February 10, 2026. The CSI Guests Seminar welcomes Lucile Ruault to discuss her book “Le spéculum, la canule et le miroir Avorter au MLAC, une histoire entre féminisme et médecine”. Introduction to the discussion by Lauranne Chaignon and Mariam Beaure d’Augères.
January 16, 2026. While transition policies emphasize the importance of renovation and transformation for building sustainability, might this perspective overlook the fact that a building requires maintenance regardless of any performative actions related to the project and investment expenditure?
For this 9th session, Julien Le Mener, CEO of AUXIGENE, a company specializing in multi-technical maintenance, will address the issue of sustainability, contrasting its acuteness with the invisibility of maintenance professionals’ forms and areas of intervention.
January 13, 2026. The CSI Guests Seminar welcomes Jean-Noël Jouzel (CSO) and Giovanni Prete (IRIS) to discuss their book “L’agriculture empoisonnée. Le long combat des victimes des pesticides”, Les Presses de Sciences Po, 2024. Introduction to the discussion by Isaac Bariller.
December 12, 2025. Seminar ‘Maintaining. Architecture and maintenance, what we care about’: Prescribing and maintaining in public spaces: Challenges for developers.A change of scenery for this eighth session as the seminar moves to Coeur Défense to meet with the Paris La Défense teams. Our two speakers are David Guerra and Damien Oberlé. And we will have the pleasure of welcoming Daniel Florentin, a researcher from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, who will kick off the discussion.
December 11, 2025. The workshop aims to provide a welcoming space for young researchers of all disciplinary backgrounds who are interested in the study of science and technology in France. The workshop offers a forum for discussion based on group readings, fundamental concept discussions, and STS writing practices.
Atelier #4: “Notre nouvelle nature : Guide de terrain de l’Anthropocène”, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Jennifer Deger, Alder Keleman Saxena & Feifei Zhou, Seuil, 2025.
December 9, 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 Carole-Anne Tisserand “The Politics of Co-construction: Post-It Citizen and Flexible Innovation. The Case of the Paris Smart Region”. 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”.
December 2, 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 Abdoulaye Diaw “The construction of the contemporary bulk market in France. From customer attraction strategies to environmental issues”. 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”.
November 25, 2025. The CSI Guests Seminar welcomes Léo Magnin (LISIS) to discuss his book “La vie sociale des haies. Enquête sur l’écologisation des mœurs”, La Découverte, 2024. Introduction to the discussion (tbcà.
November 18, 2025. The Center for the Sociology of Innovation (i3, UMR CNRS 9217, Mines Paris-PSL) has the pleasure of inviting you to attend the HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) in STS (Sciences, Technologies, Societies) defense of Bruno Turnheim (LISIS/INRAE, University of Manchester). Original dissertation title: Things falling apart: Handling destabilisation and its patterns.
November 17, 2025. The seminar organized by CSI and LISIS welcomes Ulrike Felt (Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna) to discuss her book “Academic Times: Contesting the Chronopolitics of Research”, Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Discussants are Lucas Brunet (LISIS) and Didier Torny (CSI).
