> Mathematics and its applications (11 laboratories)
> Information and communication sciences and technologies (12 laboratories)
> Physics, optics (14 laboratories)
> Material science, mechanics and mechanical engineering (10 laboratories)
> Fluid mechanics and energy (6 laboratories)
> Chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical engineering (14 laboratories)
> Life sciences and engineering (22 laboratories)
> Earth sciences and environmental engineering (9 laboratories)
> Economics and social sciences (28 laboratories)
Mathematics and its applications (11 laboratories)
CMLS Centre de mathématiques Laurent Schwartz (X, CNRS UMR 7640)Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Centre
Topics : algebraic and analytical geometry, algebraic topology, groups, combinatorics, partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, symplectic geometry, complex analysis, calculus of variations, geometry of negatively curved varieties, ergodic geometry and dynamical systems, symplectic topology, index theorems, diophantian geometry of convex polytopes
Contact: Claude Viterbo
Staff: 45
Location: Palaiseau
http://math.polytechnique.fr/
CMAP Centre de mathématiques appliquées (X, CNRS UMR 7641)
Applied Mathematics Centre
Topics: integral methods and wave propagation, model coupling, aléatoire, finance and statistics, signal processing, shape optimization and materials, partial differential equations and control, kinetic models and non-linear materials, non-linear hyperbolic equations and their applications, software engineering and scientific visualization, inverse problems.
Contact: Kamel Hamdache
Staff: 60
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/
CMA Centre de mathématiques appliquées (ENSMP)
Applied Mathematics Centre
Topics: computer science, control systems, modelling, identification and control of dynamic systems, reactive system programming, applications in the fields of energy, economics and the environment.
Contact: Nadia Maïzi
Staff: 37
Location: Sophia Antipolis
http://www.cma.ensmp.fr/
LMA Laboratoire de mathématiques appliquées (ENSTA)
Applied Mathematics Laboratory
Topics: algorithms, dynamics and information, optimization and control, simulations and modelling of propagation phenomena.
Contact: Eric Lunéville
Staff: 36
Location: Paris
http://www.ensta.fr/uer/uma/labo/index.html
CAS Centre automatique et systèmes (ENSMP)
Automatic Control and Systems Centre
Topics: control of systems of many kinds (mechanical, chemical, electrical), non-linear automatic control (non-linear stabilization by dynamic return and/or non-stationary state or output, “flat differential” systems
Contact : Philippe Martin
Staff : 18
Location : Fontainebleau (9), Paris (9)
http://cas.ensmp.fr/
CERMICS Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en mathématiques, informatique et calcul scientifique (ENPC, INRIA)
Centre for Teaching and Research in Mathematics, Informatics and Scientific Calculus
Topics: fluid mechanics, molecular simulation, systems optimization, applied probabilities, informatics and applications, resolution of constraint systems, computer vision
Contact: Serge Piperno
Staff: 50
Location: Marne-la-Vallée (50)
http://cermics.enpc.fr/cermics.html
CB Centre de bio-informatique (ENSMP)
Bio-informatics Centre
Topics: data analysis for post-genemics, statistical ans stochastic modeling, kernel methods, graphic models, data analysis methods for innovative technologies (cell biochips, fluorescent biochips), application to oncology (tumor characterization), research for anti-paludism treatment, virtual screening of molecules, functional genomics.
Contact: JeanPhilippe Vert
Staff: 10
Location: Fontainebleau
http://cb.ensmp.fr/
LS CREST Laboratoire de statistique du CREST (ENSAE)
CREST Statistics Laboratory
Topics: time series and stochastic processes, non-parametric statistics, Bayesian statistics, simulation methods.
Contact: Christian Robert
Staff: 18
Location: Malakoff
http://www.crest.fr/labo/ls/index.html
LSE CREST Laboratoire de statistique d’enquêtes du CREST (ENSAI, CNRS)
CREST Statistical Survey Laboratory
Topics: Sampling theory, use of auxiliary information, compensation for non-response, variance estimation
Contact: Jean-Claude Deville
Staff: 4
Location: Rennes
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lse/index.html
LSM CREST Laboratoire de statistique et modélisation du CREST (ENSAI)
CREST Statistical and Modelling Laboratory
Topics: recursive estimation methods, empirical processes, statistics of stochastic processes, duration models and point processes
Contact: Michel Delecroix
Staff: 12
Location: Rennes
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lsm/index.html
MIA Mathématique et informatique appliquées (INAPG, INRA, ENGREF)
Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Topics : statistics and genome, mathematical models for biology and environment (precision agriculture, genes and contaminants diffusion, aspects spatiaux de l'écologie = statistical aspects of ecology, precipitations and floods), statistical and data-processing methods for the management of risk in food product
Contact : Stéphane Robin
Staff : 30
Location : Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=5&ref_id=19&rub=5
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Information and communication sciences and technologies (12 laboratories)
CRI, Recherche en informatique (ENSMP)Computer Science Centre
Topics: static analysis and program transformations for fast development, optimization, maintenance and re-engineering of scientific codes ; applications for Internet, multimedia and documentary architecture.
