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Morgan Meyer

Morgan Meyer

Director of research at the CNRS

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Awards & distinctions

  • 2018 25 years of the journal Cultural Geographies : one of twenty-five papers to celebrate the diversity that cultural geographies brings forward
  • 2013 Selected among the top papers published in the journal BioSocieties
  • 2007 Vainqueur du concours de slogan pour l'année culturelle 2007 au Luxembourg
  • 2007 Winner of an essay competition for The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Biography

Morgan Meyer is a researcher whose work lies at the intersection of the social sciences, science and technology studies (STS), and contemporary issues related to biotechnology. His research explores the dynamics of the production, regulation, and reception of scientific innovations, with a particular focus on the boundaries between technical expertise, societal issues, and public debates. His recent work analyzes the evolution of scientific practices, particularly in the fields of genome editing (such as CRISPR/Cas9), participatory biotechnology (DIYbio), and low-tech approaches, highlighting the reconfigurations of knowledge, spaces, and the actors involved. Meyer also examines scientific controversies, such as that surrounding genetically modified babies, by studying the mechanisms through which research is evaluated, legitimized, and politicized, as well as the interactions between scientific communities, the media, and the public sphere. Her approach combines quantitative (scientometrics, lexicometrics) and qualitative methods to capture the temporalities, geographies, and discursive frameworks of scientific and technological debates.

Publication(s)

Projects

  • 2006-2008 Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: An East-West Comparative Study (KNOWING) (EU FP6) Participant Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: An East-West Comparative Study (KNOWING) (2006–2008), was funded by the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), and involved five research teams from Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, and the UK.
  • 2022-2024 Geography of Scientific Collaborations (GECOLLAB) (RSE) Co-Investigator Collaborative project with Niki Vermeulen (STIS, University of Edinburgh), Marion Maisonobe (UMR 8504) and Morgan Meyer (CSI-Mines), funded by the RSE.
  • 2021-2024 Decontamination measures to restore facilities and the environment after a natural or deliberate re-lease of pathogenic microorganisms (DEFERM) (ANR/DFG) Co-Investigator The aim of the project, funded by the ANR and the DFG, is work along different case scenarios in order to address concrete procedures and processes of first responders with actual political focus based on threats caused by pathogenic microorganisms. The scenarios include accidental, deliberate or natural release.
  • 2011-2014 International Socio-Technical Challenges for Implementing Geological Disposal (InSOTEC) (Euratom/EU FP7) Participant InSOTEC was a three-year collaborative European research project funded under the European Atomic Energy Community's (Euratom) and the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The project aimed at identifying the main socio-political challenges for implementing geological disposal and their interplay with technical challenges.
  • 2017-2019 OpenLabs (IFRIS) Participant Réseau de recherche collaborative entre des tiers lieux (maker et hacker spaces, fab et living labs, etc.) et des chercheurs issus des laboratoires de l'IFRIS. Il avait pour but final d'initier un réseau hybride sur la recherche action collaborative et ouverte.

Teaching

Description des Controverses

2009 – 2026 Lecturer

Atelier doctoral du Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation

2026 – en cours Instructor in charge

PhD supervision

  • 2026 Documenter et transmettre les connaissances agroécologiques en maraîchage : une approche de recherche-action mêlant analyse des pratiques situées, médiation numérique et design MARUEJOULS Patrick
  • 2020 Building with raw earth and dry stone: a disruptive innovation? Socio-technical experiments around construction practices in the process of stabilization GOIZAUSKAS Jean