Dr. Bilel BENBOUZID

PhD, Affiliate Professor | Affiliate Professor, Ethics of AI | Senior Lecturer in Sociology - Université Paris Est
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Dr. Bilel BENBOUZID

Biography

After earning a degree in civil engineering from the state university, Bilel Benbouzid is writing a doctoral dissertation in the sociology of science on crime-fighting technologies.

After completing his dissertation, he conducted research on predictive policing while gradually shifting his focus toward computational social science.

Today, he is more broadly interested in issues related to the regulation of artificial intelligence.

Education & Degrees

YearUniversityDegree/Position
November 2011    National School of Public Works (ENTPE) and Lyon Institute of Urban Planning.    Ph.D. in Geography, Planning, and Urban Studies. Situational Prevention: The Origins and Development of a Practical Science.
June 2006    National School of Public Works (ENTPE)    Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, with a dual degree in Urban Planning and Development.

Professional experience

YearFunction
2013–present    Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris Est, Marne-la-Vallée, and researcher at LISIS (Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Science, Innovation, and Society)
2014–present    Director of the Master 2 program in “Data Science and the Digital Society” at the University of Paris Est, Marne-la-Vallée

Publications

Journal articles

  • 2019, “Values and Consequences in Predictive Machine Evaluation: A Sociology of Predictive Policing,” Science & Technology Studies, (Forthcoming)
  • 2019, “To Predict and to Manage: Predictive Policing in the United States,” Big Data & Society, No. 6, Vol. 1. [Online]
  • 2018, “When Prediction Is Management: Predictive Policing in the United States,” Réseaux, no. 211, pp. 221–256.
  • 2017, “Crimes and Earthquakes: Predictive Policing at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Divination,” Réseaux, no. 206, pp. 95–123.
  • 2016, “Internet Fraud,” Réseaux, no. 197–198, pp. 137–171, (with Sophie Peaucellier)
  • 2016, “Toward a Sociology of Online Crime,” Réseaux, no. 197–198, pp. 9–30 (with Daniel Ventre)
  • 2016, “Bank Fraud in Metropolitan France: Victim Profiles and Decisions to Refer Cases to the Police,” Questions Pénales, XXIX.1
  • 2015, “From Situational Prevention to Predictive Policing,” Champ pénal/Penalfield [Online], Vol. XII
  • 2010, “Urban Studies: Territories and Social Uses of Urban Knowledge,” Géocarrefour, No. 85, Vol. 4, pp. 267–273. (Edited a special issue with Gilles Bentayou).
  • 2010, “Urban Planning and Situational Prevention: The Case of Professional Conflict in Lyon,” Métropoles [Online], Vol. 8.
  • 2010, “The U.S. National Crime Victimization Survey: From a Comprehensive Indicator to an Analysis of Risk Factors,” Revue Française de Socio-économie, no. 5, pp. 63–82.
  • 2009, “Urban Planning and Its Studies: Reflections Based on Two Examples of Urban Development Policies in Lyon,” Histoire et Mesure, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, pp. 71–108, (with Gilles Bentayou).

Book chapters

  • 2019, “Predictive Policing: Technology for Government Management,” by Antoine Courmon and Patrick Le Galès, *Governing the Digital City*, *La vie des idées*, PUF, pp. 67–80
  • 2019, “The Legal Regulation of Predictive Policing: Rules, Principles, and Calculations,” edited by Gille Rouet, Algorithms and Public Decision-Making, Les essentiels d’Hermès, CNRS Editions, pp. 103–124
  • 2017, “Reflexivity in Statistics as Sociology of Quantification: The Case of Repeat Victimization Modeling,” by Sarah Armstrong, Jarrett Blaustein, and Alistair Henry, in *Reflexivity and Criminal Justice: Intersections of Policy, Practice, and Research*, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 123–146
  • 2013, “The U.S. National Crime Victimization Survey: From a Comprehensive Indicator to the Analysis of Risk Factors,” in Governing Through Science: Comparative Perspectives, edited by Olivier Ihl, Yves Deloye, and Alfredo Joignant, Presse universitaire de Grenoble, Libres cours politique, pp. 165–192

Journal Issue Numbers

  • Aykut, S., Benbouzid, B., & Demortain (2019), “Foreknowledge in Public Policy: New Practices, New Objects, and New Challenges for a Political Sociology of Predictive Expertise,” Science & Technology Studies, (Forthcoming)
  • Benbouzid, B., & Cardon, D. (eds.), 2018, “Predictive Machine,” Réseaux, No. 211
  • Baya, Lafitte, & Benbouzid, B. (eds.) (2017), “Imagining Digital Sociology,” Sociology and Society, no. 160–161.
  • Benbouzid, B. & Ventre, D. (eds.) (2016), “Online Crime,” Réseaux, no. 197–198
  • Benbouzid, B., & Benbtayou, G. (eds.) (2010), “Urban Planning Studies: Territories and Social Uses of Urban Knowledge,” Géocarrefours, Vol. 85

Other articles

  • 2016, “Who Benefits from the Crime?”, La vie des idées; English version “Who Benefits from the Crime?”, September 13, https://laviedesidees.fr/A-qui-profite-le-crime.html
  • 2015, “Rethinking the Law in the Age of Mass Surveillance.” Le Monde diplomatique, June 3, 2015, https://blog.mondediplo.net/2015-06-03-Repenser-le-droit-a-l-heure-de-la-surveillance-de.

Reviews (selection)

  • 2016, Alain SUPIOT, Governance by Numbers, Paris, Fayard, “Weights and Measures of the World” series, Réseaux, No. 195, pp. 229–244.
  • 2014, “Quantifying to Transform,” La Vie des idées, October 3, 2014. ISSN: 2105-3030. URL: http://www.laviedesidees.fr/Quantifier-pour-transformer.html
  • 2014, “The Governance of Science and Technology,” La Vie des idées, April 10, 2014, URL: http://www.laviedesidees.fr/Le-gouvernement-des-sciences-et.html
  • 2013, Numbers, Illnesses, and Letters: A Sociology of Judicial Expertise in Economics, Psychiatry, and Translation, by J. Pélisse, C. Protais, K. Larchet, and E. Charrier. Armand Colin, Paris (2012), Sociologie du Travail 01/2013; 55(2):273–275.
  • 2012, “Crime Statistics,” La Vie des idées, April 12, 2012, URL: http://www.laviedesidees.fr/Les-chiffres-du-crime.html