International conference - Rethinking institutional activism
Illiberalisms, participation and (dis)mobilisation
19 and 20 June
Avignon University
Programme
19 June (Day 1)
9.30am - 9.45am Welcome words by Guillaume MARREL, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies (ICPSN) and Christèle LAGIER, Senior Lecturer (HDR) in Political Science, Director of the Legal, Political, Economic and Management Sciences Laboratory (JPEG).
9.45am - 10am Introduction by Yoletty BRACHO, contract lecturer in political science, Avignon University - JPEG, and Julien TALPIN, researcher in political science at the CNRS, University of Lille - CERAPS.
10am - 12.30pm. Panel 1: Institutionalisation of mobilisations and institutional activism
"Penser l'institutionnalisation des féminismes à l'échelle régionale : les pôles académique et étatique de l'espace de la cause des femmes en Midi-Pyrénées (1976 - 1986)". Justine ZELLER, postdoctoral researcher in contemporary history, University of Orléans, POLEN.
"Between contestation and cooperation: the institutionalisation of the women's cause in public theatre". Cécile TALBOT, postdoctoral researcher, Université Lumière Lyon 2 - Centre Max Weber.
"Institutional enrolment of union representatives: how to rethink the formatting effects of participation in social dialogue". Baptiste GIRAUD, HDR lecturer in political science, Université Aix-Marseille - LEST.
"Institutional activism in a context of democratic erosion: Porto Alegre's urban collectives faced with the bottom-up suspension of the participatory budget". Jonas LEFEBVRE, doctoral student in political science, Université de Montréal.
Discussion:
Jean Louis BRIQUET, Director of Research at the CNRS, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne - CESSP.
Ouassim HAMZAOUI, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Avignon University - JPEG.
12.30pm - 1.45pm: Lunch break.
1.45pm - 3pm : Keynote speak by Rebecca ABERS, Professor of Political Science at the University of Brasília - Institute of Political Science.
Discussion: Yoletty BRACHO, contract lecturer in political science, Avignon University - JPEG.
3.00 pm - 3.15 pm: Coffee break.
3.15pm - 5.15pm. Panel 2: Tensions in institutional activism. Ambivalence in activist roles
"'Re-enchanting action to maintain one's professional commitment. The case of institutional activism in local policies for citizen participation and environmental protection". Adrien MOLLARET, post-doctoral student in political science, INRAE.
"Institutional activism in urban policy: transformation or reproduction of local gender, class and race hierarchies". Alice DAQUIN, postdoctoral researcher, University of Amsterdam.
"Accès aux droits, tu perds ton sang-froid? From support to resistance: when intermediaries challenge institutional abuse in access to social rights". Nadia OKBANI, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Toulouse Jean Jaurès University - CERTOP.
Discussion:
Magali NONJON, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Sciences Po Aix - MESOPOLHIS.
Jessica SAINTY, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Avignon University - JPEG.
5.15pm - 5.30pm: Coffee break.
5.30pm - 6.45pm: Plenary session with Carla BEZERRA DE PAIVA, researcher in political science (University of Brasília - Cebrap) and Director of Digital Participation at the General Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidency.
Discussion:
Elisabeth DAU, Co-founder and director of studies at the Fréquence Commune cooperative
Julien TALPIN, researcher in political science at the CNRS, University of Lille - CERAPS.
20 June (2nd day)
9.30am - 12pm. Panel 3: Activism in the State. Intermediation and reconversion of activist resources
"Activism within, outside and at the interface of the metropolitan institution: the role of activist intermediation in the collaborative and conflictual development of the Local Advertising Regulations (RLP) of the Lyon Metropolitan Area". Adrien BIDAUD-BONOD, doctoral student in political science, Université Lumière Lyon 2 - Triangle.
"Experiences of institutional activism: a resource for opposition neighbourhood councillors in a centre-right city". Noelia NOYA IGLESIAS, doctoral student in sociology, EHESS / General Sarmiento National University - CMH / CERREV.
"Entrisme ou cooptation ? Trajectories of twenty Leftists from outside to inside the institutions". Lina BENCHEKOR, doctoral student in political science, Université Aix Marseille - Mesopolhis.
"From commune to mayor's office and national communal organization: transformations in Chavista institutional activism within El Maizal", Carlos G. TORREALBA M, associate researcher, Autonomous University of Mexico - IISUNAM.
Discussion:
Lorenzo BARRAULT - STELLA, CNRS HDR research fellow, Université Paris 8 - CSU - CRESPPA.
Yoletty BRACHO, contract lecturer in political science, Avignon University - JPEG.
12pm - 1.15pm: Lunch break.
1.15pm - 2.45pm. Round-table discussion "Conceptualising institutional activism in context" with Gabriel VOMMARO, Professor of Political Sociology, Universidad Nacional de San Martín - EIDAES and Claire BENIT-GBAFFOU, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, Université Aix-Marseille - MESOPOLHIS.
Moderator: Alice Mazeaud, University of La Rochelle, HDR lecturer in political science, University of La Rochelle - LIENSs.
2.45pm - 3pm: Coffee break
3pm - 5pm. Panel 4: Discreet and constrained institutional activism? Conceptual boundaries
"Militant at Hcéres? Expert assessors faced with the commercialisation of higher education". Mathis D'AQUINO, lecturer in political science, Sciences Po Bordeaux.
"L'impossible militantisme institutionnel? Local government officials in the grip of police scrutiny of public subsidies (France)". Pablo CORROYER, postdoctoral researcher, University of Lille - CERAPS.
"Defending work, legitimising redundancies. The paradox of a militant generation of labour inspectors (1975-1986)". Guillaume GOURGUES, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Université Lumière Lyon 2 - Triangle.
Discussion:
Marie Hélène SA VILAS BOAS, lecturer in political science at the Université Côte d'Azur - Ermes.
Amin ALLAL, CNRS Research Fellow, University of Lille - CERAPS.
5pm - 5:30pm. Conclusion
Conference organised with the support of :
Avignon University (Research Committee)
CERAPS UMR 8026 - University of Lille
EN Agorantic
GIS Democracy and Participation
Institute for Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies
-JPEG UPR 3788 - Legal, political, economic and management sciences laboratory
Mis à jour le 22 May 2025