The minor ‘Public Affairs and Innovation’ provides students with training in analysing the political dimensions of technical innovation. This programme enables students to acquire theoretical and practical skills in areas such as the use of market instruments in public policy.
Author: Florence Paterson
PhD program at the CSI
The Center for the Sociology of Innovation (CSI) at Mines Paris – PSL offers a PhD program in social sciences, specialized in STS (« Science and Technology Studies »). The doctorate is prepared at Mines Paris – PSL, delivered by PSL Research University, certified by the doctoral school SDOSE 543 (« Sciences de la Décision, des Organisations, de la Société et de l’Échange »), and carried out under the supervision of a member of the CSI.
CSI PhD Dissertations submitted since 1991
Specialized and Master’s Courses at Mines Paris-PSL
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