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Etienne Nouguez has a PhD in sociology and has been a research fellow at the CNRS since 2011. He is pursuing his research in two complementary axes. The first axis aims to uncover the ways in which markets are structured and health products (medicines, food, drugs) are valued through the study of relations between regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies, experts, healthcare professionals and consumers.
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Patrick Castel’s research is underpinned by a theoretical framework centered on three perspectives: the sociology of organized action, the sociology of medicine and professions, and the sociology of science.
Two main themes run through his research: the organization of medical activities and the processes of rationalization involved in this, and the processes of designing and implementing public healthcare policies.
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Henri Bergeron conducts research on healthcare policy and changes in medical practice through the study of various subjects, including illegal drugs, alcohol, obesity, medical research, and public healthcare. He uses tools from the sociology of public policy, the sociology of social movements, and above all the sociology of organizations to evaluate the forces at work in the creation of public policies and the reconfigurations of organizational and institutional fields.
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Jean-Noël Jouzel works on controversies related to environmental and occupational health issues. His research combines perspectives from science studies, the sociology of public action, and the sociology of mobilisation to contribute to the current boom in work on the social construction of ignorance.
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Daniel Benamouzig’s research interests range from public health to economic policy to institutional governance. He has studied the history of healthcare economics in France, as well as institutional changes in healthcare regulation. He continues to conduct research in the economic sociology and political sociology of healthcare, with special interest in institutional changes and the mobilization of economic knowledge.
