Smart cities: “it is only through multidisciplinary research that we can rise to these challenges”
In the News, SocietyThe smart city is becoming an increasingly tangible reality for citizens in urban areas, with the efforts made to increase mobility and energy management being obvious examples. But is more efficient transport and optimized energy consumption…
What is the truth behind the myth of the entrepreneur?
In the News, SocietyA much more complex and less glamorous truth lies behind the storytelling of the visionary entrepreneur, the insider who has the revolutionary idea of the century. Thomas Houy, Researcher at Télécom ParisTech, breaks down the stereotypes surrounding…
Scientific description of industrial experience
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyAt Mines Albi, Elise Vareilles works on “product configuration”, which entails understanding industrial constraints and considering them scientifically using IT. This multidisciplinary work is based on experts’ experience which must be…
Gender diversity in ICT as a topic of research
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyChantal Morley, a researcher at Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, works on the social construction of the masculinity of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Various empirical studies analyzed using a structurationist framework…
The French national Library is combining sociology and big data to learn about its Gallica users
Digital, In the News, SocietyAs a repository of French culture, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF, the French national Library) has always sought to know and understand its users. This is no easy task, especially when it comes to studying the individuals who use…
Research and economic impacts: “intelligent together”
In the News, SocietyWhat connections currently exist between the world of academic research and the economic sphere? Does the boundary between applied research and fundamental research still have any meaning at a time when the very concept of collaboration is being…
The major transformations of the 21st century: “the humanities and social sciences are essential”
In the News, SocietyNew materials, artificial intelligences, green energy, virtual reality, 5G… so many new innovations are impacting our society. The transformations they bring about result in changes to organizations, and redefine the role humans play in their…
Digital transition: the music industry reviews its progress
In the News, SocietyThe music industry – the sector hit hardest by digitization – now seems to have completed the transformation that was initiated by digital technology. With the rise of streaming music, there has been a shift in the balance of power. Producers…
From the vestiges of the past to the narrative: reclaiming time to remember together
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyThe 21st Century is marked by a profound change in our relationship with time, now merely perceived in terms of acceleration, speed, changes and emergencies. At Mines Nantes, the sociologist Sophie Bretesché has positioned herself at the interfaces…
Artificial Intelligence: the complex question of ethics
In the News, SocietyThe development of artificial intelligence raises many societal issues. How do we define ethics in this area? Armen Khatchatourov, a philosopher at Télécom École de Management and member of the IMT chair “Values and Policies of Personal…