Mathilde Bourrier Université de Genève, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales Département de Sociologie Uni Mail, 40, bd du Pont-d Arve CH - 1211 Genève, 4, Switzerland, Phone : + 41 22 379 83 26 mathilde.bourrier@unige.ch French nationality, Born in Paris, France, sept. 30, 1966 Academic appointments Sept. 2006 - : Currently, Full Professor (Professeur Ordinaire) and Chair of the Department of Sociology, University of Geneva (since July 2010). Sept. 2005 - Sept. 2006 : Full Professor (Professeur des Universités), Dept of Urban Systems, University of Technology, Compiègne, France. Sept. 1997-Sept. 2005 : Assistant Professor in Sociology, Dept of Human Sciences, University of Technology, Compiègne, France. Other appointments Member of the External Evaluation Commission of Public Policies (Geneva Canton), since Jan. 2010. Education Habilitation, University of Technology, Compiègne, France, December 2004. Title: The Organizational Risk: Challenges for our Knowledge in Sociology. PhD in Sociology, Institut d Etudes Politiques de Paris (SciencePo), December 1996.Title: Building Organizational Reliability, A comparison at four Nuclear Power Plants, France/US. Highest honors. Advanced Master in Sociology of Organizations, Institut d Etudes Politiques de Paris (SciencePo), Oct. 1991. Master of Sociology, University of Sorbonne, Paris René Descartes (Paris V), Highest honors, June 1990 Bachelor in History, University of Sorbonne, Paris, IV, June 1987. Visits abroad August-December 2003: Visiting Professor at the Institute of European Studies, University of California at Berkeley. On Sabbatical Fall semester 2003. Fall 1995: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley. 1991-1994: Visiting Scholar, member of the High Reliability Organizations Project, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley. Scholarships, Grants and Awards PHD Grant allocated by the French Ministry of Education and Research (1991-1994) Various grants from the French Institute of Nuclear Protection and Safety (1992, 1993, 1994, 1997) Grant from the France-Berkeley Fund (1995-1996) Best Young Researcher Award, European Society of Risk Analysis (1998). Research grants (Since 2006 ) World Health Organization (WHO, Geneva) [May-September 2011]. Research mandate from the Global Influenza Program on Literature Review on Risk Communication Research and Mapping of Risk Communication Research Networks and institutions. Scientific Supervision: Mathilde Bourrier and Claudine Burton-Jeangros; Research Assistants: Clara Barrelet and Mélinée Schindler CV Short Mathilde Bourrier, Spring 2012-1 -
Département de la solidarité et de l emploi (République et Canton de Genève) [sept. 2011-sept.2012]. Research mandate on the institutional environment of gardienship social services in Geneva Canton (L environnement institutionnel du service de tutelle d adultes : Evaluation des facteurs de contexte à la mise sous mandats des adultes dans le canton de Genève) Scientific Supervision: Mathilde Bourrier ; Research Assistants : Clara Barrelet and Alexandre Pillonel and master s students (2011-2012) National Science Foundation (USA) [Jan. 2009-dec 2011]. «Global Infectious Disease Response Project» (Chris Ansell, Main Applicant, University of California, Berkeley). Co-investigator, Award Number SES-0826995. Fonds National de la Recherche (Suisse) [April 2009-April 2012]. «Effectiveness of different strategies to improve hand hygiene and reduce healthcare-associated infections: a cluster randomised controlled trial», Pittet D, Sax H, Bourrier M, FN 3200B0-122324. Research Mandates from Geneva Canton Hospital (HUG) [Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009]. «La transformation de l'identité professionnelle des aides-soignant-e-s», supported by «Fonds Qualité HUG» and Dpt of Anaesthesiology. [Sept. 2007-Sept. 2008]. «Apprendre devant témoins : La création d une sociologie des aptitudes dans le monde hospitalier. Une étude au département d Anesthésiologie», supported by «Fonds Qualité HUG» and Dpt of Anesthesiology, Other Applied Research Mandates [In 2005]. Scientific Collaboration with the team «Veille Accidentologie» at the Research Dpt of Electricité de France, section «Management of Industrial Risks». Creation of an organizational tool capable of detecting early warning signals on nuclear sites. [From 2002 to 2007]. Creation and follow up for the EDF Nuclear body of Inspectors of a Methodology for the Evaluation of organizational aspects. Used in the framework of the Regular Global safety Assessment of the Plants. [In 2001]. «Organizational Analysis of the French Nuclear Production Site, Tricastin». EDF Funding. Scientific Expertises (selection): 2011 : Participation to the international evaluation of the Austrian Office of Technology Assessment (ITA), directed by Dominique Foray, Vienna December 16-17. 