Contact: Robert Mahl
Staff: 21
Location: Fontainebleau
http://cri.ensmp.fr/
LIX Informatique (X, CNRS FRE 2653, INRIA)
Computer Science Laboratory
Topics: semantics, proof and abstract interpretation of programs, distributed algorithmics, algorithmics applied to major numbers (primality and factorization tests), genetic issues (genome sequencing), medical imaging, development of multi-agent parallel architecture (software and/or implanted in the form of specific integrated circuits) for shape recognition and cognitive processing of information
Contact: Jean-Pierre Jouannaud
Staff: 72
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/
INFRES Département informatique & réseaux (Télécom Paris,CNRS-UMR 5141)
Department of Computer Science and Networks
Topics: access and mobility, architecture and systems for real time and distribution, information, interaction, intelligence, software and network engineering, computer and network mathematics, high-speed networks, security
Contact: Michel Riguidel
Staff: 120
Location: Paris
http://www.telecom-paris.fr/en/research/networks/
CERTIS Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en technologies de l’information et systèmes (ENPC, INRIA, ENS, CNRS, Nice-Sophia Antipolis)
Centre for the Teaching of and Research in Information Technologies and Systems Topics: constraints and computerized vision
Contact: Renaud Keriven
Staff: 56
Location: Marne-la-Vallée (19), Sophia Antipolis (32), Paris (5)
http://www.enpc.fr/certis/
LEI Laboratoire d’électronique et informatique (ENSTA)
Electronics and Computer Science Laboratory
Topics: high-flow radiocommunications and adapted antennae, signal processing, algorithmics of vision and electronic architecture.
Contact: Alain Sibille
Staff: 24
Location: Paris
http://www.ensta.fr/uer/uei/lei.html
LEG Laboratoire d’électricité générale (ESPCI)
General Electricity Laboratory
Topics: electrical properties of solids, sensors and instrumentation, imaging and medical instrumentation, telecommunications
Contact: Jacques Lewiner
Staff: 20
Location: Paris
http://www.leg.espci.fr/
Laboratoire d’électronique (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7084)
Electronics Laboratory
Topics: modelling, machine learning, control, bio-engineering, biomedical, chimie combinatoire, control, filtering, micro-electronics, adaptive systems, model selection, pattern recognition, automatic language processing, non-linear regression, neurobiology, olfaction, quantitative structure-activity relations in chemistry.
Contact: Gérard Dreyfus
Staff: 15
Location: Paris
http://www.neurones.espci.fr/
CMM Centre de morphologie mathématique (ENSMP)
Mathematical Morphology Centre
Topics: theory of mathematical morphology, applications on multimedia, health, computer vision and robotics
Contact: Fernand Meyer
Staff: 20
Location: Fontainebleau
http://www.cmm.ensmp.fr/
COMELEC Département communications &électronique (Télécom Paris, CNRS)
Department of Communication and Electronics
Topics: digital systems architecture, digital communications, digital integrated circuits, systèmes sur une puce, radio frequencies and microwaves, analogue and digital integrated systems, optical communications, satellite communications systems.
Contact: Bruno Thédrez
Staff: 117
Location: Paris (108), Toulouse (9), + Sophia-Antipolis
http://www.telecom-paris.fr/en/research/electronics/
TSI Département traitement du signal et des images (Télécom Paris, CNRS-UMR 5141) Signal and Image Processing Department
Topics: image processing and interpretation, perception, learning and modelling, coding, processing, statistics and applications to communications, audio, acoustics and waves
Contact: Yves Grenier
Staff: 120
Location: Paris
http://www.telecom-paris.fr/en/research/signal/
LPICM Physique des interfaces et des couches minces (X, CNRS STIC UMR 7647) Thin Layer and Interface Physics Laboratory
Topics: thin layer and nanostructured semiconductors, molecular dynamic simulation of silicium beams, dielectric thin films, large surface electronics, PIN structures for solar cells and light sensors, thin layer transistors, carbon nanotubes and applications (growth, field emission, molecular electronics), polarmetrics and applications.
Contact: Bernard Drevillon
Staff: 68
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.lpicm.polytechnique.fr/
CAOR Centre de CAO et robotique (ENSMP)
CAD and Robotics Centre
Topics: advanced control system, smart transport systems, virtual and augmented reality, three-dimensional modelling, medical imaging and robotics, production systems and logistics
Contact: Claude Laurgeau
Staff: 35
Location: Paris
http://caor.ensmp.fr/
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Physics, optics (14 laboratories)
Laboratoire de physique du solide (ESPCI, CNRS UPR A0005, Paris 6)Solid state Physics Laboratory
Topics: optical conductivity, Raman spectroscopy, magnetism, NMR, theory, bioceramics, electronic microstructures and microscopy
Contact: Nicole Bontemps
Staff: 21
Location: Paris
http://www.espci.fr/recherche/labos/lps/indexfr.htm
LPQ Laboratoire de physique quantique (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7142, UPR A0005, Paris 6)
Quantum Physics Laboratory
Topics: biomaterials, polymers, superconductivity
Contact: Jérôme Lesueur
Staff: 21
Location: Paris
http://www.lpq.espci.fr/
Laboratoire d’optique physique (ESPCI, CNRS UPR A0005, Paris 6)
Physical Optics Laboratory
Topics: materials for optics, optical instrumentation for thermal and mechanical measurements, near field microscopy, imaging in complex media, Virgo project (ondes de gravitation).
