La lasagne pur-sang et la société low-cost

Article for general public (2013)

Pour satisfaire des consommateurs en quête de toujours plus de pouvoir d’achat, la Commission européenne soutient des gros producteurs low-cost pour une nourriture low-cost (avec des contrôles limités ... [more ▼]

Pour satisfaire des consommateurs en quête de toujours plus de pouvoir d’achat, la Commission européenne soutient des gros producteurs low-cost pour une nourriture low-cost (avec des contrôles limités). Stop! Et vive l’agriculture locale. [less ▲]

Les Jourdain de la réflexivité : Du bon usage des incidents diplomatiques

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Cultiver d’autres expertises sur les sciences et les technologies

in Revue Nouvelle (2012), 10

Little by Little. Expansions of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies

Book published by IOS Press (2012)

Little by little, nanotechnology has emerged amid enormous anticipations and fantastic promises of new materials, aspiring to manipulate our world “atom by atom.” While these grand visions continue to ... [more ▼]

Little by little, nanotechnology has emerged amid enormous anticipations and fantastic promises of new materials, aspiring to manipulate our world “atom by atom.” While these grand visions continue to capture the imaginations of various audiences—and continue to be contested, as well—nanotechnology has developed into more than that. During the last two decades, many research programs and industrial R&D expenditures have resulted in actual products and tangible innovations. Nanotechnology, it seems, is expanding. But what does it mean to say that nanotechnology is expanding? [less ▲]

Elements for a diplomatic approach of ‘responsible innovation’ in nanotechnologies

Conference (2012, July 03)

Beyond the 'Charmed Circle' of OECD: New Directions for Studies of National Innovation Systems

Conference (2012, May 24)

Action publique et responsabilité gouvernementale : la gestion de la grippe A(H1N1) en 2009

in Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP (2012), 2138-2139

Have STS Fallen Into a Political Void? Depoliticisation and Engagement in the Case of Nanotechnologies

in Política & Sociedade (2012), 11(20), 205-226

In this paper we trace some of the key points in the history of Science and Technology Studies (STS). In particular we outline the inherently political dynamics of the field. Against We underline two ... [more ▼]

In this paper we trace some of the key points in the history of Science and Technology Studies (STS). In particular we outline the inherently political dynamics of the field. Against We underline two emerging patterns in the curse of STS: the one of “depoliticisation” and the one of increasing “engagement”. We address the case study nanotechnologies and discuss their intertwined history with the STS. This allows us to point at the risk that the increasing institutionalisation of STS and the political mandate that frames and stabilizes the field’s relationship to the technological developments would create a political void. We conclude that STS research is at a crossroads. It is facing an important empirical turn, which may deprive it from its political significance, and constantly redefine its institutional constraints. STS has to continuously question its underlying political assumptions (as it occurs more and more regarding public participation) and to make it explicit. [less ▲]

The birth of the Belgian Network for Science, Technology and Society (BSTS Network)

in EASST Review (2012), 31(1), 9-12

Nanotechnologies, et alors?

Conference given outside the academic context (2012)