André Micoud

André Micoud, a sociologist, is an honorary director of research within the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), based at the Centre Max Weber in Saint-Étienne. His work focuses on seeking to understand changes in rural spaces via social movements to protect wildlife (nature reserves, parks and natural spaces, relationships with the animal kingdom, biodiversity, etc.). Preferring to adopt a hermeneutic approach to his work, he studies the figures, notions and categories that correspond to this concept.

His recent publications include: “L’incroyable pusillanimité de la sociologie française à l’endroit de la question écologique”, in Lionel Charles et al. (eds.), Environnement et sciences sociales en France et en Allemagne (L’Harmattan, 2014); Quels temps faisons-nous ? Conversation avec Philippe Dujardin et André Micoud (La Passe du Vent, 2013); and “En somme toute chair… (Genèse 9:16)”, in Annick Dubied et al. (eds.), Aux frontières de l’animal ; mises en scène et réflexivité (Librairie Droz, 2012).