Stève Bernardin email: Steve_Bernardin (at) ksg.harvard.edu

Research

STÈVE BERNARDIN is writing his dissertation under the direction of Michel Offerlé at the Université de Paris I — Panthéon Sorbonne. He is a doctoral fellow at the laboratory for Recherches Interdisciplinaires Ville Espace Societe of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS UMR 5600). Stève has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship as well as an Arthur Sachs scholarship for the academic year 2006-2007. He is currently a visiting fellow in the Harvard STS Program. He also works on his research with Professor McShane at Northeastern University.

Stève's research combines ethnographic and historical methods. He investigates the influence of history on the practices of bureaucrats and scientists within the current federal administration for traffic safety. His dissertation shows how previous social reformers met scientists in order to promote new visions of the citizen-consumer. By shedding light on shifts that occurred during the interwar period and in the mid-1960s, Stève's dissertation shows how 'legitimate science' was defined in the field of traffic safety in the United States.

Publications

Bernardin, S. and Grafos, H. (2008) Car Safety Standards, in A. Iriye and P.-Y. Saunier (eds.) Dictionary of Transnational History. (London: Palgrave Macmillan), forthcoming.

Bernardin, S. (2007) Compter autrement. Mouvements sociaux et réforme des pratiques statistiques dans les années 1960 aux Etats-Unis. Courrier des statistiques, forthcoming.

Bernardin, S. (2006) La production de statistiques comme vecteur de légitimité. Le 'National Safety Council' et la lutte contre les accidents automobiles, 1923-1947, in M. Guilbot (dir.) L'accident de la route : comprendre pour mieux agir. (Paris: Inrets), forthcoming.