2011: "Role of Health Risk Communication", presented by Mathilde Bourrier, based on "Literature Review on Risk Communication Research" (Agreement for Performance of Work between WHO and Mathilde Bourrier, Dpt of Sociology), directed by Mathilde Bourrier with Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Clara Barrelet, Mélinée Schindler, Prepared for WHO consultation on the Public Health Research Agenda for Influenza (Geneva, Nov. 14-16, 2011). 2009: "Role of Health Risk Communication", presented by Mathilde Bourrier, based on "Literature Review on Risk Communication Research", prepared for WHO consultation on Public Health Research Agenda for Influenza (Geneva, Nov. 15-17, 2009) 2008: Invited Expert by the French Nuclear Safety Regulator, topic : Safety Management at EDF Plants, March and April. 2006: Invited Expert by the French Nuclear Safety Regulator, topic : A Strategy for the Development of the Human & Organisational Aspects Expertise within the Regulator, December. 2006: Invited Expert by the French Nuclear Safety Regulator, topic : Preparation of the Evaluation «Safety Management at EDF Plants» May. 2006: Invited Expert by the French Nuclear Safety Regulator, topic : Management of skills and competencies at EDF, March. 2005: Invited Expert, project NAOS "New Approach to the Organization of Safety", for the SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer). 2004: Invited Expert by the French Nuclear Safety Regulator, topic : How EDF is taking into account the Human and Organizational aspects during retrofitting or modification of installations?, May. CV Short Mathilde Bourrier, Spring 2012-2 -
2002-2003: Member of the strategic committee of the «Commission d enquête de l Office parlementaire de l évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques», Topic : The Life Time Span of Nuclear Plants and the Emergence of New Reactors - La durée de vie des centrales nucléaires et les nouveaux types de réacteurs, Rapport N 832, Assemblée Nationale : Paris. 2001: Under Oath expert, Parliamentary Investigation Body, commission d enquête parlementaire, Sur la sûreté des installations industrielles et des centres de recherche et sur la protection des personnes et de l environnement en cas d accident industriel majeur, Rapport N 3559, pp. 24-26, Assemblée Nationale : Paris. 1999: Invited Expert «Organizational Factors» for the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mission Safety Culture in Maintenance, Vienna, Oct. 12-15. 1998: Invited Contribution to the Report Identification & Assessment of Organizational Factors related to the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants, NEA/CSNI/R(98)17, O.C.D.E. Regular Referee for the following journals : Travail Humain ; Safety Science; Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management ; Journal of Cognition, Technology and Work; Journal of Science, Technology and Human Values, Risk analysis Teaching activities (Only since 2006, Unige ) Bachelor - Sociology of Work and Employment (Fall Semester) - Sociology of Technology and Innovation (Fall Semester) - Risk, Technology and Organizations (Spring Semester) - Qualitative Methods (Spring Semester) Master - Organizational Theory (Fall Semester) - Empirical investigation of Organizations (Spring Semester) - The Research Workshop (annual, given in 2007-09; 2008-09; 2011-12) Students(bachelor, master, PhD): http://www.unige.ch/ses/socio/mathildebourrier/enseignement.html Books Publications [1999]. Le nucléaire à l épreuve de l organisation, Coll. Le Travail Humain, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France. [2001]. Organiser la Fiabilité, Coll. Risques Collectifs et Situations de Crise, Paris, L Harmattan (Direction d ouvrage) [2011]. Michael Baram & Mathilde Bourrier (eds.) Governing Risk in Genetically Modified Agriculture, Cambridge University Press. [2011]. Les enjeux de l apprentissage médical à l hôpital : Une étude de cas dans un service d anesthésie, Genève, Editions Médecine et Hygiène, avec la collaboration de Sami Coll. [forthcoming]. Mathilde Bourrier & Corinne Bieder, Trapping Safety Into Rules, How Desirable and Avoidable is Proceduralization of Safety? Ashgate. [in preparation]. Huit essais sur le haut-risque Peer-reviewed articles [accepted]. Ann Keller, Chris Ansell, Art Reigold, Mathilde Bourrier, Sahai Burrowes, Mark Hunter and Theresa MacPhail, "Improving Pandemic Response: A Sensemaking Perspective on the Spring 2009 H1N1 Pandemic," Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. [2011]. «No admittance except on business», les enjeux de la négociation de l entrée dans les organisations, SociologieS, Expériences de recherché, Champs de recherche et enjeux de terrain, mis en ligne le 11 avril. [2011]. The Legacy of the High Reliability Organizations Project, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 19, N 1, march 2011, 9-13. [2010]. Pour une Sociologie "embarquée" des univers à risque? Tsantsa, Revue de la société suisse d'ethnologie, N 15 "Anthropologie et journalisme", 28-37. [2005]. The Contribution of Organizational Design to Safety, European Management Journal, Vol. 23, N 1, 98-104. CV Short Mathilde Bourrier, Spring 2012-3 -
