Samuel Coavoux

Samuel Coavoux is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at ENSAE and a researcher at Crest in the Computational Social Science (CSS) research group. He holds a PhD in Sociology from ENS Lyon (2016) and previously worked as a digital researcher at Orange. His research focuses on cultural consumption, social inequalities, and digital culture, employing computational methods and mixed approaches.

Research interests include:

• Cultural consumption patterns and inequalities
• Digital platform usage (Twitch, YouTube, streaming services)
• Algorithmic recommendation systems
• Museum visitor behavior
• Video game cultures and practices
• Environmental impact of digital consumption

His publications (2014-2025) predominantly explore digital culture, algorithmic systems, and cultural consumption, with recurring themes in computational sociology, platform studies, and cultural inequalities. Recent work examines generative AI in social research, advertising algorithms, streaming environmental impacts, and music recommendation systems.

Coavoux leads the 'Records' research project with Deezer, analyzing music streaming data to study cultural inequalities and algorithmic recommendations. He teaches courses on sociology and sociology of culture at ENSAE.