The MINES ParisTech greeting card is this year inspired by the cartography of the actors involved in a controversy about the protection of the migratory birds.
Controversy, a dispositive of collective intelligence
Biodiversity, climate, mobile telephony, management of domestic waste, destruction of GMOs, nuclear waste processing, etc: the sociotechnical controversies are part of our daily life.
From now on there is no innovation, at a stage or another of its development, which is not confronted with controversies. This new situation involves some changes for the concerned professions: researcher, engineer, political decision maker...
It goes to show the importance for the École des Mines de Paris where engineers of tomorrow are trained of research and education on sociotechnical controversies.
[2010, February 2nd] Small Businesses > Alexandre Mallard talks about "Market practices and communication in Small Businesses" at the seminar "Les mondes de l'entrepreneuriat" > Program
[2010, February 08th - March 31th] Visiting scholar > Antoine Hennion is an invited researcher at NYU's Department of Sociology > Informations
[2010, February 10th] Advertising > Alexandre Mallard discusses Laure Gaertner's work on "The creative process in the advertising sector" at the "Economic Sociology" seminar > Seminar website
[2010, February 18th] Attachments > A talk by Antoine Hennion at the colloquium of the Department of Sociology of Northwestern University > Program
[2010, March 26th-27th] Vox Internet Colloquium > Final colloquium
of the Vox Internet II research programme, bearing the general theme
of "access". The three sessions will delve into literacy, open
knowledge, and physical access to infrastructures. > Vox Internet website
[2010, April 09th-11th] Innovating The Future > Call for papers for the 10th Annual Conference of Science & Technology in Society (ST Global Consortium) in Washington DC on the topic of "Innovating the Future: Critical Perspectives in Science & Technology" > Informations
[2010, May 21th-22th] Reembedding Finance > Fabian Muniesa is a member of the organizing committee the next international Social Studies of Finance Workshop, to be held in Paris > Information
[2010, September 29th - October 2nd] Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies > Brice Laurent is a member of the program committee of the Second Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies, to be held in Darmstadt (Germany) > Call for Papers
[October 2009] Start of the project European Patient Organizations in Knowledge Society (EPOKS)
The Center for Sociology of Innovation (CSI) is at present the coordinator of EPOKS -European Patient Organizations in Knowledge Society- a European research project on the action of patient organizations and of collectives of users.
The project objective is to compare the forms of associative action in four European countries and as regards different health conditions (rare diseases, non rare diseases, Alzheimer disease, childbirth, and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder - ADHD). EPOKS looks at the conditions of production and diffusion of lay knowledge, and at its statute. The aim is also to study the role played by the European coalitions of patient and user organizations in the design of new modes of knowledge and know-how governance, allowing them to promote their involvement in the fields of medical and health research.
In this interview, Professor Vololona Rabeharisoa from the Center for Sociology of Innovation, presents the characteristics of the patient organizations and collectives concerned by the project, and outlines the resorts of the project, its objectives and how it is rooted in the tradition of dialogue with the associative sector established by the CSI.
Who are the organizations concerned with the research project EPOKS ? Vololona Rabeharisoa : All the patient organizations and all the user collectives, small and large, involved in the health sector insofar as they show an interest for research... >
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Invited researchers
Ivan Tchalakov
> 2010, January-April > Sociologist, Institut de Sociologie de Sofia, Université de Plovdiv, Bulgarie
The collection is open to authors of all horizons, not only institutional but also disciplinary. The collection is directed by Cécile Méadel, who may be contacted for any question or project.
POUR UNE SOCIOLOGIE DE LA QUANTIFICATION. (L'ARGUMENT STATISTIQUE I)
Alain Desrosières, Presse de l'Ecole des Mines, 2008
GOUVERNER PAR LES NOMBRES. (L'ARGUMENT STATISTIQUE II )
Alain Desrosières, Presse de l'Ecole des Mines, 2008
On September 22, 2008, Mr Bruno Laurioux awarded Michel Callon the silver medal of the CNRS which "distinguishes a researcher for the originality, quality and importance of his work, recognized at the national and international levels".
Please find here the speech pronounced by Madeleine Akrich on this occasion, the reception speech of Michel Callon, as well as the booklet published by the by CNRS for the event.
