Marylène Lieber is a sociologist and professor at the Université de Genève. Her research focuses on violence, public spaces and migration. She has published several works including, Genre, violences et espaces publics. La vulnérabilité des femmes en question (Gender, violence and public spaces. Women’s vulnerability in question) (Presses de Science Po, 2008) and, with Tania Angeloff, Chinoises au XXIe siècle. Ruptures et continuités (Chinese women in the 21st century. Ruptures and continuity) (La Découverte, 2012).