Juliette Galonnier

Juliette Galonnier is Assistant Professor at CERI at Sciences Po. She teaches social sciences of religions, sociology of Islam and qualitative methods. Her research focuses on the social construction of racial and religious categories as well as their frequent overlap. In 2017, she obtained a double doctorate in sociology from Sciences Po and Northwestern University. Entitled Choosing Faith and Facing Race: Converting to Islam in France and the United States, her thesis received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) in 2018. Juliette Galonnier co-edited two books, Religions et classes sociales (ENS Editions, 2023) et Politiques de lutte contre la radicalisation . She has published in journals such as Genèses, French politics, culture and society, Identities, Sociology of Religion, Social Compass, Archives de sciences sociales des religions, Hommes & Migrations or Tracés. She is a fellow of IC Migrations, a member of the editorial committee of Critique Internationale and a member of the ANR “Socialisations islamiques » project. As an extension of her thesis research, Juliette Galonnier comparatively analyzes family religious socialization in France and the United States, and more particularly the ways of saying or not saying religion.