Catherine Wihtol de Wenden explained
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (born 6 June 1950[1]) is a French political scientist. She is the Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and a senior researcher at the Institute for International Political Studies. Wihtol de Wenden specializes in migration studies. She is also an activist for the right to immigration in France.
Career
Wihtol de Wenden earned a PhD from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris in 1986.[2] She then joined the political science faculty of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, where she later became Research Director.[3] She is also a senior researcher at the Institute for International Political Studies.[4]
Wihtol de Wenden has been a consultant to the OECD, the Council of Europe, and the European Commission as well as an external expert to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[5] She was also a member of the French National Commission on Security Ethics (fr) from 2003 to 2011.[6]
In 2014, she was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.[4] In 2018, she was promoted to the rank of Officier.[7] She also won the médaille d'honneur from the French National Centre for Scientific Research in 2017.[4]
Wihtol has been vocal in the French media in support of loosening restrictions on migration to France.[8] [9] [10] [11]
Selected works
- Citoyenneté, nationalité et immigration, Arcantère, 1987
- Les immigrés et la politique. Cent-cinquante ans d'évolution, Presses de la FNSP, 1988
- Les étrangers dans la cité. Expériences européennes, with Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison, La Découverte, 1993
- La bourgeoisie. Les trois âges de la vie associative issue de l'immigration, with R. Leveau, CNRS Ed., 2001. (pocket edition 2007,)
- Atlas des migrations: Un équilibre mondial à inventer, 2012, .
- Pour accompagner les migrations en Méditerranée, L'Harmattan, 2013,
- L'Immigration. Découvrir l'histoire, les évolutions et les tendances des phénomènes migratoires, Eyrolles, 2016,
Selected awards
- Officier, Legion of Honor[7]
- Médaille d'honneur, French National Centre for Scientific Research[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: BnF General catalog . 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . SUDOC . 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . Ideas for Development . 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . Institute for International Political Studies . 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . French Cultural Centre of New York . 19 October 2016 . 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . The Cairo Review . 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Décret du 19 mai 2018 portant promotion et nomination . fr . Legifrance, Government of France . 19 May 2018 . 13 April 2020.
- News: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden. Hélène Decommer. Eric Zemmour à "ONPC" : au moins 3 erreurs sur l'immigration, voici la réalité. fr. Le Nouvel Obs. 6 October 2014. 13 April 2020.
- Web site: Le danger du contrôle de l'immigration . Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . fr . La Croix . 23 October 2013 . 13 April 2020.
- News: Covid-19 : "vouloir fermer les frontières est inutile", tranche Catherine Wihtol de Wenden . 28 February 2020 . Franceinfo . 13 April 2020.
- News: " Les migrants interrogent la France, l'Europe et la planète tout entière " . fr . 14 January 2020 . . 13 April 2020.
