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Sexuality, Gender, Migration, Youth, Healthcare and social services, Gender based violence
Switzerland, France, Italy

Biography

Michela Villani est sociologue, spécialisée dans les questions de genre, des sexualités et des migrations. Récemment elle a travaillé sur les questions en lien à l'insertion professionnelle auprès des populations de jeunes et personnes senior. Ses principales recherches portent sur les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) dans l’espace public et les enjeux de santé publique, la reconstruction clitoridienne et le droit à la réparation, la gestion du secret de la séropositivité des femmes subsahariennes (Enquête FNS- Femis), la socialisation en lien à la santé sexuelle de jeunes d'origine africaine vivant en Suisse (Enquête FNS- Jass). Elle a notamment publié « Punir et réparer les mutilations sexuelles en France (1978-2008) » dans Droit et Cultures en 2020 et « Reconstructing Sexuality after Excision: The Medical Tools » dans Medical Anthropology en 2019. Elle est actuellement adjointe scientifique à la Haute Ecole de Travail Social à Fribourg (Suisse).

Michela Villani is a sociologist specialized in gender, sexuality and migration issues. Recently, she has been working on issues related to professional integration with youth and senior populations. Her main research focuses on female genital mutilation (FGM) as public health issues, clitoral reconstruction, the management of secrecy about the HIV status of sub-Saharan women (FNS-FEMIS), the socialization of young people of sub-Saharan origin living in Switzerland in relation to sexual health (FNS-JASS). She published "Punir et réparer les mutilations sexuelles en France (1978-2008)" in Droit et Cultures in 2020 and "Reconstructing Sexuality after Excision: The Medical Tools" in Medical Anthropology in 2019. She is currently a scientific associate at the Haute Ecole de Travail Social in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Activities

Employment (4)

Haute école de travail social Fribourg: Fribourg, Fribourg, CH

2022-04-01 to present | Scientific Associate (Applied Research and Development )
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Haute école de travail social Fribourg: Fribourg, Fribourg, CH

2021-01-01 to 2022-03-31 | Scientific collaborator (Applied Research and Development )
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University of Fribourg: Fribourg, Fribourg, CH

2012-08-01 to 2018-12-31 | Researcher (Sociology)
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Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, FR

2015-05-01 to 2016-04-30 | Postdoc Researcher (LISST-CAS)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales: Paris, FR

2006-11 to 2012-10-20 | PhD (Sociology)
Education
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Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales: Paris, FR

2005-10 to 2006-10-12 | MA (Health, population, social policies)
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University of Trieste: Trieste, IT

1999-10 to 2004-10-25 | BA and MA (Intercultural studies)
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Professional activities (4)

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, BR

2020-01-03 to 2020-08-30 | Guest researcher (Institute for Gender Studies )
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Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2018-06-16 to 2018-07-31 | Visiting researcher (Margherita Von Brentano - Center for Gender Studies)
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Uppsala Universitet: Uppsala, SE

2018-02-01 to 2018-06-15 | Visiting researcher (Center for Gender Research)
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VILLE DE PARIS: PARIS 4, FR

2013-02-12 | Prix pour les études de genre
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Funding (2)

Medicine, sexuality and excision. Sociology of clitoral reconstruction of sub-Saharan women living in France

2012-06 to present | Grant
Swiss Association of Graduated Women of University (ASFDU) (Bern, CH)
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Medicine, sexuality and excision. Sociology of clitoral repair among sub-Saharan Africa women

2012 to present | Grant
Academic Society of Vaud (SAV) (University of Lausanne, CH)
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2012

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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Women's health. (1)