Morgane Labbé

Morgane Labbé is a Researcher at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), affiliated with the Centre de Recherche Historique (CRH) and the LaDéHiS team. Her work focuses on population and nationality policies in Central Europe, history of statistics and demography, and social protection systems in imperial contexts. She has held significant administrative roles since 2025 and serves on editorial boards for journals like Histoire@Politique and Critique Internationale.

• Doctor of Demography and Social Sciences (EHESS)
• Habilitation to Direct Research (History, Paris-1 Sorbonne)

Her research examines the entanglement of philanthropy and welfare systems in Central and Southeastern Europe, particularly during the interwar period. Key themes include statistical construction of national identities, transnational child protection networks, and post-war reparations. Her publications address the politics of demographic data and social surveys in Poland between 1919-1939.

Recent articles explore topics like birth control policies in 1930s Poland, social movements using economic statistics, and ethnic censuses in multinational empires. Her work bridges historical demography with digital humanities, particularly through collaborations on CRH's GIS platforms for spatial data analysis.

• 2025: Member of EHESS Administrative Council
• 2023: Joined editorial board of Histoire@Politique
• 2018-2021: Co-Director of Histoire & Mesure

Labbé has coordinated international academic events, including the 2025 Personal Diaries during the World Wars conference, and contributes to methodological advancements in relational data analysis and digital historical research. She is currently involved in the COST network project 'Who Cares in Europe' (2018-2023).