François Héran is a French anthropologist and demographic sociologist. Born on May 18, 1953, in the town of

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, Héran is a specialist on multilingualism. He has notably worked on such varied topics as: the so-called "sociability" of the French people; the various ways in which romantic couples come to form across various cultures; education; electoral participation; and immigration (especially on its implications for the future within the European Union). Héran was elected in June 2017 by the board of the "

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" as inaugural holder of its Migrations and Societies chair, holding the corresponding inaugural lecture on April 5, 2018. In January 2020, he was named by the Porte-Dorée palace as president of its Board of Orientational Advisors (a branch of its public outreach). Decorated starting in 1969 at just 16 years of age, he earned a laureate from the Zellidja Foundation for his studies in Egypt and in Libya; a knighthood in 2009 from the National Order of Merit, and a laureate in 2010 by the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of the ensemble of his body of work.

Publications

* 1980 : ''Tierra y parentesco en el campo sevillano. La revolución agrícola del siglo XIX'', version modifiée de la thèse présentée en 1979 à l'École des hautes études, traduction par María Marchetti-Mauri, ministère espagnol de l'Agriculture, « Estudios » * 1990 : ''Le Bourgeois de Séville : Terre et parenté en Andalousie'', refonte de la version espagnole de 1980,

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, « Ethnologies » * 1994 : ''Les Efforts éducatifs des familles'', with Claude Gissot et Nicole Manon, INSEE, « Insee-Résultats », série « Consommation-Modes de vie » * 2006 : ''La Formation du couple. Textes essentiels pour la sociologie de la famille'', with

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, ''La Découverte'', « Les grands repères », série « Textes essentiels pour la sociologie de la famille » * 2007 : ''Le Temps des immigrés : Essai sur le destin de la population française'', Le Seuil, « La République des idées » (traduction japonaise en 2009 avec préface inédite) * 2009 : ''Figures de la parenté. Une histoire critique de la raison structurale'', Presses universitaires de France, « Sociologies » * 2016 : ''Trajectoires et origines : Enquête sur la diversité des populations en France'', sous la direction de Cris Beauchemin, Christelle Hamel et Patrick Simon de l' INED et de l' INSEE, préface, INED * 2016 : ''Parlons de l'immigration en trente questions'', 2^e édition refondue (1^re édition en 2012), La Documentation française * 2017 : ''Avec l'immigration : Mesurer, débattre, agir'', La ''Découverte'', « L’envers des faits » * 2018 : ''Migrations et sociétés'', Fayard / Collège de France * 2021 : ''Lettre aux professeurs sur la liberté d'expression'', ''La Découverte''Voir sur ''editionsladecouverte.fr''.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heran, Francois Living people 21st-century French anthropologists French sociologists 1953 births Academic staff of the Collège de France People from Laon