Elsa Novelli

Career

• 2025–present: Postdoctoral researcher in cyber studies at CIENS
• 2025: Philosophy teacher at Edgar Poe High School
• December 2020–April 2025: Philosophy thesis supervised by Natalie Depraz at the Husserl Archives of the ENS. Title: “Phenomenological ontology of neoliberalism: the transformation of subjectivity through attentional injunctions to govern oneself.”
• 2021–2024: Knowledge management consultant and critical thinking trainer in companies
• 2017–2018: Master’s degree in contemporary philosophy, Lyon 3, co-accredited with the ENS in Lyon. Title of thesis, supervised by Jean-Philippe Pierron: “Hyper-vigilance and infra-attention: a critical essay on the extreme stimulation of the subject’s attentional faculties in technical and social acceleration.”
• 2009-2013: Double bachelor’s degree in law and philosophy
Selection of publications

« Le déterminisme algorithmique au risque du marché de l’attention : les enjeux cognitifs et politiques du mème », in: Pour que tu mèmes encore, sous la direction de Stéphane Girard et de Megan Bédard, Montréal, Éditions Somme toute, octobre 2021, pp.183-198.

« L’attention à l’épreuve de la transparence et de la sécurisation urbaine », in Critique de la raison automatique – bêtise(s) et intelligence(s) de la numérisation du monde, sous la direction de Manola Antoniol et Fabrice Flipo, Paris, Presses de l’École des Mines, octobre 2022, pp.31-39.

CIENS team

Frédéric Gloriant

Director – PhD History
Europe of defense / Nuclear Deterrence / France

Stéphanie Braquehais

Project & Comms Manager

Eve Benhamou

PhD History
Middle-East – Nuclear Defense

Marie-Gabrielle Bertran

PhD Geography
Cybersecurity – Russia

Pierre-Louis Six

PhD History
Russian foreign policy – Nuclear issues – Uranium

Louise Matz

PhD History
Nuclear – Deterrence – Air Force

Elsa Novelli

PhD Philosophy
Cognitive Warfare – Attention Economy – AI

Julien Dubois

PhD Student
Ukraine – Nuclear – Non-Proliferation

Our associate researchers

Yannick Pincé

PhD History
Nuclear issues – Deterrence – Domestic policy

Johanna Möhring

PhD Political Science
AI – Military Command

Maïlys Mangin

PhD Political Science
Iran – Nuclear Defense – AI – Information Warfare

Our associate experts

Laurent Prosperi

PhD in IT

Paul Zajac

Partner Relations Coordinator. CEA Associate Expert

Dominique Mongin

History Lecturer, CEA

Guillaume Schlumberger

Associate researcher at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

Mélanie Rosselet

Diplomat

Our speakers

Isabelle Facon

Deputy Director at the Strategic Research Foundation

Corentin Brustlein

Political Delegate

Lise Dubois

PhD Student

Founder

Nicolas Roche

Ambassador, CIENS Honorary Chairman