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Jean-Francois MIGNOT

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Education

Exchange year at the University of California at Berkeley (2001-2002)
PhD at Sciences Po Paris on Marriage and Divorce in France (2009)
Post-doc at the Laboratoire de Sociologie Quantitative (2010-2012)

Fields of interest

Family: Marriage, Divorce, Fertility, Adoption, First Names
Muslim Population
History of Sport

Teaching

Masters course on Families in the World at Paris Sorbonne

Scientific Responsibilities

Member of the Société de démographie historique
Contact person for the European Consortium for Sociological Research

Recent publications by Jean-Francois MIGNOT

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, A century of child adoption: a comparative analysis of legal frameworks, practices, and demographics in France and Québec (1923–2025), International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Volume 40, Issue 1, 2026, 2026

Why Most Indian Adoptees Are Girls in a Society that Prefers Sons: Unpacking a Demographic Paradox

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Why Most Indian Adoptees Are Girls in a Society that Prefers Sons: Unpacking a Demographic Paradox, Journal of Family Issues, 2026

When girls are preferred: sex preferences in child adoption in the West, late 19th-early 21st centuries

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, When girls are preferred: sex preferences in child adoption in the West, late 19th-early 21st centuries, The History of the Family, 1–19., 2026

Decriminalization of homosexuality since the 18th century

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Decriminalization of homosexuality since the 18th century, N-IUSSP, 2024

Decriminalizing homosexuality. A global overview since the 18th century

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Decriminalizing homosexuality. A global overview since the 18th century, Annales de démographie historique, 2022, 115-133

First names given in France, 1800–2019: a window into the process of individualization

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, First names given in France, 1800–2019: a window into the process of individualization,

Population and Economics 6(2)

, 2022, 108–119

Pourquoi les petits-enfants d’immigrés du Maghreb portent-ils encore des prénoms arabo-musulmans?

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Pourquoi les petits-enfants d’immigrés du Maghreb portent-ils encore des prénoms arabo-musulmans?, Telos, 2022

Histoire de l’adoption (XVIe-XXIe siècles). Droits, pratiques et acteurs

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Histoire de l’adoption (XVIe-XXIe siècles). Droits, pratiques et acteurs, Annales de démographie historique, 2021/1 (n° 141), 2021, 1-15

Prénoms des descendants d'immigrés en France : Réponse

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Prénoms des descendants d'immigrés en France : Réponse, ⟨halshs-03316741⟩, 2021

Prénoms des descendants d'immigrés en France

Jean-Francois MIGNOT, Prénoms des descendants d'immigrés en France, ⟨halshs-03316741⟩, 2021

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