Antoinette Rouvroy

Doc­tor of Laws of the Eu­ro­pean Uni­ver­si­ty In­sti­tu­te (Flo­rence), Antoinette Rouvroy is per­ma­nent re­se­arch as­so­cia­te at the Bel­gi­an Na­tio­nal Fund for Sci­en­ti­fic Re­se­arch (FNRS) and se­ni­or re­se­ar­cher at the Re­se­arch Cent­re In­for­ma­ti­on, Law and So­cie­ty, Law Fa­cul­ty, Uni­ver­si­ty of Na­mur (Bel­gi­um). She is also mem­ber of the French CNIL (Com­mis­si­on In­for­ma­tique et Li­bertés)’s Fo­re­sight com­mit­tee. She aut­ho­red Hu­man Ge­nes and Neo­li­be­ral Go­ver­nan­ce: A Fou­caul­di­an Cri­tique (Rout­ledge-Ca­ven­dish, 2008) and co-edi­ted, with Mi­reil­le Hil­de­brandt, Law, Hu­man Agen­cy and Au­to­no­mic Com­pu­ting: Phi­lo­so­phers of Law meet Phi­lo­so­phers of Tech­no­lo­gy (Rout­ledge, 2011). In her wri­tings, she has ad­dres­sed, among other things, is­su­es of pri­va­cy, data pro­tec­tion, non-dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on, equa­li­ty of op­por­tu­nities, due pro­cess in the con­text of “data-rich” en­vi­ron­ments (the so-cal­led ge­ne­tic re­vo­lu­ti­on, the so-cal­led in­for­ma­ti­on/​sur­veil­lan­ce so­cie­ty) with an ap­proach com­bi­ning le­gal and po­li­ti­cal phi­lo­so­phy. Her cur­rent in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry re­se­arch in­te­rests re­vol­ve around the con­cept of al­go­rith­mic go­vern­men­ta­li­ty. Un­der this fou­caul­di­an neo­lo­gism, she ex­plo­res the se­mio­tic-epis­te­mic, po­li­ti­cal, le­gal and phi­lo­so­phi­cal im­pli­ca­ti­ons of the com­pu­ta­tio­nal turn (Big Data, al­go­rith­mic pro­filing, in­dus­tri­al per­so­na­liza­t­i­on). She ex­plo­res the im­pact of al­go­rith­mic go­vern­men­ta­li­ty on our mo­des of pro­duc­tion of what counts and ac­counts for “rea­li­ty”, on our mo­des of go­vern­ment, and on the mo­da­li­ties of cri­tique, re­sis­tan­ce or re­cal­citran­ce.

Publications

• Hu­man Ge­nes and Neo­li­be­ral Go­ver­nan­ce: A Fou­caul­di­an Cri­tique, Rout­ledge-Ca­ven­dish, 2008.
• editor, with Mi­reil­le Hil­de­brandt, Law, Human Agency and Autonomic Computing: The Philosophy of Law Meets the Philosophy of Technology, Rout­ledge, 2011, 249 pp. [1]

• with Thomas Berns, "Gouvernementalité algorithmique et perspectives d'émancipation: le disparate comme condition d'émancipation par la relation", Réseaux 177, 2013, pp 163-196. [2] (French)
  • "Algorithmic Governmentality and Prospects of Emancipation: Disparateness as a Precondition for Individuation through Relationships?", trans. Elizabeth Libbrecht, Réseaux 177, 2013. [3] (English)
  • "Governamentalidade algorítmica e perspectivas de emancipação: o díspar como condição de individuação pela relação?", trans. Pedro Henrique Eco Pos 18:2, 2015. [4] (Portuguese)

• with Bernard Stiegler, "Le régime de vérité numérique: de la gouvernementalité algorithmique à un nouvel état de droit", Socio 4: "Le tournant numérique... et après?", eds. Dana Diminescu and Michel Wieviorka, Mar 2015, pp 113-140. [5] (French)
  • "The Digital Regime of Truth: From the Algorithmic Governmentality to a New Rule of Law", trans. Anaïs Nony and Benoît Dillet, La Deleuziana 3: "Life and Number", 2016, pp 6-27. [6] (English)
  • "Il regime di verità digitale. Dalla governamentalità algoritmica a un nuovo Stato di diritto", trans. Sara Baranzoni, La Deleuziana 3: "Life and Number", 2016, pp 6-29. [7] (Italian)

• "La gouvernementalité algorithmique: radicalisation et stratégie immunitaire du capitalisme et du néolibéralisme?", La Deleuziana 3: "Life and Number", 2016, pp 30-36. (French)
  • "Algorithmic Governmentality: Radicalization and Immune Strategy of Capitalism and Neoliberalism?", trans. Benoît Dillet, La Deleuziana 3: "Life and Number", 2016, pp 30-36. (English)
  • "La governamentalità algoritmica: radicalizzazione e strategia immunitaria del capitalismo e del neoliberalismo?", trans. Paolo Vignola, La Deleuziana 3: "Life and Number", 2016, pp 30-36. (Italian)
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Interviews

• "La gouvernementalité algorithmique et la mort du politique", Green European Journal, 27 Mar 2020. (French)
  • "Algorithmic Governmentality and the Death of Politics", Green European Journal, 27 Mar 2020. (English)
  • "Entrevista com Antoinette Rouvroy: Governamentalidade Algorítmica e a Morte da Política", trans. Maria Cecília Pedreira de Almeida and Marco Antonio Sousa Alves, Revista de Filosofia Moderna e Contemporânea 8(3): "O Governo dos Algoritmos: A Morte da Política?", Jan 2021, pp 15-28. (Brazilian Portuguese)

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