Teaching

Civil engineers courses common core at Mines Paris – PSL

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.

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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.

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Minor

Public affairs and Innovation (PAI)

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.

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Specialized and Master’s Courses at Mines Paris-PSL

• Institutions, Organizations, Economics and Society (IOES) | Description
• Micro-projet de l'Institut Supérieur d'Ingénierie et de Gestion de l'Environnement (ISIGE) | Description

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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.

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