In 2020, Loup Cellard finished his PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (University of Warwick, UK). From 2021 till 2023, he was a postdoctoral research fellow working on the ecological implications of the digital. His work took part in the Melbourne Law School node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (based at RMIT, Melbourne). His research is situated in Science & Technology Studies (STS) and materialist approaches to media studies, and focused on subsea telecom cables, AI environmental impacts as well as public sector algorithmic decision-making. Until the end of 2025, he was then a researcher at the French coop Datactivist where he helped organisations explaining and documenting their algorithms. Loup is the author of scientific articles in journals like Science, Technology & Human Values, New Media & Society, and Revue d’Anthropologie des Connaissances. His work has been featured in major French media such as Le Monde, Médiapart, Radio France, l’ADN, Acteurs Publics, Reporterre, Socialter. His studies has been cited by the NGOs Algorithm Watch and Data & Society. Loup presented his work to policy makers such as the EU Scientific Advice Mechanism team (SAPEA) as well as the French Commission for access to administrative documents (CADA). Loup is also edting a tech criticism journal and book collection called Tèque for Audimat Edition (Paris).
Current projects:
♦ I am conducting an empirical inquiry about the opportunities and barriers of recovering waste heat from data centers. Since Jan 2026, I’ve been having interviews with data centre operators, architects, technical experts and district heating networks. Given the rapid expansion of data centres within France (and everywhere!), the reuse of heat is becoming increasingly sought after by local authorities.
♦ I am searching for a French publisher to pitch a book about AI environmental impacts and the need for accountability on this issue.
♦ I am editing a collective book about computer chips for Audimat Edition (out in 2027).
♦ I am kick-starting a project with medialab Sciences Po about the politics of online lore and the lorification of politics.