Céline Verchère
Co-leader of the "Impacts, Uses and Society" group
Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation
UMI LN2 (Nanotechnologies and Nanosystems Laboratory)
University of Sherbrooke
Céline Verchère holds a doctorate degree in Sociology and graduated in Political Science (France). She has worked for over ten years as an expert in the “User Experience (Ux) group" for the CEA. She is currently working with the Interdisciplinary Institute for Technological Innovation and the UMI LN2 (Nanotechnologies and Nanosystems Laboratory) as a co-leader of the "Impacts, Uses and Society" group (University of Sherbrooke). Her interests are in the introduction of questions concerning the ethical, social, environmental, economic, and legal impact (E3LS issues) early on in the development of innovation designs.
Talk
How to ensure technological development associated with economic progress, while integrating at the same time, and in the same process, the consequences this type of development has on society? Throughout our work, we developed an approach that allows us to address different forms of issues (economic, ethical, environmental, legal and social) in one cohesive process. So in this talk, we will present the Responsible Uses (RU) approach, the reasons that led us to develop it and some examples of applications in the field of technological developments.