Nancy Venel

Nancy Venel is a Lecturer in Political Science at Lumière Lyon-2 University, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Social and Political Sciences (FASSP). She holds the academic rank of Maîtresse de conférences and has been part of the university since 2006. Her roles include pedagogical responsibility for the first-year political science license program and membership in the CNU 04 committee.

Her research focuses on processes of socialization and politicization, migration heritage, and religious affiliations. Notable projects include studies on conversion from Islam to Christianity and the impact of migration memories on urban policies in municipalities like Pantin and Aubervilliers. She has contributed to cross-cultural approaches to memory at the local scale, co-editing works like Les terrains de la mémoire.

Her pedagogical contributions include redesigning qualitative research teaching methods through fieldwork and co-organizing seminars on memory and ethnographic methodologies. She has supervised doctoral research, including co-direction of Solveig Hennebert's thesis on anti-Semitism memories in France.

Her work integrates interdisciplinary approaches, blending sociology, political science, and ethnography to analyze contemporary social dynamics. Professional roles include administrative responsibilities such as curriculum design and institutional governance within the university's political science department.