معرفی
Lucy Bony is a Research Fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), attached to the Passages laboratory (UMR 5319) in Bordeaux. She previously served as a Visiting Professor at an institution (PLACE) during 2018-2019, bridging urban geography and penal sociology through spatial analysis of incarceration systems.
Education:
- PhD in Geography and Sociology (2014), thesis: "From Prison, Can We See the City? Prison Continuum and Residential Socialization"
Research Focus:
Her work establishes a continuum between prison environments and urban territories, demonstrating how cyclical incarceration from specific neighborhoods shapes residential experiences both inside and outside prison walls. Current projects analyze spatial constraints on freedom of movement, integration of semi-open prisons in working-class suburbs (e.g., Nanterre's Chemin-de-l'Île district), and solidarity practices in Parisian municipal shower baths. This research merges cartographic, statistical, and qualitative methods to examine penal geography's impact on urban social dynamics.
Laboratory Affiliation:
As a core member of Passages laboratory (UMR 5319), a joint unit of CNRS and the University of Bordeaux, she contributes to interdisciplinary studies on spaces, territories, and societal structures within France's national research framework.
