Madeleine Akrich (born 4 March 1959) is a French sociologist of technology.
[1] She is known for developing actor–network theory (ANT) with Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, John Law and others.
She developed actor–network theory, a theoretical approach to social analysis, alongside Michel Callon, Bruno Latour, John Law, and others.
Akrich primarily studies users' relationships with various technologies, with a focus on technologies of obstetric medicine and, in recent collaboration with Cécile Méadel, online health discussion forums.
[2] This is related to Don Norman's concept of affordances, but more comprehensive, and has been applied both in STS[3][4] and adjacent disciplines such as design,[2] internet research[5] and management.