Researchers
Madeleine Akrich
Sociologist - Research Director | madeleine.akrich@minesparis.psl.eu | Madeleine Akrich has devoted most of her work to the sociology of technology, and specifically to users. She has been seeking for further understanding of how innovators, designers and promoters of technical devices construct representations of targeted users and how,… More about »Béatrice Cointe
Sociologist - CNRS Researcher | beatrice.cointe@minesparis.psl.eu | Béatrice Cointe’s research explore the relations between environmental concerns and the organisation of the economy. Relying on the ethnography of science and the sociology of economics and markets, she focuses on the part played by economics and natural science. She… More about »Jérôme Denis
Sociologist - Professor. Director of the CSI | jerome.denis@minesparis.psl.eu | Les recherches de Jérôme Denis portent sur deux principaux objets : le travail des données et les pratiques de maintenance. À partir d’enquêtes menées au sein d’entreprises de différents secteurs et d’administrations publiques, il cherche à comprendre ce qui se… More about »Liliana Doganova
Researcher - Associate Professor | liliana.doganova@minesparis.psl.eu | Liliana Doganova is an Associate Professor at the Centre de sociologie de l’innovation, Mines-ParisTech, PSL University. At the intersection of economic sociology and Science and Technology Studies, her work has focused on business models, the valorization of public research and markets for bio- and… More about »Brice Laurent
Sociologist | brice.laurent@minesparis.psl.eu | Brice Laurent is a senior researcher at the CSI and Director of the Social Sciences, Economy and Society Department of the French National Agency for Environmental, Food and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES). His research interests focus on the relationship… More about »Alexandre Mallard
Sociologist - Senior Researcher | alexandre.mallard@minesparis.psl.eu | Alexandre Mallard’s research interest initially focused on the sociology of science and technology. After completing his thesis on the coordination of action through instruments, he spent a post-doctoral year at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in… More about »Clément Marquet
Sociologist | clement.marquet@minesparis.psl.eu | Clément Marquet’s research focuses on the materiality of the digital technical system. Using methods and theories from the social studies of science and technology, he is interested in the political, social and environmental tensions caused by the installation of digital… More about »Morgan Meyer
Sociologist - CNRS Research Director | morgan.meyer@minesparis.psl.eu | Morgan Meyer’s research focuses on the production of knowledge and technology outside or at the boundaries of scientific institutions. His research concentrates on three main topics: 1) participation and co-production of knowledge (natural history, do-it-yourself biology, open source agriculture, low… More about »Fabian Muniesa
Sociologist - Research Director | fabian.muniesa@minesparis.psl.eu | Fabian Muniesa is a Research Director (Professor) at Mines Paris – PSL (the Ecole des Mines de Paris). Originally trained as a sociologist, he has developped expertise in fields such as science and technology studies, economic sociology, economic anthropology and… More about »David Pontille
Sociologist - CNRS Senior Researcher | david.pontille@minesparis.psl.eu | David Pontille développe des travaux au croisement des études des sciences et des techniques, de l’anthropologie de l’écriture, et de l’ethnographie du travail. Ses recherches s’organisent en trois thèmes : les pratiques d’écriture dans différents milieux professionnels, les technologies d’évaluation… More about »Vololona Rabeharisoa
Sociologist - Professor | vololona.rabeharisoa@minesparis.psl.eu | Vololona Rabeharisoa is interested in the increasing involvement of civil society organizations in scientific and technical activities. She studies the transformative effects of this involvement on the modes of production and dissemination of knowledge, and on the forms of collective… More about »Didier Torny
CNRS Senior Researcher | didier.torny@minesparis.psl.eu | Didier Torny joined CSI in 2016, where he keeps on doing fieldwork on a political economy of academic publication, especially with David Pontille and Victoria Brun. He is also project officer at the CNRS Open Science Direction, member of the… More about »Honorary members
Michel Callon
