Hélène Le Bail

Hélène Le Bail is a research fellow at CERI since 2015. She has a doctorate in political science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and a master degree in Chinese studies from INALCO (National Institute for Eastern Languages and Cultures). Her research focuses on people mobilities in North-East Asia, more precisely on Chinese residents in Japan (skilled migration and marriage migration), and on Japan migration policy.

Searching for the entrance to France’s ‘prostitution exit programme’

The French Prostitution Act offers the country’s sex workers a way out, but the programme is picky about who it accepts.

By Calogero Giametta and Hélène Le Bail

/ 27 May 2019

Searching for the entrance to France’s ‘prostitution exit programme’

The impact of the 'Swedish model' in France: chronicle of a disaster foretold

What happens when policymakers are guided by their biases, instead of the voices of the people they are trying to help?

By Nicola Mai, Calogero Giametta and Hélène Le Bail

/ 25 Apr 2018

The impact of the 'Swedish model' in France: chronicle of a disaster foretold

What happens when policymakers are guided by their biases, instead of the voices of the people they are trying to help?

By Nicola Mai, Calogero Giametta and Hélène Le Bail

/ 25 Apr 2018