Sylvain LavelleSylvain Lavelle has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Paris- Sorbonne (2000) and has also studied political science and natural sciences. After two years as an assistant at Sorbonne (1998-2000), he has taught philosophy, epistemology and ethcs in the department of humanities of an engineering school (ICAM Lille). He is currently working at ICAM-Paris and is Director of the Center for Ethics, Technology and Society (CETS) and an associate researcher at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales(EHESS-GSPR). Sylvain Lavelle has been involved over the past years in several research projects funded by the European Commission (TRUSTNET, COWAM, EGAIS) and the French National Research Agency (PARTHAGE). He is the author of several books, including Science, technologie et éthique (Ellipses, Paris, 2006) and of many articles, chapters and research documents. His research program, entitled "Dialectical Investigations", has led him to explore the theme of "Post-dialogical thinking" in a critical stance towards proceduralism in Habermas and Latour in particular. Read More Read Less