Regulations

The Regulations team comprises researchers belonging to various social-science disciplines.

Research carried out by this team focuses on the social processes of producing and assimilating the knowledge, rules and representations that prevail in various social worlds, on the work of actors involved in these worlds, the social properties and careers of such actors, their practices or customs, and lastly on the instruments and technical devices by which their activity is regulated and coordinated.

The members of our team work on a large variety of empirical objects and social worlds including formal (hospitals, companies, courts, administrative bodies, research labs) and less formal organizations (such as professional federations), markets, social networks or groups of users and experts (in healthcare, for instance).

Director: Thierry Delpeuch
Contact: regulations@umrpacte.fr

Research by the Regulations team covers five main topics:

  • Public action (sectoral approaches to public policy; norms and deviance; relations between administrators and administrated).
  • Markets and productive organizations (sociology of markets; cooperative economy; organizations; work).
  • Media and cultural ecologies (sociology of the arts, of audiences and the media).
  • Learning, knowledge and society (study of science and technology; epistemology and methodology of social sciences).

Research projects of the team

The members of the Regulations team meet for a weekly seminar on Fridays, from 12.00 to 14.00.

The seminar presents ongoing research projects and discusses papers during the drafting and submission process.

Other thematic seminar cycles are held, either during the same time slot or at other times:

  • Grenoble journalism-studies seminar. Jointly organized by Pacte, the Communication Issues Research Group (Gresec) and the Grenoble School of Journalism (EJDG), this seminar brings together researchers working on social aspects and discourse in journalistic practice. Contacts: or
  • Tempo – temporalities and policies. The point of departure for this seminar is the determination to uphold the Grenoble tradition of social history, but also to renew it. Methodology and epistemology feature largely in this process. Otherwise its key topics hinge, among others, on public policy and action in all its forms, socialization (particularly political) and the origins of social science. Contact: or
  • Health Pathways. A seminar for sociologists interested in studying the social determinants of individual pathways through illness and healthcare bodies. Contact: or

Team news

Latest publications from team members

All publications are available on the open archive hal

The Social Meaning of Extra Money : Capitalism and the Commodification of Domestic and Leisure Activities
Ouvrages
Impacts Generated by a Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Can Lead to Conflicts between Sustainable Development Goals: A Review of Key Lessons Learned in Madagascar
Articles
La justice en examen. Attentes et expériences citoyennes
Ouvrages
Making money out of leisure: The marketization of handicrafts and food blogging
Book Chapter
Cooperation within and the institutionalization of participatory renewable energy projects in France
Book Chapter
Introduction. The marketization of everyday life
Book Chapter
Ergonomics interventions in a truck manufacturing plant: Adapting to the ever-changing company context
Conference Paper
Agir contre le non-recours aux droits sociaux : scènes et enjeux politiques
Ouvrages
Ressortissants
Book Chapter
Der Deutungswandel der Zwangsarbeit in der International Labour Organization (ILO): Eine vergleichstheoretische Perspektive
Conference Paper
Non-recours
Book Chapter
Quand les larmes des puissants incarnent leur force politique
Miscellaneous
Epigenetics in the public sphere: interdisciplinary perspectives
Articles
Organiser sur les territoires un repérage précoce des personnes présentant des troubles psychiques.
Miscellaneous
Petite introduction à la question du non-recours aux droits sociaux
Ouvrages
All publications

Team members

Permanents and Associates

Amélie Artis
Gilles Bastin
ANNE SOPHIE BELIARD
Gregory Beltran
Julien Bertrand
Solene Billaud
François Bonnet
Thierry Bontems
Isabelle Borras
MARINE BOURGEOIS
PIERRE BRASSEUR
SANDRINE CAROLY
AURELIE CATEL
Helene Caune
Pierre Chiron
Celine Cholez
Thierry Delpeuch
Laurence Dumoulin
Camille Duthy
JOHANNA DUTIER
Alain Faure
Jean Finez
JEAN-MARC FRANCONY
CLAUDE GILBERT
Simon Godard
Marie-Laure Guilland
Martin Julier-Costes
Martine Kaluszynski
PIERRE LE QUEAU
Thomas Louail
Séverine Louvel
Antoine Machut
PIERRE MERCKLE
Mathilde Mondon-Navazo
Sidonie Naulin
Cecile Pelaudeix
MANON PESLE
Florian Pisu
Jean-François Ponsot
Victor Potier
LEA RENARD
Thomas Reverdy
GUILLAUME ROUX
Cherry Schrecker
MONIKA STEFFEN
PHILIPPE TEILLET
Sarah Thiriot
Pascale Trompette
Jingyue Xing
Olivier Zerbib