Blanche LE BIHAN

Blanche LE BIHAN is a faculty researcher at EHESP (French School of Public Health), affiliated with the Department of Human and Social Sciences and the Research Collective on Disability, Autonomy, Inclusive Society (CoRHASI). She specializes in care policies, focusing on elderly autonomy loss and early childhood systems, with a comparative European perspective.

• Doctorate in political science, qualified by CNU in sections 04 and 19
• Coordinated the POLIA-INLOVE and DYANA research projects (2013–2017)

Research interests: Her work examines the intersection of public care systems and family dynamics, emphasizing coordination/integration in long-term care, gender impacts, and caregiver roles in Alzheimer's disease and elderly dependency.

Publications overview: Her research spans comparative European care models, cash-for-care policies, and gendered caregiving practices, with a focus on institutional and familial responses to aging populations.

Teaching and professional engagement: She leads the Master 1 Public Health Social Sciences course at EHESP, co-accredited with the University of Rennes 1, and contributes to editorial boards and sociological associations.