Madeleine Akrich

Madeleine Akrich (born March 4, 1959) is a French sociologist of technology. She served as the director of the Center for the Sociology of Innovation at Mines ParisTech from 2003 to 2013. She is known for developing actor–network theory (ANT) with Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, John Law and others.

Madeleine Akrich
Born (1959-03-04) March 4, 1959
OccupationSociologist
OrganizationOffice parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques
Known forScience and technology studies, Actor-Network Theory
Notable work"The de-scription of technical objects" (1992)
AwardsMédaille d'argent du CNRS (2016) Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite(2017)
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