Imen Bdour

Imen Bdour holds a doctorate in sociology from the Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Sfax (F.L.S.H.S) in Tunisia, with a thesis entitled "Décrochage scolaire : déviance et radicalisation. Survey conducted in the regions of Sidi Bouzid and Tunis" (2022). In 2016, she graduated with honors from the Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis (ISSHT) with a master's degree in sociology and development research. Her dissertation was on “Today's school or the decline of an institution: the use of psychoactive substances as a form of deviance (The case of the Sadikiya secondary school in the Kasbah in Tunis)”.

The project

Title: Migration trajectories of sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia

"My postdoctoral project aims to analyze the migration routes, survival strategies and settlement dynamics of sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia. This research is based on a qualitative approach combining ethnographic observation and semi-structured interviews with migrants, local associations and institutional players. We are particularly interested in migrants' journeys from their country of origin to their arrival in Europe. This last stage remains insufficiently studied. Current research does not cover in depth the decisive phase when these migrants, trapped in a migratory in-between, devise strategies to get through the final stage and reach their final destination.  As part of our study stay in France, we will seek to deepen our investigation of pathways by collecting data on the reception structures for African clandestine migrants in France, as well as on the family and community networks that facilitate their integration, particularly when they lack specific professional qualifications".

Hosting institution: École des hautes études en sciences sociales (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) (EHESS)

Selected bibliography

Article in a collective work

• "L'École tunisienne: Prototype de radicalisation," in Religion, Politics and Radicalisation: The Case of Tunisia, edited by Rabah Nabli, Sfax: Contact Editions, 2023, pp. 99–120.

Articles published in journals

• "Digitalisation of Education and Distance Learning in the Era of Globalisation: A Comparative Approach," Massarate: Journal of Social and Human Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 1, December 2021, pp. 293–300.
• "The Proliferation of Waste in Tunisia: Challenges, Issues and Solutions for Genuine Environmental Awakening," Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights – Environmental Justice Department, July 2022, 32 pp.