معرفی
Valérie Beaudouin is Professor of Sociology at Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (SES department) and Director of Studies at EHESS – Center for the Study of Social Movements (CEMS). A statistician-economist by training (ENSAE 1991), she holds a PhD in language sciences (EHESS 2000) and an HDR in sociology (Université Paris-Descartes 2018). Her career spans industrial R&D leadership (France Télécom/Orange Labs, 1997-2008) and full-time academia since 2008.
Education
- ENSAE – Statistician-Economist Diploma (1991)
- PhD in Language Sciences, EHESS (2000)
- HDR in Sociology, Université Paris-Descartes (2018)
Research focus
Beaudouin studies the social, ethical, and cultural impacts of digital technologies. She combines quantitative and qualitative methods—text mining, network analysis, online ethnography—to investigate AI ethics, online collective memory (notably of World War I), amateur cultural production, and digital sociability. Her current work with the Operational AI Ethics research group explores how ethical principles are operationalized in AI systems and organizations.
Recent publication trends
Between 2019 and 2023 her articles cluster around three themes: (i) AI ethics and explainability, (ii) online commemoration and collective memory, and (iii) amateur digital practices such as film criticism and self-publishing. These works appear in both French and international journals spanning sociology, digital humanities, and STS.
Scientific awards & honors
- No specific prizes or medals are mentioned in the provided text.
Grants, projects & advising
- Bibli-Lab (2013-2019) – Research partnership with the French National Library (BnF) on digital library usage.
- Operational AI Ethics – Ongoing Telecom Paris initiative on practical AI ethics.
- Apprendre par la bande – Multi-institutional project on online learning collectives (with Université Paris-Descartes & Paris VII).
- Collectifs en ligne et production de savoirs – Study of online knowledge production and collective memory.
Laboratory affiliations
She is affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Institute of Innovation (i3) and the Digital Technologies, Organization and Society (DTOS) research team at Telecom Paris.
