Cécile MÉADEL

Cécile MÉADEL serves as Professor of Information and Communication Sciences at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (IFP), concurrently holding the position of Vice-President in charge of digital and the rights commission. She maintains dual academic appointments as Professor at École des Mines and associate researcher at Mines ParisTech - CNRS - PLS Center for the Sociology of Innovation.

• Director of CARISM Laboratory (Center for Interdisciplinary Analysis and Research on Media)
• Head of UNIC Master (Digital Use, Innovation and Communication)
• Co-head of Master's in Media, Communication and Digital Cities
• Co-director of Cultural Pluralism and Digital Ethics chair with Joëlle Farchy

Her research examines media reception practices, digital network utilization, and the sociological evolution of internet technologies. She instructs graduate courses on media measurements, audience analysis, and digital cultural phenomena across multiple Master's programs.

MÉADEL actively shapes academic discourse through leadership roles including membership in CNRS's Internet and Society Center, CNIL's foresight committee, and INSERM History Committee. She serves on editorial boards for Le Temps des médias, Hermès, and Réseaux, while directing Presses des Mines' Social Sciences collection which has published over 50 scholarly works since 2006.