Prof. Sébastien Lechevalier

Sébastien Lechevalier is a Socio-economist, Professor at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, specialised in the study of Asian Capitalisms, with a focus on the relations between technologies and societies. He is currently developping his research agenda on the impact of digitalization (including AI) on work organization, employment, and inequalities, at the macro and corporate levels and in focusing on the care sector. He is the founder and the president of the Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS (FFJ). He is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ-Tokyo). He is also an International Senior Fellow at the Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS), editor of Socio-Economic Review and regular contributor for Le Monde. He is the principal investigator of INNOVCARE (2024-2028): “Care-led innovation: the case of eldercare in France and in Japan” (Funded by “PPR Autonomie, France 2030”). He also has been the principal investigator of INCAS (2015-2019): Understanding Institutional Change in Asia: a Comparative perspective with Europe (Funded by HORIZON 2020 MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE, RISE SCHEME).