Humanities, social sciences, and science-society at the Pasteur Institute: from the SHS Alliance-Afrique network to science fiction

How does the Pasteur Institute integrate the humanities and social sciences into its network? And what role is given to the science-society interface?

In this session, three researchers from the Pasteur Institute will present their career paths and the various initiatives they have undertaken during their careers.

Cyrine Bouabid is a biologist who became interested in social sciences and humanities while working on her thesis. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar and co-coordinates the Alliance SHS Afrique project. She co-founded the SHS network of the Pasteur Network of African institutes.

Meriem Belghith is an immunologist at the Pasteur Institute in Tunis, where she coordinates the Tunis Science Shop.

François Bontems is a researcher in structural biology and is interested in the relationship between science and society and how science fiction can be used to reflect on this relationship.
This session will present the Alliance SHS Afrique project, which aims to improve the response to epidemic crises through the humanities and social sciences. This project has led to the creation of a MOOC on the social dimensions of epidemics and toolkits for training in qualitative approaches. Recent developments in the relationship between science and society will be explored, and avenues for reflection will be raised, as will the contribution of science fiction to promoting dialogue between science and society.

Events organized as part of theExposUM Institute, with the support of MSH-SUD.