Justine Laurent
9 November 1990
French
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018WV Amsterdam, NL
+31 (0) 611624649
+33 (0) 682195302
j.c.laurent@uva.nl
EDUCATION
PhD Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL
Social Sciences, started January 2016
Good shit. Defaecation practices and their theoretical spin off. (working title)
with Prof. Dr. Annemarie Mol
MSc, cum laude Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL
Medical Anthropology and Sociology, 2015
Transformations and Stability. Good microbes between gut, lab and powder
with Prof. dr. Annemarie Mol
Master, cum laude Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Research Master – second year, Socio-anthropology of technologies, 2014
Knowledge and techniques in contemporary self-quantification practices
with Prof. dr. B. Bensaude-Vincent and Dr. X. Guchet
Maîtrise, cum laude Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Research Master – first year, Philosophy and Society, 2012
Body and techniques in high-performance sport
with Prof. dr. J.-F. Braunstein
BA, cum laude Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Philosophy, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
2015 “Healthscapes of self-quantification. Quantifying, knowing, and improving one’s self; transforming
health” in Eä Journal, 7(1), 107-124.
2015 co-authored with Philippe Bardy & Mauro Turrini, “Introduction: Healthism & Self-Care:
Reconfiguring Body & Life through Science & Technology” in Eä Journal, 7(1), 1-9.
CAREER & FURTHER EXPERIENCES
2015 4S conference “STS Making and Doing” in Denver. Presenter of “’Good Bugs, scientific and industrial
practices of valuing microorganisms in the Netherlands” in the panel “Valuation”, third session “Arriving at
Good”.
2014 “Healthism & Self-Care: Reconfiguring Body & Life through Science & Technology” conference in
Paris, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Co-organizer of the conference and Presenter of “From Active
Patient Towards Biological Self: The Case of the ‘Quantified Self’”.
Funded ethnographic research training in the ERC Programme “Chemical Youth”, with Pr. Anita Hardon.
Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Inquiry on “Opening up the notion of ‘Chemicals’: The chemical life
of medical students” – Junior Researcher.
AiSSR Workshop “Ethics in anthropology”, with Rena Lederman (Princeton University), Lise Dobrin
(University of Virginia), Anita Hardon, Niko Besnier. Participant.
AiSSR Workshop “Body culture, medicine, and the globalization of Biopower”, with Susan Brownell (University of
Missouri St. Louis), Rebecca Jordan-Young (Columbia University), Guillaume Lachenal (CNRS), Alex
Edmonds (University of Edinburgh), Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Anita Hardon. Participant.
LANGUAGES
French native speaker.
English fluent & proficient: IELTS 8/9 (march 2014).

Spanish basic, learned in High School.
Dutch beginner.
Italian beginner.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 Les Editions de l’Atelier, (historical and sociological literature).
Publishing intern – Revision and proofreading, correction, editing and writing back covers, formatting,
creation and management of a database of archive pictures for an historical book, dealing with contacts with
various institutions, etc.
Editions In-Press/Med-line, (medical literature and psychology).
Publishing intern – Revision and proofreading, correction, writing back covers, formatting work, community
management, contact with the readers (medical students) to run satisfaction surveys, etc.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Computer literate Operating Systems: Win/Mac.
Applications: Office & Open Office suites, Word processor (Microsoft Word, Open Office), Spreadsheet (Excel),
Presentation (PowerPoint), Browser (Internet explorer, Firefox), professional correction software (ProLexis),
research software (NVivo).
Job-related skills Various editing tasks, team work, organizational skills.
Driving licence B
INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
Interests French & foreign literature, in particular 19th-20th centuries. History of art. Science-Fiction
Sciences and technologies. History of technologies. I am involved in a PhD STS reading group at the
University of Amsterdam.
Music: I am learning various types of drums at the moment. I have been studying music theory, piano
(12 years) and choral and graduated from the Conservatoire National de Région in Bordeaux in these 3
fields. I have been part of contemporary art exhibition as a pianist in 2006 (Bordeaux, CAPC, museum of
contemporary art, play of Erik Satie) and employed as choral child or solo in various opera and ballet
(Carmen, Bizet; Wozzeck, Berg; Third Symphony, Mahler; Casse-Noisette, Tchaïkovski), Grand Théâtre de
Bordeaux, Palais des Sports de Bordeaux, (2000-2003).
Sport: I started T'ai Chi and I have been practicing climbing and running for several years. I love walking.
I regularly go trekking in different countries in Europe.
Charity work Retirement house, volunteering with the association Les Blouses Roses (board games, reading, discussion
groups, organisation of concerts, etc.), 2013.
Informal presence and organisation of group discussions for people with type 1 diabetes, especially children.