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{{Short description|French sociologist and philosopher of science (1945–2025)}}

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'''Michel Callon''' is(1945 – 28 July 2025) was a ProfessorFrench sociologist who was a professor of sociology at the [[EcoleÉcole des Minesmines de Paris]] and member of the [[Centre de Sociologiesociologie de l'Innovationinnovation]]. He iswas an influential author in the field of [[Science and Technology Studies]] and one of the leading proponents of [[Actor-networkactor–network theory]] (ANT) with [[Madeleine Akrich]], [[John Law (sociologist)|John Law]] and [[Bruno Latour]]. Callon died on 28 July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michel Callon (1945-2025) |url=https://www.csi.minesparis.psl.eu/articles-vedette/michel-callon-1945-2025/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== Works ==

In recent years (since the late 1990s), Michel Callon has spearheaded the movement of applying STS/ANT approaches to study economic life (notably economic markets). This body of work interrogates the interelation between the economy and economics, highlighting the ways in which economics (and economics-inspired disciplines such as marketing) shapes the economy (see Callon, 1998 and 2005).

Callon’s earlier works on [[Sociology of scientific knowledge | sociology of science ]] and on ''[[Translation (sociology) | translation ]]'' contributed to the study of how scientists act to problematize an issue, interest other actors and recruit them as to mobilize a constituency around an issue. His article ''Some elements of a sociology of translation: domestication of the scallops and the fishermen of St Brieuc Bay''<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Callon, M.)) | journal=The Sociological Review | title=Some elements of a sociology of translation: domestication of the scallops and the fishermen of St Brieuc Bay | volume=32 | issue=S1 | pages=196–233 | date= 1984 | issn=1467-954X | doi=10.1111/j.1467-954X.1984.tb00113.x}}</ref> is one of the most cited in the literature of [[Science and Technology Studies]].

From the late 1990s, Callon led efforts to apply ANT approaches to study economic life, notably economic markets. This body of work interrogates the interrelation between the economy and economics, highlighting the ways in which economics and economics-inspired disciplines such as marketing shape the economy.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Callon, M.)) | date=11 September 1998 | title=Laws of Markets | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | edition=1st | isbn=978-0-631-20608-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Callon, M.)) | journal=Economic Sociology: European Electronic Newsletter | title=Why virtualism paves the way to political impotence: A reply to Daniel Miller's critique of "The laws of the market" | volume=6 | issue=2 | pages=3–20 | publisher=Cologne: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) | date= 2005 | issn=1871-3351}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

==References==

Callon, Michel 1980. "Struggles and Negotiations to Define What is Problematic and What is Not: The Socio-logic of

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Translation." Pp. 197-221 in The Social Process of Scientific Investigation, edited by Karin D. Knorr. Dordrecht:

Reidel Publishing.

== Bibliography ==

Callon, Michel 1986. "Some Elements of a Sociology of Translation: Domestication of the Scallops and the Fishermen of St Brieuc Bay." Pp. 196-233 in Power, Action and Belief: A New Sociology of Knowledge, edited by John Law. London:

Routledge & Kegan Paul.

=== Books ===

Callon, Michel 1987. "Society in the Making: The Study of Technology as a Tool for Sociological Analysis." Pp. 83-103 in The Social Construction of Technical Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology, edited by W. E.

* {{cite book | last1 = Callon | first1 = Michel | last2 = Law | first2 = John | last3 = Rip | first3 = Arie | author-link2 = John Law (sociologist) | author-link3 = Arie Rip | title = Mapping the dynamics of science and technology: sociology of science in the real world | publisher = Macmillan | ___location = Basingstoke | year = 1986 | isbn = 9780333372234 }}

et al Bijker. London: MIT Press.

* Callon, Michel (ed.) (1998). The Laws of the Markets. London: Blackwell Publishers.

* Callon, Michel (2005). "Why virtualism paves the way to political impotence", Economic Sociology - the European electronic newsletter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20051223142042/http://econsoc.mpifg.de/archive/esfeb05.pdf Read as PDF]

* Callon, M., Lascoumes, P., & Barthe, Y. (2009). Acting in an uncertain world: an essay on technical democracy. The MIT Press.

* Callon, M. (2021). Markets in the Making: Rethinking Competition, Goods, and Innovation. United States: Zone Books.

=== Chapters in books ===

Callon, Michel 1991. "Techno-economic networks and irreversibility." Pp. 132-165 in A Sociology of Monsters: Essays on Power, Technology and Domination, edited by John Law. London: Routledge.

* Callon, Michel (1980). "Struggles and Negotiations to Define What is Problematic and What is Not: The Socio-logic of Translation." pp.&nbsp;197–221 in The Social Process of Scientific Investigation, edited by Karin D. Knorr. Dordrecht: Reidel Publishing.

* Callon, Michel (1986). "Some Elements of a Sociology of Translation: Domestication of the Scallops and the Fishermen of [[Saint-Brieuc|St Brieuc Bay]]." Pppp. 196-233&nbsp;196–233 in Power, Action and Belief: A New Sociology of Knowledge, edited by John Law. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

* {{citation | last1 = Callon | first1 = Michel | contribution = Society in the making: the study of technology as a tool for sociological analysis | editor-last1 = Bijker | editor-first1 = Wiebe E. | editor-last2 = Hughes | editor-first2 = Thomas P. | editor-last3 = Pinch | editor-first3 = Trevor | editor-link1 = Wiebe Bijker | editor-link2 = Thomas P. Hughes (historian) | editor-link3 = Trevor Pinch | title = The social construction of technological systems: new directions in the sociology and history of technology | pages = 83–103 | publisher = [[MIT Press]] | ___location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1987 | isbn = 9780262022620 | postscript = .}}

* {{citation | last1 = Callon | first1 = Michel | contribution = Techno-economic networks and irreversibility | editor-last = Law | editor-first = John | editor-link = John Law (sociologist) | title = A sociology of monsters: essays on power, technology and domination | pages = 132–165 | publisher = Routledge | ___location = London | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780262022620 | postscript = .}}

* {{citation | last1 = Callon | first1 = Michel | last2 = Latour | first2 = Bruno | author-link2 = Bruno Latour | contribution = Don't throw the baby out with the Bath School! A reply to Collins and Yearley | editor-last = Pickering | editor-first = Andrew | editor-link = Andrew Pickering | title = Science as practice and culture | pages = 343–368 | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press]] | ___location = Chicago, Illinois | year = 1992 | isbn = 9780226668017 | postscript = .}}

== See also ==

Callon, Michel (ed.) 1998. The Laws of the Markets. London: Blackwell Publishers.

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== External links ==

Callon, Michel 2005. "Why virtualism paves the way to political impotence", Economic Sociology - the European electronic newsletter. [http://econsoc.mpifg.de/archive/esfeb05.pdf Read as PDF]

* [http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/en/equipe/membres-d-honneur/michel-callon Michel Callon's University Home Page]

* [https://www.csi.minesparis.psl.eu/en/featured-articles/michel-callon-1945-2025/ Michel Callon's Obituary]

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