Director of the Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, UMR 8590, CNRS & Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (since September 2023).
Elected member of the steering committee of Société de Philosophie des Sciences (SPS) (since 2011).
Expert for Hcéres as President of expert committees (since 2022).
Member of the Program Committee of the European Philosophy of Science Association 2025 Congress (August 27-30 2025, Groningen, Holland).
Member of the jury Jeunes Talents France L’Oréal-Unesco « Pour les femmes et la science » (since 2020).
Member of the scientific committee of the GDR (Research grouping) Epigenetics in ecology and evolution (2019-2022).
Member of the scientific committee of the Parisian research network Paris Evolution (since 2018).
Member of IHPST PhD committee for PhD students (since 2018).
Co-organizer of the IHPST "Séminaire général" (2018-2022).
Member of the Conseil Consultatif Scientifique of UFR 10 (Department of Philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) (2018-2022).
Member of the scientific committee of the GDR (Research grouping) Phenotypic Plasticity, co-director of the new research axis "SHS contribution to the understanding of phenotypic plasticity" (2015-2022).
Referee for Science & Education, European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science, Biology and Philosophy, Biological Theory, Acta Biotheoretica, Philosophy Theory and Practice in Biology, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Philosophia Scientiae, Lato Sensu, Phenomenology and Mind, Igitur, Circé.
Other services
2018-2024
President of the Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS) & Director of Lato Sensu. La revue de la Société de philosophie des sciences (1 terms: from
October 2018 to September 2024).
2020-2024
Member of the "Conseil Scientifique du Réseau national des Maisons des Sciences de l’Homme (Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique – Gis - RnMSH)".
2024
Member of the Program Committee of the Philosophy of Science Association 2024 Congress - (PSA, November 14-17 2024, New Orleans,
USA).
2022-2023
Organizer (with Gaëlle Pontarotti, then Thomas Bonnin) - Seminar "Social Environment, Biological Embodyment", IHPST, Paris (https://envirobiosoc.cnrs.fr/envirobiosoc-seminar-2022-23/).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2023 ISHPSSB Meeting (https://site.pheedloop.com/event/ISHPSSB2023/home/).
Co-organizer of the First SPS Summer School, "Objectivity in the Sciences", September 2023, Frejus (France).
2021
Co-organizer (with Elodie Giroux, Yohan Fayet and Thibaud Serviant-Fine) of the internation meeting "Epistemological and practical issues of integrative approches in healht and disease", 4-5 February, 2021 (online).
Member of the scientific committee for the conception of the expositions about "Life Sciences" at Palais de la découverte (next opening: 2014).
2020
Member of the scientific and organiser committee of the two day meeting of the GDR-3E "Epigenetics in Ecology and Evolution", 5-6 October 2020, via Zoom.
Co-organizer, with Gaëlle Pontarotti (IHPST) and Antoine Dussault (CIRST), of a two day workshop on "The environment(s): from natural to human and social sciences", November 5-6, 2020, via Zoom.
2019
Member of the scientific committee, 7th Congress of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA 2019), 11-14 September, 2019 (Geneva, Switzerland).
Member of the scientific committee, Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences Workshop 9 (PBCS9) (Barcelona, Spain).
2018
Co-organiser, with Gaëlle Pontarotti (U. Paris 7 & IHPST) and Antoine Dussault (CIRST & IHPST), of a two day workshop on "Conceptualizing the Environment: Contemporary philosophical issues", June 25-26, 2018, IHPST (Paris).
Co-organiser, with Gaëlle Pontarotti (U. Paris 7 & IJM, LabEx ‘Who am I ?’) of the interdisciplinary workshop « L’épigénétique dans les sciences biomédicales : quels changements scientifiques ? », December 18, IHPST (Paris).
Reviewer of grant post-doctoral proposals for FNRS (Belgium).
Member of the scientific committee of Réseau thématique transdisciplinaire Epigénétique, Ecologie, Evolution (RTP-3E) (2014-2018).
Member of the scientific committee, Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences Workshop 8 (PBCS8) (Barcelona, Spain).
2017-2019
Member of the Conseil national des universités (C.N.U.), section 17.
2014-2018
Member of IHPST laboratory board (2014-2018).
Member of the scientific committee of the RTP (Thematic pluridisciplinary network) Epigenetics in ecology and evolution (2014-2018).
2011-2018
Vice-president in charge of young researchers (2011-2018).
2017
Reviewer of grant research proposals for Région Nouvelle Aquitaine.
Co-organiser, with Laurent Loison (IHPST), Guillaume Achaz (MNHN), Livio Riboli-Sasco (Atelier des jours à venir), Gaëlle Pontarotti (IHPST), of a one-day interdisciplinary workshop on "The epistemological role of the concept of inheritance in biology", May 30, 2017, IHPST (Paris, France).
2016
Director of the CNRS thematic school BioPerspectives "New Perspectives in Philosophy of Biology", March 29-April 1, 2016, Institut d'études scientifiques de Cargèse, Corsica, France.
Member of the scientific committee, 6th congress of Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS 2016), June 29 - July 1, 2016 (Lausanne, Switzerland).
In charge of the electronic agenda and of the newsletter of the Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS) (since 2011).
2015
Member of the scientific committee of the CNRS Interdisciplinary School Eco-Evo-Epigen "Quel rôle pour l'épigénétique en écologie et en évolution?", May 18-22, 2015 (St. Pierre d'Oléron, France).
Member of the organization committee of the Interdisciplinary Workshop "Penser l'hérédité par ses représentations" (with Antonine Nicoglou and Livio Riboli-Sasco), October 12-16, 2015 (Bidart, France).
