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Didier Torny

Didier Torny

CNRS Researcher

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Biography

Didier Torny is a researcher in the sociology of science and health, whose work focuses on the analysis of scientific controversies, evaluation mechanisms, and the production of knowledge in institutional contexts. His research explores, in particular, the mechanisms by which health risks are recognized, as evidenced by his in-depth study of diethylstilbestrol (DES), an endocrine disruptor whose transgenerational effects were long downplayed in France. He also examines the infrastructure of scientific communication by analyzing the evolution of editorial processes, bibliometric tools, and publication policies, particularly in the context of open science. His expertise thus covers the dynamics of the production of ignorance, the challenges of peer review, and the transformations in models of knowledge dissemination, with a particular focus on the power asymmetries and epistemic biases that underlie them.

Publication(s)

  • 2022
    Like mother, like daughter, like granddaughter… Transgenerational ignorance engendered by a defective reproductive health technology DOI : 10.1016/j.rbms.2021.10.001
  • 2020
    Managing the Growth of Peer Review at the Royal Society Journals, 1865-1965 DOI : 10.1177/0162243919862868
  • 2019
    Matilda: Building a bibliographic/metric tool for open citations and open science DOI : 10.4000/proceed-ings.elpub.2019.22
  • 2016
    A failed precedent: Distilbene® and the endoctrine disruptors. Contribution to a a sociology of ignorance; [Un précédent manqué: le Distilbène® et les perturbateurs endocriniens. Contribution à une sociologie de l'ignorance] DOI : 10.1684/sss.20160303
  • 2016
    Humanities and social sciences journals as academic commons; [Les revues en sciences humaines et sociales à l'heure des communs]
  • 2015
    DE LA RÉPARATION INDIVIDUELLE À L'ÉLABORATION D'UNE CAUSE COLLECTIVE: L'engagement judiciaire des victimes du distilbène DOI : 10.3917/rfsp.654.0583
  • 2015
    From Manuscript Evaluation to Article Valuation: The Changing Technologies of Journal Peer Review DOI : 10.1007/s10746-014-9335-z
  • 2015
    Managing an everlastingly polluted world: Food policies and community health actions in the french west indies DOI : 10.4324/9781315654645
  • 2013
    The manufacturing of scientific evaluation; [La manufacture de l'évaluation scientifique] DOI : 10.3917/res.177.0023
  • 2012
    Behind the scenes of scientific articles: Defining categories of fraud and regulating cases; [Dans les coulisses des articles scientifiques : Définir des catégories de fraude et réguler les affaires] DOI : 10.1016/j.respe.2012.06.395
  • 2012
    Erratum à l'article : « Dans les coulisses des articles scientifiques : Définir des catégories de fraude et réguler les affaires » de D. Pontille et D. Torny [Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 60 (4) (2012) 247-53] DOI : 10.1016/j.respe.2012.10.004
  • 2012
    De la gestion des risqué à la production de la sécurité: L'exemple de la préparation à la pandémie grippale DOI : 10.3917/res.171.0045
  • 2011
    Issues and special features of animal health research DOI : 10.1186/1297-9716-42-96
  • 2010
    Physicians' opinion, patients' opinion: New issues for immunization policy D Torny; [Opinion des médecins, opinion des patients: De nouveaux enjeux pour la politique vaccinale]
  • 2010
    Issues and special features of research on animal health; [Enjeux et spécificités de la recherche en santé animale]
  • 2010
    The controversial policies of journal ratings: Evaluating social sciences and humanities DOI : 10.3152/095820210X12809191250889
  • 2009
    "It kills sometimes but it is not dangerous." Institutional injuction and scientific mobilization around a emerfing pathogen, Bacillus Cereus; [ÇA tue parfois mais ce n'est pas dangereux: Injonction institutionnelle et mobilisation scientifique autour d'un pathogène émergent, Bacillus cereus] DOI : 10.3917/rac.006.0073
  • 2007
    On going research recherche en cours: Toutes choses égales par ailleurs - comparer deux congrès de l'association française de sociologie DOI : 10.1177/075910630709400105

PhD supervision

  • 2018 Feeding the world with an app: Digital agriculture, startups, and the allure of small devices HEIMSTÄDT Cornelius