Engineer, Sociologist - Honorary member | michel.callon@minesparis.psl.eu | Michel Callon, Professor of sociology at the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Director of the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation from 1982 to 1994, and Chairman of the 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) from 1998-1999, is one… More about »Antoine Hennion
Sociologist - Honorary member | antoine.hennion@minesparis.psl.eu | Antoine Hennion joined the CSI in 1974 as a student at the École des Mines, with a research grant to study the record industry. Conducted under the supervision of Pierre Vignolle, the work focused on two small record companies, already… More about »Bruno Latour
Sociologist - Honorary member | | Bruno Latour, born in 1947 in Beaune, Burgundy, was trained as a philosopher before studying anthropology in Côte d’Ivoire. His first book, Laboratory Life (1979), translated into six languages, applies ethnographic methods to describe the daily functioning of a Californian… More about »Engineers and administrative staff
Sonia Kouki
Administrative manager | sonia.kouki@minesparis.psl.eu | Sonia Kouki is CSI’s administrative manager. More about »Florence Paterson
Research Engineer | florence.paterson@minesparis.psl.eu | Florence Paterson is a sociologist and research engineer at CSI-i3. Her main areas of interest are the sociology and anthropology of medicine and disability. She has conducted research on the ethics and distributive justice in action in the field of… More about »Frédéric Vergnaud
CNRS Research Engineer | frederic.vergnaud@minesparis.psl.eu | Frédéric Vergnaud is a Research Engineer at the CNRS. He holds a double master’s degree in Sociology (University of Paris V Sorbonne) and in Computer Science (University of Marne-la-Vallée). He joined the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation in 2003. Frédéric… More about »PhD candidates
Hafid Ait Sidi Hammou
PhD Candidate | hafid.ait_sidi_hammou@minesparis.psl.eu | Title of the thesis: The role of data in the sustainable maintenance of public networks Supervisor: Jérôme Denis With the proliferation of “smart territories” projects in recent years, data is becoming a public policy issue at the local level. This… More about »Isaac Bariller
PhD Candidate | isaac.bariller@minesparis.psl.eu | Title of the thesis: The institutionalization process of citizen research in environmental health: the case of childhood cancer clusters in France. Supervisor: Vololona Rabeharisoa (CSI – Mines PSL). For about a decade, the media have regularly reported on controversies surrounding… More about »Mariam Beaure d’Augères
PhD Candidate | mariam.beaure_daugeres@minesparis.psl.eu | Title of the thesis: What are durable jeans ? Supervisors: David Pontille (CSI, Mines Paris – PSL) and Francesco Delloro (Centre des matériaux, Mines Paris – PSL). Jeans, originally designed as durable workwear, made to last and resist rough conditions,… More about »Aline Boeuf
PhD Candidate | aline.boeuf@unige.ch | Title of the thesis: Studying care and monitoring objects in the context of ageing at home. Under the supervision of Cornelia Hummel (IRS, Université de Genève) and Madeleine Akrich (CSI, Mines Paris – PSL). My research interests focus on the… More about »Victoria Brun
PhD Candidate | victoria.brun@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: The frontiers of valorisation of academic research in France Supervisor: David Pontille Since the 1990s, there has been a succession of public policies encouraging the “valorisation of public research”. This consists of opening up the use of research… More about »Lauranne Chaignon
PhD Candidate | lauranne.chaignon@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: Scientific contribution and the making of evaluation: the case of highly cited researchers. Supervisor: David Pontille. In the context of increasing development of research assessment tools that promote the success of individual researchers, the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR)… More about »Ludmila Courtillat-Piazza
PhD Candidate | ludmila.courtillat_piazza@minesparis.psl.eu | 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… More about »Abdoulaye Diaw
PhD Candidate | abdoulaye.diaw@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: The construction of the contemporary bulk market in France. Study of the relations between the initiatives of the supply actors, the market devices, and the consumers’ practices. Supervisor: Alexandre Mallard. This dissertation focuses on the construction of contemporary… More about »Stine Engen
