[1] He served as Director of Research at CNRS [fr] and taught at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis.

Most of his work was written in collaboration with his wife, Monique Pinçon-Charlot, and devoted to the study of the upper middle class and social elites.

The marriage allowed his wife to accompany him while on Coopération [fr] in Morocco, which inspired his dissertation supervised by Jean-Claude Passeron.

Upon the couple's return, they completed their studies at the University of Vincennes [fr] and began working for the CNRS.

[6][7][8][9] Pinçon and his wife retired in 2007 and published more concise works thanks to an ability to express themselves more freely while not employed.