Jean BAFFIE

Statutory researcher from 2014 to 2016

Jean BAFFIE was trained at the universities Paul-Valéry (Montpellier 3) and Jussieu (Paris 7) in sociology, psychology and history. After a thesis in 1981 on the "sociogenesis of Thai cities", he made a career as a researcher at the CNRS. From 2004 to 2007, he directed the Institute for Research on Southeast Asia (IRSEA, CNRS-University of Provence), then from 2008 to 2011, the Asia-Pacific House (MAP, CNRS-Aix-Marseille University). From 2012 to 2014, he was deputy director of the Asian Research Institute (IrAsia, CNRS-Aix-Marseille University). In 2015-2016, he was posted in Bangkok at IRASEC. He is currently a research associate at IrAsia. The bulk of his bibliography is available at « Principaux travaux de Jean Baffie » Pierre Le Roux, Moussons, 31, 2018, p. 23-47.