Etienne Ollion

Etienne Ollion is an Adjunct Professor at Linköping University's Department of Management and Engineering and a part-time Professor of Sociology at École Polytechnique. He serves as Research Director at CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) in France and is affiliated with the Computational Social Science Initiative. His research spans contemporary European politics and computational methods in social sciences.

Research interests focus on the transformation of political systems, particularly the professionalization of politicians in France, and methodological innovations using machine learning for social science analysis. His work investigates digital data applications, AI ethics, and the augmentation of social research through computational techniques.

Publications demonstrate strong trends in computational social science methodologies, with recent articles exploring machine learning applications for cultural analysis, ethical considerations of large language models, and advanced text annotation techniques. Political sociology research examines electoral behavior and institutional changes in European democracies.

Ollion has lectured internationally at institutions including UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. He edited non-thematic issues for Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales and contributes to public discourse through media outlets like Le Monde.