Brice Laurent

Sociologist


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Brice Laurent is a 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 between science and democracy, in sites where innovation is promoted, regulated or contested. His books include Les politiques des nanotechnologies (ECLM, 2010), Democratic Experiments (MIT Press, 2017) and European Objects (MIT Press, 2022). His current works include investigations of experimental forms of innovation as well as research projects about the politics of subsurface resources. At ANSES, the department that Brice Laurent leads coordinates the agency’s expertise in the social sciences and is in charge of dialogue with stakeholders.

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