
The end or beginning of third places?
In the News, SocietyAfter our homes and workplaces, the social environments in which we spend time are referred to as third places. These are places for gathering, adventures – but at the same time, of safety, security and control. In the following article Müge…

In French nursing homes, the Covid-19 crisis has revealed the detrimental effects of austerity policies
Covid-19 EN, In the News, SocietyThis article was originally published (in French) in the Conversation.
By Laura Nirello, IMT Lille Douai, and Ilona Delouette, University of Lille.
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Social media: the everyday sexism of advertising algorithms
Digital, In the News, SocietySocial media advertising algorithms can create paradoxical situations, where messages aimed at women are mostly displayed to men. These are the findings of successive research projects carried out by Grazia Cecere at the Institut Mines-Télécom…

Wikipedia in the time of the Covid-19 crisis
Covid-19 EN, In the News, SocietyWikipedia provides freely reusable, objective and verifiable content that every citizen may modify and improve. It is difficult to achieve this aim when it comes to providing real-time information about a crisis marked by uncertainty, as is…

Video conferences and socializing: bringing some joy back to our daily lives
Covid-19 EN, In the News, Society, Uncategorized
Stéphane Safin, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom
The lockdown has upended the ways we communicate and maintain social connections. It has forced us to rethink our social habits and to create new ones. The use of video conference…

From solidarism to national solidarity: lessons of the epidemic
Covid-19 EN, In the News, SocietyIn this time of crisis, solidarity has been widely called for in response to the risk posed by the epidemic. In this article, Sophie Bretesché explores the historic origins of solidarity as a societal value. A sociologist at IMT Atlantique,…

The current “mini-collapse” requires a democratic response
Covid-19 EN, In the News, SocietyFabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
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[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ovid-19, an anthropocene disease? This is how professor Philippe Sansonetti sees the crisis we are experiencing.…

Can workspaces become agile?
In the News, SocietyInnovating, adapting ever-more rapidly to changes in the environment. Breaking away from the traditional office. The digital revolution has dramatically changed working methods, and with them, the way we organize space. Researchers from Institut…

How can industrial risk be assessed?
In the News, SocietySafety is a key concern in the industrial sector. As such, studying risk represents a specialized field of research. Experiments in this area are particularly difficult to carry out, as they involve explosions and complicated measures. Frédéric…

No, employees are not afraid of digital transformation
Digital, In the News, SocietyThis article was originally published (in French) on The Conversation. By Emmanuel Baudoin, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School.
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