PhD Candidate | stine.engen@tik.uio.no | Title of the thesis: Green finance and the turning of climate change into climate risk. Under the supervision of Kristin Asdal (TIK-Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway) and Liliana Doganova (CSI, Mines Paris-PSL). I’m interested in… More about »Clément Foutrel
PhD Candidate | clement.foutrel@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: The nature of durability. An investigation on Marine Protected Areas in Tunisia Supervisor: Fabian Muniesa and Béatrice Cointe Protected areas are one of the main instruments of biodiversity conservation policies worldwide. While they primarily appear as a spatial… More about »Anne-Gaëlle Guérin
Phd Candidate | anne-gaelle.guerin@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr | Title of the thesis: Intermediaries in private housing energy renovation. Under the supervision of Thomas Reverdy (PACTE, Grenoble-INP) and Alexandre Mallard (CSI, Mines Paris – PSL). The thesis examines how an ecosystem of public and private actors emerges and organises… More about »Laurine Lièvremont
PhD Candidate | laurine.lievremont@minesparis.psl.eu | 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… More about »Guillaume Louvet
PhD Candidate | guillaume.louvet@minesparis.psl.eu | Title of the thesis: Investing for “mineral sovereignty”. France’s critical metals supply policies. Supervisers: Brice Laurent and Béatrice Cointe. More about »Louison Magro
PhD Candidate | louison.magro@minesparis.psl.eu | Titre de la thèse : Creating a common label out of a collective production between State and activist mechanisms: Open Food Facts at the heart of the making of environmental labelling.
Supervisors: Alexandre Mallard and Clément Marquet. More about »Léone-Alix Mazaud
PhD Candidate | leone-alix.mazaud@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: Composing with biodiversity: sensitivity operators to other-than-human beings in urban and architectural projects Supervisor: Jérôme Denis The thesis explores initiatives developed in France in response to normative pressures and increasing market incentives within the real estate sector to… More about »Allyson Pallisser
PhD Candidate | allyson.pallisser@minesparis.psl.eu | hesis title: Retail as a producer of “street sense”: the objectification of the positive externalities of retail in the city. Supervisor: Alexandre Mallard More about »Guilhaum Panas
PhD Candidate | guillaume.panas@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: Digital platforms and access to agroequipments for Mexican family famers .
Supervisors: Frédéric Goulet (CIRAD-UMR Innovation, Montpellier) and Liliana Doganova (CSI-I3). More about »Orso Roger
PhD Candidate | orso.roger@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: Designing and managing the future: foresight practices as a strategic “dispositif” Supervisors: Liliana Doganova (thesis supervisor) and Benjamin Cabanes (maître de thèse) For several decades, organizations have been implementing foresight methods with the aim of integrating long-term considerations… More about »Solène Sarnowski
PhD Candidate | solene.sarnowski@telecom-paris.fr | Thesis title: The digital accompaniment of people’s investigations aimed at the ecological transition Under the joint supervision of Jean-Samuel Beuscart (SES, Télécom-Paris) and David Pontille (CSI, Mines Paris-PSL). My thesis focuses on people’s ecological concerns and how they investigate to… More about »Lou Stührenberg
PhD Candidate | lou.stuhrenberg@minesparis.psl.eu | Title of the thesis: A study of the links between prospective modeling and governance regarding the climate change mitigation scenarios assessed by IPCC Group III. Supervisors: Béatrice Cointe (CSI, Mines Paris-PSL) and Nadia Maïzi (CMA, Mines Paris-PSL). To address the… More about »Carole-Anne Tisserand
PhD Candidate | carole-anne.tisserand@minesparis.psl.eu | Thesis title: How does the organization of participation bodies in the territory “of the future” perform its public? The construction of a smart territory and of a territory “of the future”, Île-de-France Supervisor: Brice Laurent In 2019, the Île-de-France Region… More about »Post-Doc
Tessa Bonincontro
Post-doc | tessa.bonincontro@minesparis.psl.eu | Tessa Bonincontro is a postdoctoral researcher in the ANTICIP project (Anticipation: the futures of French subsurface use) funded by the PEPR “Sous-sol bien commun” (The Subsurface as a Common Good) research program, coordinated by Alexandre Violle and Brice Laurent CSI-Mines… More about »Lisa Claussmann
