Christophe GUIBERT

Christophe Guibert is professor of sociology at the University of Angers (INNTO ESTHUA - Institut National de Tourisme | Université d'Angers) and a member of the ESO laboratory (UMR CNRS 6590), where he is deputy unit director. Since the early 2000s, he has been examining surfing as a "total social fact" to analyze public policy, employment, social uses and gender, in a variety of international contexts and socio-cultural configurations. He has carried out research in France, Morocco, China, Spain and elsewhere.
He has published numerous scientific articles on these research topics, followed by books (L'univers du surf et stratégies politiques en Aquitaine, L'Harmattan, 2006; Emplois sportifs et saisonnalités. L'économie des activités nautiques : enjeux de cohésion sociale, L'Harmattan, 2011; Les " sports de nature ". Une catégorie de l'action politique en question, Edition du Croquant, 2017; Les mondes du surf. Transformations historiques, trajectoires sociales, bifurcations technologiques, (ed.) MSHA, 2020.).
He is currently leading a research program on the mechanisms of coastal residentialization in relation to sports leisure. Lastly, he coordinates a delocalized campus of the University of Angers in Les Sables d'Olonne in the Vendée region, offering Bachelor's and Master's courses in coastal tourism. The "Surf and Cultures" meetings have been held there every winter for several years.