Jean-Hugues Déchaux is Professor in Sociology at the University of Lyon, member of the Centre Max Weber (CNRS UMR 5283, Lyon). Sociologist interested in family and kinship, he has been interested in his latest works in new technologies of reproduction and genomics in the field of procreation. He has published many articles in French and international journals, and several books, including Sociologie de la famille (La Découverte, 2009, first edition in 2007).