[2005]. Guest Editor s introduction de la revue European Management Journal, titre du dossier : «Designing Safety», Vol. 23, N 1, 91-92. [2005]. An Interview with Karlene Roberts, European Management Journal, Vol. 23, N 1, 93-97. [2005]. L analyse culturelle : un horizon, pas un point de départ, en réponse à Philippe d Iribarne, Revue Française de Sociologie, Vol. 46, N 1, 171-176. [2003]. «Facteurs Organisationnels: Du neuf avec du vieux», Réalités industrielles, Revue Annales des Mines, N spécial Sciences et génie des activités à risque, Mai, 19-22. [2002]. «Bridging Research and Practice: The Challenge of Normal Operations Studies», Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 10,4, 173-180. [2000]. «L analyse stratégique à l épreuve de l Amérique», Revue Tocqueville, Vol. XXI, 1, 55-61. [1998]. «Le pouvoir sur les règles : la gestion des procédures de maintenance dans l industrie nucléaire», Performances Humaines et Techniques, 94, 30-36. [1996]. «Organizing Maintenance Work at Two American Nuclear Power Plants», Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 4, 2, 104-112. Book chapters [2011]. Le pouvoir dans les organisations du haut-risque: quels constats, quelles évolutions?, in Patrick Chaskiel (ed.) Atelier Risques et Communication : Une mise en perspective, Maison des Sciences de l Homme de Toulouse, 13-40. [2011]. Applying Safety Science to Genetically Modified Agriculture, in Michael Baram and Mathilde Bourrier (eds.) Governing Risk in Genetically Modified Agriculture, Cambridge University Press, 235-267. [2009]. "Maintenance, risque et fiabilité organisationnelle: une première exploration", in Gilbert de Terssac, Ivan Boissières et Irène Gaillard (eds.), La sécurité en action, Collection le travail en débats, Toulouse: Octares,101-119.. [2009]. "Das Vermächtnis der High-Reliability-Theorie". in Johannes Weyer/Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer (Hg.), Management komplexer Systeme. Konzepte für die Bewältigung von Intransparenz, Unsicherheit und Chaos, München: Oldenbourg, 119-146. [2007]. "Risques et Organisations", in Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Christian Grosse et Valérie November (eds.), Face au Risque, L Equinoxe, Genève, Georg Editeur, 159-182. [2003]. «Les intervenants de maintenance face aux prescriptions : le cas de l industrie nucléaire», C. Durand et A. Pichon (Eds.), La puissance des normes, Coll. Logiques sociales, Paris, l Harmattan, 135-160. [2003]. «La fiabilité organisationnelle : morceaux choisis d un état des lieux», Chap. XI, Risques Collectifs et Situations de Crise, apports de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales sous la direction de Claude Gilbert, Paris, L Harmattan, 199-215. [2001]. «La fiabilité est une question d organisation», in Bourrier, M. (Ed.), Organiser la fiabilité, coll. Risques Collectifs et Situations de crise, Paris, L Harmattan, 9-38. [1999]. «Constructing Organizational Reliability: the Problem of Embeddedness and Duality», in Misumi, J ; Wilpert, B. ; Miller, R. (Eds.), Nuclear Safety : a Human Factors Perspective, London, Taylor & Francis, 25-48. [1998]. «Elements for Designing a Self-Correcting Organization: Examples from Nuclear Power Plants», in A. Hale & M. Baram (Eds.), Safety Management & the Challenge of change, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 133-147. Book reviews [2010]. Recension du livre de Jean Peneff, Le goût de l'observation, Comprendre et pratiquer l'observation participante en sciences sociales, Paris: La Découverte, 2009, in Swiss Journal of Sociology 36 (2), 553. [2000]. «Normal Accidents, Living with High Risk Technologies», Recension à propos de la réédition du livre de Charles Perrow, La Recherche, 332, Juin, 101. Monographs [2009]. M. Bourrier et al. «Nous, on soigne rien sauf des machines», Sociograph N 8, Genève: Université de Genève. Conferences, lectures and workshops (selection) [2012]. "L'avenir incertain des organisations face aux risques : De Tchernobyl à Fukushima", invited plenary, July the 4th 2012, XIXth Congress of the francophone Sociologists Association (Association des Sociologues de Langue Française), Rabat, Maroc. CV Short Mathilde Bourrier, Spring 2012-4 -
