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Experimentation as a modality of collective action

As a mode of action stemming from scientific practice, experimentation is spreading today in a variety of situations: industrial innovation, the universe of regulation, urban policies, crisis management, etc. In all these areas, it contributes to the renewal of the…

Description of controversies

The “Description of controversies” course is aimed at third year students in the Civil Engineering programme at the École des Mines. Its aim is to introduce students to the uncertain world of scientific and technical research. The objective is to learn how to map topics that are the subject of in-depth technical expertise and at the same time have become cases, often entangled ones, involving legal, moral, economic and social issues.

Sociopolitical and Environmental Issues

This course is aimed at first-year students in the Civil Engineering program at École des Mines. Designed as an introduction to the social sciences, the course aims to equip students with a basic knowledge of analytical and methodological approaches to understanding the major issues facing society today.

The Chibanis of the SNCF: an exemplary mobilization

Vincent-Arnaud Chappe et Narguesse Keyhani

Wednesday, January 31, 12:30 pm: we queue in front of the Palais de Justice (Law Courts) on the Ile de la Cité, in Paris, hoping to hear the deliberation of the hearing held, eight months ago on appeal, in the lawsuit opposing 848 railway workers, most of them of Moroccan origin, to the SNCF (French National Railway Company). They are waiting for the confirmation of the verdict of the labor courts which, two years before, recognized, the discrimination exercised by the railway company on the grounds of their nationality and origin. Like dozens of railway workers, we have not managed to enter the Palais de […]

Rethinking political with STS lens

Colloquium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the CSI
30 November – 1st December, 2017

The Center for the Sociology of Innovation is 50 years old!

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the CSI organized a two-day colloquium on November 30th and December 1st. Since its foundation in 1967, the CSI has played a major role in the development of the field of Science and Technology Studies. The CSI has contributed to the analysis of innovation processes, the place of science and technology in society, the dynamics of the economy. This celebration of the CSI’s 50th anniversary was an opportunity to […]

Maintaining / supporting

Tuesday 19 Decembre 2017 – CSI Research seminar « Maintaining / supporting: fragility as a mode of existence » Introduction by Jérôme Denis, Antoine Hennion et David Pontille The seminar starts with one observation: the current proliferation of research that…

Jean Daniélou

Jean Daniélou holds a PhD in sociology from the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation (CSI), Mines Paris-PSL. His research interests include the territorialization of energy infrastructures, the climate strategies of multinational companies, and globalization. Publications Below is a selection of…