# Social Science and Generative AI: Inquiries, Instruments, Consequences
**Date de l'événement :** 05/06/2025
* Publié le 05/06/2025

## Description
This one-day conference will reflexively examine generative AI as sociotechnical devices, discussing its effects on scientific work and its epistemological and social implications. The presentations will make a particular point of considering the epistemological diversity of the social sciences by giving equal attention to quantitative, qualitative, and participatory approaches.  
  

After an opening by [Luis Vassy](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Vassy), Director of Sciences Po, and an introduction by [Sylvain Parasie](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/sylvain-parasie/), Director of the médialab, the first part of the conference looked at the question of data and models, a panel introduced by [Ismail Harrando](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/ismail-harrando/). [Veronica Barassi](https://www.unisg.ch/de/universitaet/ueber-uns/organisation/detail/person-id/82c4701a-ff16-4350-b2c4-fa9a244eea97/), [Djamé Seddah](https://pauillac.inria.fr/~seddah/) and [Etienne Ollion](https://ollion.cnrs.fr/) presented their research, from different disciplinary perspectives, on the limits of using generative AI to produce knowledge in the social sciences.

In the second part of the conference, introduced by [Emma Bonutti d'Agostini](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/emma-bonutti-dagostini/) and devoted to methods and approaches, [Maria Antoniak](https://maria-antoniak.github.io/) and [Adam Hayes](https://www.investopedia.com/contributors/53677/) reported on their use of large language models for quantitative and qualitative research in the social sciences.

Finally, the third part of the conference, entitled “Public Value and Consequences” was introdueced by [Carlo Santagiustina](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/carlo-santagiustina/). [Fabian Ferrari](https://www.uu.nl/staff/FLFerrari) presented Europe's role in the AI race, while [Lauren Frederica Klein](https://english.emory.edu/people/bios/klein-lauren.html) looked at the provocations of the human sciences for generative AI research.

To conclude, two postdoctoral researchers at the médialab presented their current projects linked to LLMs:

*   [Democratic Commons project](https://about.make.org/democratic-commons/landing-page), commented by [Manon Berriche](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/manon-berriche/): this project stands as a pioneering program for research, development, experimentation, and provision of generative AI solutions as digital commons to enhance democratic processes. The consortium aims to revolutionize citizen engagement by simplifying access to information, offering cutting-edge tools for contributions to complex multilingual democratic debates and by implementing Large Language Models (LLM) tailored to effectively support democracy.
    

[Ecologies of LLM practices](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/en/activities/ecologies-des-pratiques-llms/), presented by [Gabriel Alcaras](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/gabriel-alcaras/): this project creates a space of inquiry to document the role of LLMs in various professional practice(s) and the consequences arising from their use. This investigation aims to highlight the “savoir-faire”, expertise, and values of workers rather than those of AI designers or economic decision-makers.

**Regarder la conférence ou l'événement :**
[Vidéo 1](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098162905?h=698fc36fee) 

## Intervenant(s)
Ismail Harrando. Veronica Barassi, Djamé Seddah, Etienne Ollion, Maria Antoniak, Adam Hayes, Fabian Ferrari, Lauren Frederica Klein, Manon Berriche, Gabriel Alcaras

## Intervenant(s) secondaires
Luis Vassy, Sylvain Parasie, Emma Bonutti d'Agostini, Carlo Santagiustina

### Date de la conférence ou de l'événement
05/06/2025

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