Patrice Bourdelais
Director
Humanities and Social Sciences
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
France
Biography
Patrice Bourdelais is a historian and demographer. He began his career as a university lecturer before joining the CNRS in 1978. As a researcher, he specializes in population dynamics, epidemics, ageing and public health. From 1987 to 1993, he co-directed the CRH (Centre de Recherches Historiques, EHESS/CNRS). He was then named director of studies at the EHESS, in charge of PhD programs in Health, Population and Social Policies, and of coordinating the Erasmus Mundus European masters and doctoral programs. He has directed the INSHS since April 2010.
Research Interest
Population, Epidemics and public health, Population and industry
Publications
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Bourdelais P, Raulot JY. A blue fear: history of cholera in France, 1832-1854. Payot; 1987.
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Bourdelais P, editor. Hygienists: issues, models and practices, (18th-20th centuries). Paris: Belin; 2001.
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Bourdelais P. Age of old age (L '). Odile Jacob; 1993 Feb 1.
