About
I am an associate researcher at the CNRS Center for Internet and Society.
My research focuses on the digital transformation of the state and how computing technologies reconfigure liberal governmentality. At the intersection of sociology, history, and political theory, I analyze the integration of the Internet and artificial intelligence into practices of power such as surveillance or censorship, and how these processes reshape relations between the state and informational capitalism.
My academic writings are available on HAL-SHS and ResearchGate.
Contact
I can be reached at felix.treguer AT sciencespo.fr (PGP key). I’m also on Mastodon and Bluesky.
Academic background
I was a visiting scholar at the Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade in Rio de Janeiro (2024) and at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2021). I have held postdoctoral positions at the Center for International Studies at Sciences Po (CERI) and at the CNRS Institute for Communication Sciences, as part of French and European research projects. I completed my PhD in Political Studies at EHESS in 2017, and my dissertation was published in French under the title Counter-History of the Internet: From the 15th Century to The Present Day. I was also a research intern at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (2010). I am a member of the editorial board of the journal RESET (social science research on the Internet).
Research & society
I am a founding member of La Quadrature du Net, a French advocacy group dedicated to defending human rights in the context of computerization, where I co-designed several action-research campaigns related to surveillance, online freedom of expression, or alternative models to the political economy of digital technologies. I have also carried out projects for civil society organizations such as Amnesty International, Statewatch, and the German think tank Interface.
I am a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique and my work has been covered by leading media outlets such as Le Monde, France Culture, and MIT Technology Review. I have also provided expert testimony to various institutions, including the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, and the French National Assembly.
Teaching
I teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses on the social issues of digital technology, the political economy of media, critical approaches to artificial intelligence, and Science & Technology Studies (STS) at Sciences Po Paris, the Aix-Marseille School of Journalism and Communication (EJCAM), and the Marseille School of Design (ÉSDM).
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