Dr. Florence Graezer Bideau

Biography

Florence Graezer Bideau is a trained anthropologist and sinologist, having received her PhD in History and Civilization in 2005. She joined the College of Humanities at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2010, where she has become a senior lecturer and senior scientist. Her research areas include anthropology, urban sociology, and critical heritage studies, particularly focusing on the intersection of culture and power, cultural policies in China, and issues of heritage and memory. Florence has also been a visiting professor at the Politecnico di Torino, where she contributed to courses in the Department of Architecture and Design from 2015 to 2021. She is actively engaged in various committees related to doctoral programs and research in architecture and urban studies. Florence's work includes leading the Heritage, Anthropology, Technologies Research Group (HAT) at EPFL, where she focuses on various projects including studies on cultural policy, heritage governance, and urban transformations. She has published extensively in high-impact journals and has been involved in several interdisciplinary research projects. Her contributions to the field of anthropology encompass a range of social, cultural, and policy-oriented research, addressing contemporary issues in urban spaces and heritage practices around the world.

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