New Heroism: a paradoxical model of success
In the News, Scientific literacy, Society
Today, the ideals of success cover multiple areas of society, such as work, cinema, and personal life. In his book Le Nouvel Héroïsme, Olivier Fournout, a sociologist and semiologist at Télécom Paris, analyzes the conditions that have allowed…
All aboard for security
In the News, Mobility, Society
With France’s rail transport market opening up to competition, the SNCF’s security work is also becoming a service. This transformation raises questions on how security as an activity is organized. Florent Castagnino, Sociology researcher…
France’s elderly care system on the brink of crisis
Health, In the News, Society
In his book Les Fossoyeurs (The Gravediggers), independent journalist Victor Castanet challenges the management of the private elderly care facilities of world leader Orpea, reopening the debate around the economic model – whether for-profit…
Privacy as a business model
Digital, In the News, Society
Personal data protection is sometimes presented as a legal headache, typically in the online business world. For others, usually in the activist sphere, it is seen as a way to defend our fundamental rights. Each side tends to mock the other’s…
Delivery riders seeking social protection
In the News, Society
Cynthia Srnec, Sciences Po and Cédric Gossart, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
“In the ideal world of the delivery platforms, we would say nothing, just smile politely, “Hello, sir”, “Goodbye”, get on our bikes, make…
Caring for the population or one’s earnings? A dilemma for marketers in the pharmaceutical industry
In the News, Society
Loréa Baïada-Hirèche, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School ; Anne Sachet-Milliat, ISC Paris Business School et Bénédicte Bourcier-Béquaert, ESSCA École de Management
The pharmaceutical industry is rocked by scandals on a regular…
Waste management: decentralizing for better management
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Society
Reducing the environmental impact of waste and encouraging its reuse calls for a new approach to its management. This requires the modeling of circuits on a territorial scale, and the improvement of collaboration between public and private…
Hospitals put to the test by shocks
Health, In the News, Society
Benoît Demil, I-site Université Lille Nord Europe (ULNE) and Geoffrey Leuridan, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
The Covid-19 crisis has put lasting strain on the health care system, in France and around the world. Hospital…
A real way to look at fake news
In the News, Society
The SARS-CoV2 virus is not the only thing that has spread during the Covid-19 pandemic: fake news has also made its way around the world. Although it existed even before, the unprecedented crisis has paved the way for an explosion of fake…
Bitcoin crash: cybercrime and over-consumption of electricity, the hidden face of cryptocurrency
In the News, Society
Donia Trabelsi, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School ; Michel Berne, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School et Sondes Mbarek, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Wednesday 19 May will be remembered as the day of a major…