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…
Author: Florence Paterson
Michel Callon – 1945-2025
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…
Lou Lennad
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…
Minor in PAI
On September 19, 22 and 23, 2025, students enrolled in the minor in Public Affairs and Innovation (PAI) will defend their end-of-studies projects. Under the supervision of CSI researchers, students build on the operational or research work they have carried out during their final internships to analyze a public affairs issue relating to the political dimensions of technical activities.
Here and now: time of third places
September 12, 2025. 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 involves developing it, ‘restarting the machine’, and considering its sustainability.
Michel Callon (1945-2025)
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
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).…
Attachements et fragilités
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 […]
Presses des mines
Offre de stages en sciences sociales : Organisation des marchés pour l’électrification des usages. Le cas du développement des pompes à chaleur
Le Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation propose deux stages en sciences sociales pour des étudiants de niveau master ou équivalent, centrés sur la construction des marchés et des usages pour les pompes à chaleur.
Les stages de 4 à 6 mois, entre octobre 2025 et juin 2026, sont financés dans un lot du projet ELECTRE, projet financé par l’ANR dans le cadre de l’Institut Carnot M.I.N.E.S.
Les stagiaires seront accueilli·e·s au Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation de Mines Paris – PSL, 60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75006 Paris. L’encadrement sera assuré par Alexandre Mallard, Directeur de recherche à Mines Paris – PSL.
Candidatures ouvertes jusqu’au 18 septembre 2025.
Clément Foutrel
June 26, 2025. The Center for the Sociology of Innovation (i3 CNRS UMR 9217, Mines Paris – PSL)
is pleased to invite you to the thesis defense of Clément Foutrel “The zone and its networks. From Monaco to Monastir, an investigation of marine protected areas in Tunisia.” Doctoral thesis specialized in STS (Sciences, Technologies & Society), prepared at Mines Paris – PSL, under the Social Sciences programme of SDOSE doctoral school, “Sciences of Decision, Organizations, Society and Exchange”.