Presentation of the colloquium
Troubles in Transitions
This final symposium of IFRIS and LabEx SITES offers an opportunity to observe the evolution of the various research domains that have intersected since its inception. Given that IFRIS has, for 15 years, represented a major hub for research on science and innovation in society, this symposium aims to open the discussion on the future of this research domain.
Social and historical studies of science and technology have occupied a central place from the beginning and have significantly influenced the activities of IFRIS, even though numerous research efforts not necessarily aligned with Science and Technology Studies (STS) have also been present. Thus, we position this symposium midway between an inventory of the research conducted and an observatory of the shifts that have occurred, whether in terms of research objects, methods, or relations to the world.
Poster

Where and when?
Final Colloquium
of IFRIS and LabEx SITES
6 - 7 - 8 November 2024
Université Paris Cité - Bâtiment Buffon
(Grand Moulins de PARIS)
Amphithéâtre Buffon
https://u-paris.fr/amphitheatre-buffon/
15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013 Paris
Live stream available at the following link:
https://videodiff.phm.education.gouv.fr/live/7f19f6e9b56c
About us and Contacts
About IFRIS: https://ifris.org/en/presentation/
About LABEX SITES: https://ifris.org/en/labex/
Partners of IFRIS and LabEx Sites: https://ifris.org/en/fiches/partners/
Contact IFRIS Direction : direction@ifris.org
PROGRAM
Day 1 - Wednesday 6 november 2024
Opening plenary session
Introductive plenary session
"What troubles?"
Two lectures to be delivered by Fred Steward (Westminster Univ.) and Emilia Sanabria (CERMES-3) followed by a debate with the audience
Plenary session: "IFRIS: the making-of"
How IFRIS came to exist and endure ?
by Pierre-Benoit Joly, Rigas Arvanitis and Marc Barbier (successive directors of ifRIS)
Three presentations followed by a round table
Day 2 - Thursday 7 november 2024
Plenary session "Scalability and transitions"
Two introductory lectures by Jean-Paul Gaudillière (INSERM-EHESS, CERMES-3) and Andrew Stirling (Sussex University, SPRU)
followed by a scientific dialogue open to the public.
Thematic parallel sessions
Session "Bodies"
Session "Digital SHS"
Thematic parallel sessions
Session "Infrastructure"
Session "Endings"
Special plenary session "Researchers being puzzled by transitions"
A round table introduced by lectures followed by a round table
with Amy Dahan (CNRS), Johan Södeberg (Göteborg Univ.) and Ann Kelly (King's College).
Day 3 - Friday 8 november 2024
Thematic parallel sessions
Session "Participation"
Session "Roads of the Souths"
Thematic parallel sessions
Session "Pluriverse"
Session "AI Regulations"
Plenary session: “The paradoxes of the institutionalization of STS in France”.
A lecture by Soraya Boudia (Unniv. Paris Cité, CERMES-3) following the publication of the STS Encyclopedia in France
Plenary session "scientific agenda"
Former IFRIS postdocs offer their thoughts on the future of the research field
An open discussion will follow about the future of our reserach domain
Closing session of the colloquium