Laurent Camus

Laurent Camus is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Sports Science at the University of Clermont-Auvergne, France, specializing in the sociological analysis of media production and social interaction. His academic career includes postdoctoral positions at the University of Basel (2018-2023) in Linguistics, University of Lausanne (2018-2022) in Sociology, and Télécom Paris (2015-2017) in Sociology, demonstrating his interdisciplinary expertise across multiple fields.

Dr. Camus earned his doctorate in sociology in 2015 from Télécom Paris/EHESS with a thesis titled "Producing live. A video-ethnography of the interactional production of the televised football match from the control room," supervised by C. Licoppe and L. Quéré. He is qualified for lecturer positions across multiple CNU sections (07, 19, 71, and 74), reflecting his broad disciplinary competence.

His research centers on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, with particular focus on how audiovisual technologies mediate human experience across diverse contexts. Dr. Camus has developed a distinctive approach examining corporeality, social interactions, and the uses of video in sport, revealing how technical aspects of media production are deeply intertwined with social organization. His work spans multiple domains including sports broadcasting, human-animal interaction, wine tasting practices, and pandemic-era social adaptations, consistently applying video-based methods to document the micro-organization of social life.

Analysis of his publication record reveals a cohesive research trajectory exploring how objectivity is produced through media technologies across different settings. His recent work shows increasing attention to cross-species interactions and sensory practices, while maintaining his foundational focus on television production practices and social accountability.

Dr. Camus has established significant collaborations with researchers across European institutions, particularly with scholars at the University of Basel and University of Lausanne. His work appears in leading journals across sociology, linguistics, and media studies, demonstrating the interdisciplinary impact of his research approach.