About
Olivier Borraz, Director of Research (CNRS), works on crises as organizational phenomena. He has studied crisis management preparedness in the nuclear and volcanic fields in France, and the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in France and Sweden.
Latest publication
The era of crises: A historical perspective on crisis management in France
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Valérie November
In L’Année sociologique (2025/2 n° 252)
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The era of crises: A historical perspective on crisis management in France
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Valérie November
In L’Année sociologique (2025/2 n° 252)
Approaching the state via its administration. Towards a sociology of the nuts and bolts of public policies
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Émilien Ruiz
In Revue française de science politique (2020/1 Vol. 70)
Bureaucracy, Organizations and the Formalization of Knowledge
- By Daniel Benamouzig
- and Olivier Borraz
In L’Année sociologique (2016/1 Vol. 66)
Simulating a crisis: The construction of reality in nuclear accident exercises
- By Elsa Gisquet
- and Olivier Borraz
In Sociologie (2020/4 Vol. 11)
The expansion of crisis management. Simulation exercises in crisis management in the French nuclear industry
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Elsa Gisquet
In Critique internationale (2019/4 No 85)
Social science expertise: A political matter? The case of the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
- By Daniel Benamouzig,
- Olivier Borraz,
- Jean-Noël Jouzel
- et al.
In Sociologies pratiques (2018/2 No 37)
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Articles
The era of crises: A historical perspective on crisis management in France
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Valérie November
In L’Année sociologique (2025/2 n° 252)
Rizza (Caroline), Bubendorff (Sandrine) (eds.), Gérer les crises avec les médias sociaux ? Une approche pluridisciplinaire et professionnelle. Paris, Presses des Mines, 2022, 153 p., €29.
In Revue française de sociologie (2023/4 Vol. 64)
Sweden’s response to the crisis: A clearly defined yet little understood strategy
- By Henri Bergeron
- and Olivier Borraz
In Les Tribunes de la santé (2021/2 N° 68)
Editorial
Towards a history of administrative intelligence
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Émilien Ruiz
In Le Mouvement Social (2020/4 No 273)
Simulating a crisis: The construction of reality in nuclear accident exercises
- By Elsa Gisquet
- and Olivier Borraz
In Sociologie (2020/4 Vol. 11)
Approaching the state via its administration. Towards a sociology of the nuts and bolts of public policies
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Émilien Ruiz
In Revue française de science politique (2020/1 Vol. 70)
Decision: Learning by playing?
- By Olivier Borraz,
- Bernard Bougon,
- Olivier Cosson,
- et al.
In Entreprises et histoire (2019/4 No 97)
The expansion of crisis management. Simulation exercises in crisis management in the French nuclear industry
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Elsa Gisquet
In Critique internationale (2019/4 No 85)
Social science expertise: A political matter? The case of the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
- By Daniel Benamouzig,
- Olivier Borraz,
- Jean-Noël Jouzel
- et al.
In Sociologies pratiques (2018/2 No 37)
Inspectors at Risk. How Inspectors Respond to Management-based Regulation
- By Olivier Borraz,
- Ivanne Merle
- and Mara Wesseling
In Droit et société (2017/2 No 96)
Bureaucracy, Organizations and the Formalization of Knowledge
- By Daniel Benamouzig
- and Olivier Borraz
In L’Année sociologique (2016/1 Vol. 66)
Urban Governance in Europe: The Government of What?
- By Olivier Borraz
- and Patrick Le Galès
In Pôle Sud (2010/1 No 32)
