Jérôme is a sociologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and is currently working at the Triangle research unit (UMR 5206 – University of Lyon). His main research interests lie in human-animal relationships, science studies, sociology of mobilization, and sociology of health. His work consists in a sociological exploration of social dynamics within the “benevolence towards animals’ communities”. His PhD dissertation about Animal-Assisted Therapy as a social phenomenon was published in 2014 (Panser avec les animaux. Sociologie du soin par le contact animalier, Presses de Mines, Paris). He tried to understand how being involved in human health care has changed the social status of some animals – namely dogs and horses –, contributing to getting their “personhood” acknowledged and valued. He is also working on animal rights activism – and especially the links between advocacy and the academia – and the veterinary profession. His contribution to RULNAT consists in the collaborative work with Gaëlle Ronsin on the trial of two fishermen accused of beheading seals in Brittany (France).
http://triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?article7060
Selected publications
✜ Book
- 2023 Carrié, F., A. Doré & J. Michalon Sociologie de la cause animale, Paris, La Découverte, Repères.
✜ Articles & Chapters
- 2023 Carrié, F., A. Doré & J. Michalon, « Pour ou contre la cause animale : là n’est pas la question », AOC – Analyse, 20 février 2023.
- 2020 Michalon, J. « The Rise of Therapy Animals’ Personhood. Note on the Ontological Dimensions of Professional Dynamics », Humanimalia. A journal of human/animal interface studies 11(2). (pdf : https://humanimalia.org/article/view/9456/9943)
- 2020 Michalon, J. « Accounting for One Health: insights from the social sciences« , Parasite, EDP Sciences, 27 (56). (Open Access)
- 2019 Doré, A., J. Michalon & T. Líbano Monteiro, « The Place and Effect of Animals in Families », Enfances Familles Générations, 32. (Open Access)
- 2019 Michalon, J. « The ‘Animal Cause’ and the Social Sciences. From anthropocentrism to zoocentrism« , Books and Ideas: 11 February 2019. (Open Access)
- 2016 Doré, A., & J. Michalon « What makes human-animal relations “organizational”? The De-Scription of anthrozootechnical agencements« , Organization 24(6): 761-780. (Open Access)
- 2013 Michalon, J. « From Sport to Therapy. The Social Stakes », in J. Gillett & M. Gilbert (eds), The Rise of Equine Assisted Activities. Sport, Animals and Society, pp.85-100. Abingdon: Routledge. (Preprint: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-01095451v1/file/Jerome%20Michalon%20-%20from%20sport%20to%20therapy.pdf)