Philippe Descola, Beyond Nature and Culture

Dr Céline Granjou is Senior Researcher the Research Institute for Environment and Agriculture in France (Irstea, Grenoble), and visiting academic at the University of Technology in Sydney (Australia). Her background is Science and Technology Studies, environmental sociology and political studies. Her research topics include nature conservation policies, biodiversity sciences (ecology, taxonomy), protected areas, wildlife monitoring, risks' assessment and expertise. She is member of the Editorial Board of the Revue d'Anthropologie des Connaissances and coordinated the project PANBIoptique "The new institutions of biodiversity: Inventorying, digitazing, expertising Nature" funded by the French National Agency for Research. She is author of a number of scientific articles in STS journals and in journals devoted to environmental topics.