Blandine Destremau is a researcher in sociology with the CNRS, and a member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Economic Sociology (LISE - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire pour la sociologie économique). She works at the Institute of Economic & Social Development Studies (IEDES - Institut des études du développement économique et social, University of Pest) and contrebutes to the Revue Tiers Monde.