Reviewer of grant post-doctoral proposals for the Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI, Austria).
Reviewer of grant research proposals for the National Science Center (Polonia).
Member of the scientific commitee of the exposition "Darwin, the original", 15 December 2015 - 31 July 2016, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie (Paris, France).
2014
Organizer, in collaboration with Gaëlle Pontarotti, Interdisciplinary workshop "How can we redefine inheritance beyond the gene-centered approach?", October 2-3, 2014 (IHPST, Paris, France).
Organizer, doctoral training "Recherches philosophiques actuelles", Philosophy Doctoral Program, University of Paris 1.
Co-chair, with Anouk Barberousse, of the program committee, 5th congress of Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS 2014), June 25-27, 2014 (Lille, France).
2013
Member of the organization committee, International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies in Biology (ISHPSSB 2013), July 7-12, 2013 (Montpellier, France).
2012
Member of the organization committee, Congress of Société de Philosophie Analytique (SOPHA 2012), May 4-6, 2012 (Paris, France).
Moderator, Neophil mailing list for young researchers in philosophy of science.
2011
Member of the steering committee of Système d’Information en Philosophie des Sciences (SIPS : http://www.philosciences.org/) (until 2015).
Member of the organization committee, 2 day workshop "Épistémologie(s) des neurosciences", Catholic University of Louvain, November 2011 (Bruxelles, Belgique).
Member of the organization committee, Annual Meeting of the Consortium d’Histoire et Philosophie de la Biologie Paris1-Montréal-Toronto-Duke (Montréal, May 2011).
2010
Member of the organization committee, Workshop "Fonctions, information et systèmes en développement : Journée à la mémoire de Marie-Claude Lorne", June 17, 2010 (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France).
2009
Member of the organization committee, École thématique interdisciplinaire d’échanges et de formation en biologie, CNRS – INRA (Berder, Golfe du Morbihan, France - until 2013).
2008
Member of the IHPST laboratory board representing graduate students (until 2010).
2006
Organizer of the PhilBio seminar at Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (Paris), in collaboration with Marie-Claude Lorne; then, since 2010, with Antonine Nicoglou and Lucie Laplane (until 2011).
Participation to examination committees
M Nicolas Glade (HDR) « Le Vivant Rare, Faible et Amorphe : évolution depuis les origines jusqu’à la vie telle qu’elle nous apparaît », Université Grenoble Alpe, November 8, 2022.
Mme Clémence Guillermain (PhD) « Le vieillissement humain : penser un phénomène physiologique à la lumière de la biologie contemporaine », Université Paris Cité, September 23, 2022.
M Etienne Roux (PhD) "Fonction et physiologie : la notion de fonction dans la physiologie contemporaine", Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, defense planned for June 29, 2021.
Ms Cristina Villegas Cerredo (HDR) "Variational Probabilities and Developmental Propensities. A philosophical study of chance in evolutionary variation", Universidad Complutense de Madrid, November 9, 2020.
Ms Karine Prévot (HDR) "L'individu en développement", Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, November 25, 2016.
Student advising
PhD Students (Philosophy):
2024-...
Emma Cuelhe (Université Paris 1)
Jeanne Trouvé (Université Paris 1) - Co-supervised with Lucie Laplane (IHPST)
2023-...
Sélène Domino (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris - Co-supervised with Guillaume Lecointre (MNHN)
2022-...
Luigi Garaffa (Università di Padova & Université Paris 1) – Co-supervised with Giuseppe Fusco (Univ. Padova)
Paul Coutard (Université Paris 1) – Co-supervised with Virginie Maris (CNRS, CEFE, Montpellier)
Aurore Franco (Université Paris 1) – Co-supervised with Philippe Huneman (IHPST)
2018-2022
Marco Casali (Università La Sapienza Roma & Université Paris 1) - Co-supervised with Philippe Huneman
Masters (Philosophy):
2024-2025
Come Lupoglazoff (University of Paris 1, M1, paid traineeship in the EnviroParCiPhil Project)
Léa Lanchidi (University of Paris 1, M2)
2023-2024
Emma Cuelhe (University of Paris 1, M2)
Juliette Guenego (University of Paris 1, M2)
Iota Anastassis (M2 traineeship, University of Bordeaux)
2022-2023
Alexandre Klinger (University of Paris 1, M2)
Isaure Pratcumiau (University of Paris 1, M2)
Samuel Domino (University of Paris 1, M2)
Mikaël Gerard (University of Paris 1, M2)
2021-2022
Isaure Pratcumiau (University of Paris 1, M1)
Luigi Garaffa (University of Bologna, M2)
2019-2020
Liu Peilu (University of Paris 1, M1)
Clémence Thocquenne (University of Paris 1, M2)
Vincent Berlizot (University of Paris 1 M2)
2017-2018
Fabien Trécourt (journaliste, M2)
Daniel Binhas (University of Paris 1, M1)
2016-2017
Fabien Trécourt (journaliste, M1)
Pierre-Charles Commaille (University of Paris 1, M2)
Côme Lefort (University of Paris 1, M2)
2015-2016
Pierre-Charles Commaille (University of Paris 1, M1)
Mathieu Cotteret (University Paris-Sorbonne, M1)
Côme Lefort (University of Paris 1, M1)
2014-2015
Clémence Thocquenne (University of Paris 1, M1)
Mathieu Cotteret (University Paris-Sorbonne, M1)
2013-2014
Pierre Collomb (University of Paris 1, M1)