louise.beaumais
Louise Beaumais
louise.beaumais@sciencespo.frIn my research, I aim to assess what numbers do in foreign policy. At the intersection of Sociology of quantification and Foreign Policy Analysis, I argue that foreign policy provides novel questions for both. I use the British and French Arctic policies as case studies to show that organizations use numbers to produce an impression of credibility, coherence, and foster imaginaries (that I call "datafiction").
I also work, as part of the Datawar research project, on humanitarian workers' use of numbers as well as conflict early warning systems in France, Germany and the UK.
On the use of quantitative data in foreign policy: from datafication to datafiction, sous la direction de Frédéric Ramel (Sciences Po - CERI) et Thomas Lindemann (Polytechnique/LinX)
Foreign policy, militaries and diplomats, quantitative data, armed conflict databases, perception, strategic thinking, security, Arctic
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Teaching
Sciences Po
• Espace Mondial (licence), since 2020.Assistantship
• 2021, 2023 : Renseigner sur les démocraties, renseigner en démocratie. Taught by M. Hayez et M. De Maillard.
• 2022, 2023 : Violences extrêmes et génocides. Taught by Dr. Jacques Sémelin.
• 2022 : Fabriquer les futurs. De la prospective à la fiction spéculative. Taught by Dr. Virginie Tournay. -
Languages
French, English, Spanish
Beaumais, L. (2024). Le décompte des morts à Gaza : des chiffres qui parlent d’eux-mêmes ? Les Dossiers du CERI, « Après le 7 octobre 2023 ».
Beaumais, L. (2023). Do humanitarian workers really trust numbers? Journal of humanitarian studies.
Beaumais, L. (2023). Les systèmes d’alerte précoce des conflits ou l’illusion de l’objectivation. Cités.
Beaumais, L. & Ramel, F. (2023). Diplomats, Soldiers, and Armed Conflict Databases: Another French Exception? Global Studies Quaterly.
Datawar (2022). Bons chiffres, fausses prédictions ? Pourquoi la guerre en Ukraine a pris l’Europe par surprise. La Vie des Idées.
Anderson, G., Beaumais, L., Carnapete, L., Lambert, I., Makki, S., Ramel, F., & Sangar, E. (2021).Exploring Practices of Conflict Data Production, Analysis, Dissemination, and Practitioner Reception: Methodological Framework and Preliminary Findings, Sciences Po Website.
