Quentin Fayet is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the Centre for Children's Rights Studies since January 2019. He is working on the SNF project "The participatory capability of children in street situations in Brazil and China" led by Prof. Daniel Stoecklin.  He holds a Master in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (2016), as well as a Bachelor in Sociology (2013) and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and Japanese Studies (2014) from the University of Geneva.  His doctoral research focuses on independent child migrations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Academic interests

• Human rights and human development
• Children rights
• Migration and mobility studies
• Asian studies (East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia)