Céline Bellot

Céline Bellot is a Full Professor at the School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal. She specializes in criminology, focusing on the judicialization of marginalized populations, homelessness, and social policies. Her research examines youth deviance, Indigenous communities, and systemic profiling.

Education: PhD in Criminology (2001, Université de Montréal), Postdoctoral Fellowship at UQAM.

• Affiliations: Director of the Observatoire sur les profilages (OSP) and member of the Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC).
• Grants: Over 20 funded projects since 2008, including strategic initiatives on policing practices, Indigenous rights, and homelessness during the pandemic.
• Awards: Elected Member of the Royal Society of Canada (2024).

Key Research Themes: Bellot's work critiques systemic marginalization, particularly through:

• Analysis of punitive social welfare policies
• Evaluation of interventions for marginalized groups
• Study of racial and social profiling by authorities

Teaching: Courses include SVS-1107 (Social Work Rights), SVS-6442 (Homelessness Issues), and SVS-6946 (Research Seminar).