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PhD Defense - Evan Josselin, "Citizen science in practice and theory: Building on the case of Plankton Planet"
Date/time : Tuesday, December the 9th at 2:00 PM
Place : Meeting room, ground floor, Institut Jean Nicod
Title : "Citizen science in practice and theory : Building on the case of Plankton Planet"
Abstract : Citizen science is a rapidly expanding field that remains only partially integrated into the normative frameworks of traditional science. While sociology and philosophy of science have begun to examine citizen science—addressing its promises, typologies, and issues of data quality— (...) -
PhD Defense - Laudine Carbuccia, "Determinants of the socioeconomic gap in early childcare access in France: A multi-level, integrative approach"
Date/time : Tuesday, November the 4th at 2:00 PM
Place : Maison de Sciences Po, 1 place Saint Thomas d’Acquin.
Title : "Determinants of the socioeconomic gap in early childcare access in France : A multi-level, integrative approach"
Abstract : This dissertation analyzes the factors behind early childcare (e.g., crèches) access inequalities in France. It begins with a paradox : despite having a relatively available and affordable supply, France remains one of the OECD countries with the (...) -
PhD Defense - Amine Sijilmassi, "Imagined Communities in the Mind: The Cognitive Foundations of Nationalistic Culture"
Date/time : Monday, October 13th at 4:00 PM
Place : Room K.011, Sciences Po, 1 rue Saint-Thomas, Paris
Title : Imagined Communities in the Mind : The Cognitive Foundations of Nationalistic Culture
Abstract :
Why do humans so readily identify with large, abstract social groups—what Benedict Anderson famously described as “imagined communities”—such as nations ? Why does this affiliation give rise to strong feelings of identity, solidarity, and, at times, exclusion of outsiders ? And why do (...) -
PhD Defense - Edgar Dubourg. "The Function, Variability and Diversity of Fiction: Insights from Artificial Intelligence and evolutionary sciences"
Date/time : Friday, April 18th, 2 p.m
Location : Salle Dussane, 45 rue d’Ulm RDC, aile Erasme
Jury :
Jean-François Bonnefon (rapporteur) Sylvie Borau (rapporteure) Françoise Lavocat (examinatrice) Anne Besson (examinatrice) Éric Brousseau (examinateur) Valérian Chambon (invité) Nicolas Baumard (Directeur de thèse)
Abstract
This thesis addresses three key puzzles of fictional storytelling : the origin of fictional preferences, the structured diversity of stories, and the function of (...) -
PhD Defense - Tess FEYEN. “Ideology and Language”
Date/time : Monday, January 6th, 4 p.m.
Location : Salle de Réunion Pavillon Jardin, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 29. rue d’Ulm
Jury :
Louis de Saussure (Université de Neuchâtel), Président du jury et Rapporteur David Beaver (Texas University at Austin), Examinateur Anouch Bourmayan (Sorbonne Université), Examinatrice Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde (Institut Jean Nicod ENS-PSL/CNRS), Examinateur Bridget Copley (Université Paris 8/CNRS), Examinatrice Paola Pietrandrea (Université de Lille), (...) -
PhD Defense - Thomas SOUVERAIN. "How AI classifications impact us: Explaining AI in financial services and job advertising, from technical solutions to ethical issues"
Date/time : Thusday, December 19th, 1.30 p.m.
Location : Salle des Génovéfains – lycée Henri IV, 23 rue Clovis, 75 005 Paris.
Please arrive 15 mn ahead of time, and note that the defense will happen in French. To enter the building, participants will have to register on the following link (or with the QR code below) : https://forms.office.com/e/yPMbb8jvgU
Committee
Jean-Gabriel GANASCIA Président, Rapporteur Professeur émérite Sorbonne Université – LIP6 Marc-Antoine DILHAC Rapporteur (...)
