Isabelle Pailliart & Adrian Staii

Isabelle Pailliart is a Professor of Communication Sciences at Université Stendhal and Director of the Gresec research team (EA 608). Adrian Staii holds the rank of Maître de Conférences with Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) at Université Joseph Fourier (UPMF) and is a researcher at Gresec. Their joint work focuses on the socio-technical dimensions of information-communication technologies, emphasizing how ICTs intersect with societal transformations. They reject technocentric perspectives, instead analyzing mediatization processes and socio-technical logics that link technological evolution to shifts in capitalism, autonomy, and cultural practices.

• Key Research Areas: Digital society, media reorganization, socio-technical systems, public space transformations
• Affiliations: Gresec team (EA 608), Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (LIG)

Their collaborative research examines the temporal dynamics of technological progression, connecting short-term digital innovations to long-term societal changes. They emphasize the bidirectional relationship between technology and social structures, avoiding deterministic frameworks.