Since 2010: CNRS researcher, geography. Centre for South Asian Studies (Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

2008: PhD, geography, University of Poitiers, cum summa laude.

Projects :

• IT, cities and society in South India
• Finurbasia (link : http://finurbasie.hypotheses.org/) – funded by French National Agency for Research (ANR- 2012-2015)

2013 | Varrel Aurélie, "L'émergence d'un marché indien de l'immobilier", Autrepart, Revue de sciences sociales au Sud, n°67-68, pp.233-246 (http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=AUTR_067_0233)

2012 | Varrel Aurélie, "NRIs in the City. Identifying International Migrants’ Investments in the Indian Urban Fabric", South Asian Multidisciplinary Journal, n°6 (http://samaj.revues.org/3425)

2012 | Bruslé Tristan, Varrel Aurélie, "Places on the Move: South Asian Migrations through a Spatial Lens", South Asian Multidisciplinary Journal, n°6 (http://samaj.revues.org/3439)

Book chapters:

2012 | «Gender and intergenerational issues in the circulation of high skilled migrants. The case of the Indian IT professionals». In A. Kraler, E. Kofman, M. Kohli, C. Schmoll (dir.) Gender, Generations and the Family in International Migration, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, collection “IMISCOE research”, 2012, pp. 335‑354

2011 | Rajan Irudaya S., Varrel Aurélie, Percot Marie, «Dynamics of Indian Emigration». In I.S. Rajan, M. Percot (dir.) Dynamics of Indian Emigration. Historical and current Perspectives, New Delhi, Routledge, 2011, pp. 1‑19