Francois Bonnet

Francois Bonnet is a CNRS Research Director affiliated with the Pacte research center in Grenoble. His work spans sociological and criminological analyses of urban marginality, policing, and social control.

• PhD in Sociology, Sciences Po Paris (2006)
• Editor, European Journal of Sociology (2020–present)

His research focuses on:

• Employee theft and workplace crime
• Private security in mass private properties
• Welfare/social control nexus
• Machine politics and immigration
• Racism and discrimination in policing
• Urban and housing policies

Article trends reveal comparative analyses across national contexts, ethnographic studies of policing practices, and intersections between poverty, punishment, and informal economies.

He has taught at Sciences Po (Paris), Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.), University of Amsterdam, and Sciences Po Grenoble.

Francois Bonnet’s book The Upper Limit (University of California Press, 2019) examines how low-wage work structures punishment and welfare systems.