Carine Érard

Carine Érard is a Lecturer with Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR) in STAPS (Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives) at the University of Burgundy. She teaches socio-history of sports and physical education, sociology of the body, and gender studies in sports contexts at both the STAPS department and the Department of Educational Sciences. Her research focuses on how sports capital influences academic and professional career paths, with particular attention to gender inequalities in sports education and professions.

• Office: 131 - AAFE Pole
• Email: carine.erard@ube.fr
• Teaching: Socio-history of sports, Sociology of the body, Gender studies, CAPEPS exam preparation

Dr. Érard's research examines two main areas: 1) the relationship between sports capital and professional careers in physical education and sports since the late 19th century, using biographical and prosopographical approaches to study theorists, inspectors, teachers, and sports movement leaders; and 2) how sports capital influences university orientation paths in STAPS and preparatory classes, particularly for high school students, professional baccalaureate holders, and high-level athletes.

Her extensive publication record reveals consistent themes in sports history, gender studies, and educational sociology. She has made significant contributions to understanding women's roles in sports leadership, historical development of physical education, and the intersection of sports capital with educational pathways. Her work often employs biographical approaches to uncover gender inequalities in sports professions and education.

• President of the French-speaking Society for the Sociology of Sport (since 2021)
• Member of interministerial mission on "integration through sport" (since 2021)
• Member of Scientific Committee of History Committee of Ministries for Youth and Sports (since 2016)
• Former editor-in-chief of Sciences Sociales et Sport journal (2016-2019)

Dr. Érard is actively involved in public engagement, having coordinated popularization works on sports referees and women's sports in Burgundy, contributed to exhibitions on sports history, and given numerous public lectures on women and Olympism, including a 2024 conference titled "Les femmes et l'olympisme : une histoire de/sous contrôles" in Arbois.