Online, February 2024 In the past, the procedure for presenting papers at a conference was simple, but relatively opaque. Anyone could send a contribution to the organisers, which was either accepted or rejected. It was then allocated to a panel, […]
Paris, January 2024. The lives of academic staff are often punctuated by assignments there is no shortage of reasons for travelling: presentations at conferences, invitations from colleagues to a workshop, the need to go out into the field to take […]
Paris, October 2023 As with mobile phones, some electronic objects have become permanent extensions of the workplace. On a train, ticket inspectors are now equipped with a small connected terminal, which can be used to receive and send information, find […]
Internet, May 2023 We know this well, at least since Umberto Eco: any published text depends solely on its readers, and authors can do little in the face of unforeseen circulation, unlikely support, unsolicited commentators, irascible critics and overall indifference. […]
Paris, November 2022. In France, depending on the relationship with the employer, the right to strike can be exercised either by the voluntary report of strikers, or by a bailiff going to the workplace to record the strikers. One of […]
Geneva, November 2022 Coming out of a joint seminar and before returning, the group had booked lunch for 18 people, and consequently occupied the whole central part of the venue in this cosy restaurant. Even though the menu was limited […]
Marseille, July 2022 They have invaded supermarkets, drugstores, the most diverse sales websites, public transportation, but also our professional and private meetings. Surgical masks have become a new source of complex plastic waste. Some have sought to recycle them by […]
Paris, June 2022. The first bell is visible in the hall. It arouses the curiosity of visitors, whose eyes have become familiar with terrariums, which have been trendy in recent years. As you walk through the floors and open the […]
Athens, May 2022. The international hotel was very classic: a cubic mass of about a dozen floors, located in a semi-central area with “sea view” for half of the rooms, i.e., the ability to look out over the port area. […]
Paris, January 2022. It is a competitive examination from nowhere. For more than a century and a half, far from localised recruitment and therefore necessarily suspect of localism, juries of seven members have been meeting for months, watching numerous candidates […]