Sandrine Kott

Sandrine Kott is a Professor of European Contemporary History at the University of Geneva since 2004. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Poitiers (1992–2004) and was a Junior Fellow at the Institut universitaire de France (1997–2002).

Education:

• PhD in History (1990, Paris)
• Habilitation (2001, Paris)
• Studies at University of Bielefeld (FRG) and Columbia University (New York)

Research Interests:

• History of social welfare and labor law in France and Germany (1880–1930)
• Social history of the German Democratic Republic and Eastern European communist states
• Transnational and global dimensions of social policies, utilizing archives from international organizations like the International Labor Organization (ILO)

Scientific Awards:

• Juvenile Fellow, Institut universitaire de France (1997–2002)

Publications: She has authored over 80 articles and book chapters, edited 4 volumes, and published 6 monographs, including L’État social allemand (1995) and La société de RDA (2011). Her work emphasizes transnational and global approaches to social history.

Invited Professorships:

• University of Santa Barbara, California
• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Internationales Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg)