Vicky is a research associate and doctoral student at the University of Frankfurt, where she works in the ‘Biotechnologies, Nature and Society’ research group. Before coming to Frankfurt, she studied political science and economics at LMU Munich (B.A.) with two…
February 7, 2025. Lands, mines, futures. The seminar “Economic expertise and environmental actions” welcomes Tobias Olofsson (Lund University) and Gisa Weszkalnys (LSE). In this session we will explore the anticipation techniques used by a variety of actors (industry and government in particular) to create desirable futures for the development of new mines around the world (in Europe and Africa). This session is organised in partnership with the members of the ANTICIP du PEPR sous-sol bien commun project.
by Jérôme Denis and David Pontille
What does a coffee machine, a car, road signs, a smartphone, a cathedral, a work of art, a satellite, a bicycle, a washing machine, a bridge, a watch, a computer, the body of a prominent politician and a tractor have in common? Pretty much nothing – except for the fact that, no matter how small, large, important or insignificant something is, it rarely survives without being cared for. […]
January 22, 2025. The CSI welcomes Canay Ozden-Schilling (National University of Singapore) for a seminar on her current work on ‘Ports and global logistics’.
Study days organised on 18-19 June 2025
by Léone-Alix Mazaud, doctoral research fellow, CSI, Mines Paris – PSL, i3.
and Solène Sarnowski, doctoral research fellow, SES Télécom-Paris/CSI, Mines Paris – PSL, i3.
Proposals for papers must be sent no later than March 7, 2025 […]
January 14, 2025. The CSI Guests Seminar welcomes Fanny Gribenski (NYU, Arts & Science) to discuss her book “Tuning the World. The Rise of 440 Hertz in Music, Science, and Politics, 1859–1955”. Introduction to the discussion by Louison Magro and Hafid Ait Sidi Hammou.
January 10, 2025. The seminar “Economic expertise and environmental actions” welcomes Béatrice Cherrier (CREST) and Liliana Doganova (CSI). This seminar will focus on discounting, a widespread framework for taking the future into account in economics and in the economy. Retracing both its intellectual history and the effects of its deployment as a valuation device, we will analyzse it as a feature of economic models, as a political technology, and as a way to bring the future into existence – in particular the future of the climate and the environment.
Title of the thesis: Digital dependence and vulnerabilities in a context of ecological emergency addressed from the perspective of the resilience of mobile network. Supervisors: Clément Marquet (CSI), Marceau Coupechoux (Telecom Paris) and Sophie Quinton (INRIA). This PhD aims to…
November 29, 2024. Environmental zoning. For this session of the seminar “Economic expertise and environmental actions”, we will welcome Estienne Rodary (GRED, IRD) and Isabelle Arpin (LESSEM, INRAE). We will explore biodiversity conservation in protected areas (what we call “environmental zoning”). What kind of territorial development does this generate and what are the mechanisms of knowledge production? What value can be attached to the environment?
Title of the thesis: The gender of economic forecasting: uses, identities, models, metaphors Supervisor: Fabian Muniesa This thesis proposes to study the way in which economic forecasts are shaped by the gender system, by investigating the instruments and methods used…