[2012]. "For an Embedded Sociology?", International Conference "Embedded Social Sciences", co-organised by the Centre de Sociologie de l'innovation (Ecole des Mines de Paris) and Cetcopra (Paris I- Sorbonne), Paris, France, Jan. 13-14. [2012]. "Enseignement des pratiques et organisation", Journée nationale de la Chirurgie ambulatoire, Salons de l'aveyron, Paris, France, Jan. 12.. [2011]. "Les organisations du haut-risque: Un état des lieux depuis Tchernobyl", Conférence donnée dans le cadre de l'université du 3ème âge de Genève, Switzerland, Feb. 18. [2010]. "Où en est-on des liens entre risques et organisations depuis Tchernobyl?", Introductory Conférence, public forum : «La crise: un risque à prendre?", Université de Genève, Switzerland, Feb. 24. [2010]. " Où va le travail humain?", Conférence à la Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source, Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 15. [2009]. "Le pouvoir dans les organisations du haut-risque. Quels constats, quelles évolutions?" au colloque "Risques et Communication : Une perspective comparative", Maison des Sciences de l'homme et de la Société, Toulouse, France, June 5. [2009]. "Experiences and lessons learned, applying fieldwork in organizational studies", University of Stavanger, Norway, May 13. [2009]. "Organizational lessons hard to learn, Organizational design hard to change", Guest speaker for the panel "Hazards and Managing Catastrophes: Environmental Hazards and Social Catastrophes", World Social Science Forum, Bergen, Norway, May 10-12. [2008]. "Les High Reliability Organizations : Chroniques d'un succès", Conférence à la XIème journée de réflexion, «Risque, Sécurité et Médecine, 10 ans de réflexion, où en est-on?, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland, June 20. [2007]. "Comparison of social system constructs from sociology and psychology in the field of organizational safety", introductory conference to the symposium The Contextualized Individual: Concepts & Methods for Bridging individual and social systems level analysis, European Network of Organizational and Work Psychologist [ENOP], Paris, France, March 22-24. [2005]. A High-Risk Organization experiencing Turbulence and Pressure: An Assessment of its Impact on Safety», Programme Advises Research Training Network, Liège University, Belgium, Jan. 6. [2003]. «Has Organizational Design ever been really looked at in High Risk Industries?», Institute of European Studies, Berkeley, California, March 11. [2003]. «Assessing the Contribution of Organizational Design to Safety: A Long Neglected Question», paper presented at the advanced workshop organized by Otan and Russia on «Forecasting and Preventing Catastrophes: Understanding Human Factors to Enhance Safety Management», Aberdeen, Scotland, June 1-6. [2002]. «L'incidence du design organisationnel sur les comportements (de transgression ou de suivi des règles) dans le fonctionnement dit "normal" des industries à risque», Conférence invitée au groupe Polytechnique X-Environnement, Maison des polytechniciens, Paris, Nov. 6. [2002]. Les liens entre Conception Organisationnelle et Sécurité : si évidents et si mal connus, Conférence invitée au colloque organisé par les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève sur le thème «Risques, Sécurité et Médecine: Quelle organisation à l hôpital?», Switzerland, Feb. 7. [2001]. «Bridging Research and Practice: The Challenge of Normal Operations Studies», Paper presented at the annual ECMA conference (European Crisis Management Academy), Foundations for Cooperative European Crisis Management: Establishing Common Ground, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 22-23. [2001]. «Mise en perspective internationale des approches organisationnelles de la fiabilité : Acquis et pistes de recherche», présenté au colloque «Risques Collectifs et Situations de Crise Bilan et Perspectives». C.N.R.S. Paris, France, Feb. 7-9. [1999]. «Approches organisationnelles de la fiabilité : Dialogue avec les ergonomes», papier présenté en ouverture du Congrès de la Société d Ergonomie de langue française, Caen, France, Sept. 15-17, published in papers proceedings. [1998]. «Beyond the Black Box : Organizational Factors in Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods», paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Risk Analysis, Paris, France, Oct. 11-14 published in papers proceedings, 879-891. [1996]. «Constructing Organizational Reliability : the problem of Embeddedness and Duality», Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Human Factors Research in Nuclear Power Operations (ICNPO II), Berlin, Germany, Nov. 28-30. [1995]. Presentation for the Symposium organised by the International Atomic Energy Commission and the O.C.D.E «Human Factors and Organizations in Nuclear Power Plants Maintenance Outages : Impact on Safety». Title: «Strategies for Organizing Maintenance Work in Nuclear Power Plants». Stockholm, Sweden, June, 18-22. CV Short Mathilde Bourrier, Spring 2012-5 -
[1994]. «Compliance as a Strategy» paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Human Factors Research in Nuclear Power Operations (ICNPO I), Berlin, Germany, Oct. 31 Nov. 3. [1994]. Harris Seminar, working paper «Compliance as a Strategy: Problems with a Research Hypothesis» (IGS-working paper N 94-10), Institute of Governmental Studies and Dept. of Political Science, Berkeley, 15/03. CV Short Mathilde Bourrier, Spring 2012-6 -