led to the publication of my book Travail, sexualité et migration : les commerçantes sénégalaises à Marseille. Before being recruited to the CNRS, I completed three post-doctoral studies and participated in several research projects. During these works I led a crossed reflection on the themes of women migration, migrant enterprise and return migration, while questioning the very notions of mobility and migration. My current research project focuses on a comparative study of the uses of law and on return migration of the descendants of European emigrants from Latin America to several European countries.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3036
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-3629

Roles

  • CNRS

    University, Marseille, France
    Chargée de recherche/Senior Researcher

Research

Éditorial : Nationalités multiples : la mobilité en héritage et comme horizon

Authors Melissa Blanchard, Karine Lamarche
Year 2023
Journal Name Revue européenne des migrations internationales
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1 Journal Article

Migration and Sexual Change

Authors Martina Cvajner, Giuseppe Sciortino
Year 2019
Journal Name MIGRATION LETTERS
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8 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Bloodline gateways: Italian ancestral citizenship as a resource to bypass European migration policies

Authors Melissa Blanchard
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
1 Journal Article
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