Postdoctoral researcher | lisa.claussmann@minesparis.psl.eu | Lisa Claussmann joined the CSI as a postdoctoral fellow in February 2024. She is currently working on a research project on the underground storage of carbon dioxide in France and Norway, as part of the SESAME project, funded by the PEPR SPLEEN-Decarbonation of Industry programme. Her research investigates the valorisation of the underground, both in the sense of creating value and serving public policies labelled as environmental. More about »Antoine Hardy
Postdoctoral researcher | antoine.hardy@minesparis.psl.eu | Antoine Hardy's postdoctoral research aims to understand how the consideration of the environmental impact of computer science research contributes to the redefinition of the field. He is thereby extending his Ph.D. research on the "greening" of scientific practices. This research project, funded by lnria, is co-supervised by Clément Marquet (Mines-PSL) and Sophie Quinton (Inria Grenoble). More about »Alexandre Violle
Postdoctoral researcher | alexandre.violle@minesparis.psl.eu | Alexandre Violle joined the CSI as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in November 2023. He is coordinating a five-year research project entitled "Anticipation: the futures of French subsoil use" (ANTICIP) carried out by research teams from three partner institutions: Ecole des Mines de Paris, IMT Mines Alès and Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM). More about »Associated researchers
Marie Alauzen
Associated researcher | marie.alauzen@dauphine.psl.eu | Marie Alauzen’s work interweaves social studies of science and technology, the sociology of the state and law, and the anthropology of writing and reading. Her publications analyze administrative technologies, which bring about a change in the way the state is… More about »Jean Daniélou
Associated researcher | jeandanielou@live.fr | 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… More about »Daniel Florentin
Associated researcher | daniel.florentin@minesparis.psl.eu | Daniel Florentin is a lecturer in environment and urban studies at Institut Supérieur d’Ingénierie et de Gestion de l’Environnement (ISIGE, Mines Paris Tech). His research interest for the past ten years has been in urban infrastructures, particularly urban water, energy… More about »Pierre-André Juven
Associated researcher | pierre-andre.juven@cnrs.fr | Pierre-André Juven holds a PhD in socioeconomics of innovation form the École des Mines de Paris. He conducted his thesis research at the CSI under the supervision of Vololona Rabeharisoa, and had his viva on October 7, 2014. Over the… More about »Cécile Méadel
Associated researcher | cecile.meadel@u-paris2.fr | Cécile Méadel has devoted most of her work to the uses of communication technologies. Originally trained as an historian, she has focused on the genealogy of the media (radio, HDTV, computing) and especially the way in which designers, retailers and… More about »Kewan Mertens
Associated researcher | kewan.mertens@minesparis.psl.eu | Kewan joined the CSI in December 2021 as a postdoctoral researcher with European Marie-Curie individual fellowship funding (MSCA-IF). He studies the role that environmental science and economics play in the development and implementation of environmental protection mechanisms in France and… More about »Francesca Musiani
Associated researcher | francesca.musiani@cnrs.fr | Francesca Musiani (PhD, socio-economics of innovation, MINES ParisTech, 2012), is Associate Research Professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2014. She is Deputy Director of the Center for Internet and Society of CNRS, which she co-founded with… More about »Invited researchers
Francesco Bertuccelli
Visiting researcher - PhD student at the University of Pisa, Italy | francesco.bertuccelli@phd.unipi.it | Francesco Bertuccelli joined the CSI as a visiting fellow from March to May 2025. He is a PhD candidate in Political Science (Sociology, History and Political Culture) at the University of Pisa. His research interests are in the field of… More about »Maud Chalmandrier
Visiting researcher - Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral research fellow | maud.chalmandrier@minesparis.psl.eu | Presentation Maud Chalmandrier joined the CSI in July 2024 as a visiting researcher, as part of a post-doc mobility fellowship funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, for the project: « Practices and professions of urban pest management : a more-than-human… More about »Vicky Kluzik
Visiting researcher - PhD student at the University of Frankfurt | Kluzik@soz.uni-frankfurt.de | 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… More about »Invited researchers archives
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