Louis Chauvel

Louis Chauvel is a sociologist (professor at Sciences Po at the time of his visit) whose research focuses on social inequalities, birth-cohort divides and welfare state transformations in Europe. He shows that France and other Southern European welfare regimes over-protect insiders at the expense of young adults, immigrants and women, drawing on three decades of comparative data from twelve countries. His Alliance year at Columbia (2011-12) supported a book project on European welfare states, cohort inequalities and the generational challenge.