The Centre for the Study of Social Movements (CEMS) in Paris (France) addresses the transformations taking place in today’s society. As a generalist centre it contributes to transforming paradigms of sociology into action, systematically reflecting upon the understanding and putting into effect of non-determinant descriptions. By applying the philosophical concept of public space in the field of sociological research and introducing rare currents of sociology, such as inter-actionism or ethno-methodology, CEMS has come to play an important role in France.

CEMS pays attention to issues that are essential to social sciences and to new approaches, which allow for linking current perplexities of society with the conditions for collective action.  The collection of publications "Raisons pratiques" by Éditions de l’EHESS is a measure of support to which the CEMS provides both support and logistics.

 In its work, CEMS addresses questions and issues that revolve around an axis of research on public space and collective action; experiences of social linkages; the disintegration of the wage-earning society and forms of social re-composition. It looks into the temporality of experience; new approaches to work and professional environments; sociology of the norms of social life and the incertitude of living together. Moreover, a transversal project on gender relations has been undertaken by both researchers and Ph. D students.

Contact Details 

Address:      

EHESS/CEMS

54, Boulevard Raspail

F-75005 Paris

FRANCE

Tel.:  

+ 33 1 49 54 25 99 

Fax.:  

+ 33 1 49 54 26 70

E-mail:   amg@ehess.fr  

Web-page:      

http://www.ehess.fr/centres/cems/index.html

About Anne-Marie Guillemard, National Co-ordinator 

from Centre d’Etudes des Mouvements Sociaux

Anne-Marie Guillemard, Ph.D, is Professor of Sociology with a Chair at the University of Paris-V Sorbonne, Department of Social Sciences and Senior Researcher at the Centre d’Etudes des Mouvements Sociaux, National Centre for Scientific Research at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (CEMS- CNRS, EHESS). Member of the European Academy of Sciences and the Institut Universitaire de France, she is also on the editorial boards of Revue Française de Sociologie, European Review and Retraite et Société.  She is Vice-Chairperson of the European Research Network COST A 13 on Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship.

Among others, she has been Visiting Professor at the University of California, Florida State University and Harvard University (United States); University of Yokohama City and University Hitotsubashi (Japan); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain).  

As a specialist of international comparative studies in social protection, retirement and employment, her main fields of research are age and employment, re-composition of the life cycle and social protection. Anne-Marie Guillemard is author of articles on sociology of social policies and the Welfare State; and sociology of aging. She has contributed to publications on questions of career, labour market, and welfare, retirement and retirement policy.