Sabine Montagne

Sabine Montagne is a CNRS Research Director at IRISSO (Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales), where she conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of economics, sociology, and law. Her work focuses on the social dimensions of financial practices, particularly examining pension funds, financial regulation, and the political economy of finance.

Montagne's research explores how financial practices are socially constructed and embedded in institutional contexts. Her work spans from historical analyses of investment practices to contemporary examinations of financial innovation. She has made significant contributions to understanding the dual nature of pension funds as both social protection mechanisms and financial market participants.

Her recent publications demonstrate a continued focus on the political dimensions of finance, with particular attention to index investing, pension fund governance, and the social implications of financial practices. Montagne's work shows a consistent emphasis on understanding finance as a social relation rather than merely a technical or economic phenomenon. She frequently draws on regulation theory to analyze financial phenomena, highlighting the interplay between formal rules, informal practices, and power relations in financial markets.

Montagne actively participates in academic discourse through numerous conference presentations and contributions to edited volumes. Her collaborations with scholars like Christian Bessy and Thierry Delpeuch demonstrate her engagement with interdisciplinary approaches to understanding finance. She has also contributed to public debates on financial issues, particularly regarding pension reform, as evidenced by her multiple presentations on retirement systems in 2020.

As a CNRS Research Director, Montagne supervises doctoral students and contributes to research projects examining the sociology of finance. Her work has significant implications for understanding contemporary financial capitalism and the relationship between financial markets and social welfare systems. She examines how legal standards like the 'prudent man rule' shape investment practices and how financial innovations transform social and economic relations.