I am a Brazilian PhD candidate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford. My ethnography lies at the intersection of economic and environmental anthropology, and the studies of Lowland South America. I describe the…
My postdoctoral research, entitled ‘Counting to Zero. Debates surrounding net zero accounting in climate policies’, aims to investigate debates surrounding the accounting of the land sector in achieving climate goals, particularly carbon neutrality. This project is funded by the TT1.5…
October 21, 2025. The CSI Guests Seminar welcomes Jeanne Ételain (École supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier) to discuss her book “Zones. Terre, sexes et science-fiction”, Flammarion, coll. Terra Incognita, 2025. Introduction to the discussion (tbc).
Bruno Latour developed his research and teaching activities at the Center for the Sociology of Innovation of École des Mines from 1982 to 2006, carrying out a large part of the work for which he is best known. With Michel…
A civil engineer from the École des Mines de Paris who earned a postgraduate degree in economics, he joined the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation in the late 1960s. Sharing a close intellectual friendship with Jean-Pierre Vignolle and Antoine…
Lou Lennad is a PhD student in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. She holds an MSc in STS from University College London, and three bachelor’s degrees in Political Science, Genetics, and Law. She gained field experience at the French…
Seminar ‘Maintaining. Architecture and maintenance, what we care about’ Here and now: time of third places Challenging the temporal logic of traditional actors, transitional urban planning puts maintenance and operation back at the heart of the project. Activating a place…
The Center for the Sociology of Innovation is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Michel Callon on July 28, 2025.
A civil engineer from the École des Mines de Paris who earned a postgraduate degree in economics, he joined the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation in the late 1960s. Sharing a close intellectual friendship with Jean-Pierre Vignolle and Antoine Hennion, he conducted research on the development of electric vehicles, pioneering an approach to innovation by studying the controversies they raise. Callon laid the foundation for a sociological approach to innovation through translation processes and implemented original scientometric methodologies.
In 1982, Callon became director of the CSI. Through his recruitment choices, scientific direction, and ability to obtain financial resources, he transformed the centre into a leading institution in the field of the sociology of science and technology. With the help of Bruno Latour, whom Michel Callon brought to the CSI, he conducted research projects on the construction of science and technology. These projects made a significant contribution to the development of Science and Technology Studies (STS).
Pierre Robicquet joined the CSI as a postdoctoral fellow in May 2025. He is involved in the CoProExpert project (Emergent Diseases, Patient Activism, and the Co-Production of Expertise) coordinated by Gil Eyal (Columbia University) and Madeleine Akrich (Mines Paris PSL).…
par le Collectif Attachements
Jérémy Damian, Amandine Guilbert, Rémi Eliçabe, Anne-Sophie Haeringer,
Antoine Hennion, Sophie Houdart et Brice Laurent
Qu’il s’agisse de l’organisation quotidienne d’un petit-déjeuner pour les migrants au nord de Paris, de savoir où marcher à Fukushima après le désastre, de décrire avec justesse l’expérience incertaine du toucher des ostéopathes, des décisions vitales et tâtonnantes à prendre en soins palliatifs, de la façon dont l’Europe définit des objets à la fois techniques et politiques, ou encore de la réalité plurielle d’un territoire comme les Murs à Pêches, à Montreuil, les textes sur ces problèmes très divers réunis dans ce livre […]
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