Contact: Claude Boccara
Staff: 31
Location: Paris
http://www.espci.fr/recherche/labos/upr5/fr/pole/optique/index.htm
LCMD Laboratoire de colloïdes et matériaux divisés (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7612, Paris 6)
Colloids and Divided Materials Laboratory
Topics: magnetic colloids, flexibility of biological molecules, traction and compression of biological molecules, organic/inorganic composite materials, double globules with variable rigidity, cellular adhesion, rare cells capture, bio-specific molecular recognition and immuno-diagnosis
Contact: Jérôme Bibette
Staff: 19
Location: Paris
http://www.lcmd.espci.fr/
MMN Laboratoire de microfluidique, MEMS et nanostructures (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7083)
Laboratory of Microfluidics, MEMS and Nanostructures
Topics: study and implementation of mono- and polyphasic fluid flow systems in microsystems.
Contact: Patrick Tabeling
Staff: 10
Location: Paris
http://www.espci.fr/
NBP Laboratoire de nanobiophysique (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7083)
Laboratory of Nanobiophysics
Topics: physical study of biological systems, measurement of forces ans fluorescence at one molecule scale, DNA and RNA : conformation and dynamics, molecular motor and machine, electronic detection of biomolecules by transistor effect, individual molecules through nanopores : measurement of current and FRET.
Contact: Ulrich Bockelmann
Staff: 6
Location: Paris
http://www.espci.fr/
LOA Laboratoire ondes et acoustique (ESPCI, CNRS, Paris 7)
Wave and Acoustics Laboratory
Topics: waves in complex contexts, non-linear acoustics, hydrodynamics and acoustics, medical imaging and therapy, detection and imaging by time reversal, non-destructive control, sensors, instrumentation and interactive objects.
Contact: Mathias Fink
Staff: 33
Location: Paris
http://www.loa.espci.fr/
LPMC Physique de la matière condensée (X, CNRS UMR 7643)
Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory
Topics: materials and nanostructuring, mineral/organic/living interfaces, polarized electrons and magnetic thin layers, porous media and structures, growth, corrosion and morphology
Contact: François Ozanam
Staff: 80
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.pmc.polytechnique.fr/
LPTP Physique et technologies des plasmas (X, CNRS UMR 7648)
Plasma Physics and Technology Laboratory
Topics: physics of laboratory magnetized plasma technology, ECR discharge, magnetic confinement, magnetic turbulence, Tokamak, Z pinch, magnetohydrodynamics, inductive discharge, plasma commutator, plasma propulsor, Hall effect, magnetic isolation, inductive storage.
Contact: Jean-Marcel Rax
Staff: 35
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.lptp.polytechnique.fr
LLR Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (X, CNRS IN2P3 UMR 7638)
Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory
Topics: particle physics, electro-feeble interaction, CP symmetry violation, quark and gluon plasma, astrophysics, high-energy gamma astronomy, detectors.
Contact: Henri Videau
Staff: 109
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.polywww.in2p3.fr/
CPHT Physique théorique (X, CNRS UMR 7644)
Theoretical Physics Centre
Topics: particle physics, string theory, condensed matter, mathematical physics, condensed matter of strongly correlated systems, plasma laser interaction, magnetized plasmas.
Contact: Patrick Mora
Staff: 78
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.cpht.polytechnique.fr/
LSI Solides irradiés (X, CEA-DSM, CNRS UMR 7642)
Irradiated Solids Laboratory
Topics: irradiation effects in materials, theory of solids, laser-solids interaction, laboratory of irradiate polymers, nanostructured materials, high Tc superconductors.
Contact: Guillaume Petite
Staff: 59
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.lsi.polytechnique.fr/
LULI Utilisation des lasers intenses (X, CEA, CNRS UMR 7605, Paris 6) Utilization of Intense Lasers Laboratory
Topics: laser-plasma interactions, laser particle acceleration, atomic physics and diagnosis of hot plasmas ultra-rapid plasmas, atomic physics of dense plasmas, plane hydrodynamics, research in laser optics and physics
Contact: François Amiranoff
Staff: 100
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.luli.polytechnique.fr/
LOA Laboratoire d’optique appliquée (ENSTA, X, CNRS UMR 7639)
Applied Optics Laboratory
Topics: femtosecond laser sources, solid optics and physics, laser-matter interaction, femtosecond X physics, compact sources of particles by laser, Coherent XUV sources, bioradicalar femto-chemistry
Contact: Gérard Mourou
Staff: 80
Location: Palaiseau
http://yvette.ensta.fr/~loa/
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Material science, mechanics and mechanical engineering (10 laboratories)
LMS Laboratoire de mécanique des solides (ENSMP, ENPC, X, CNRS UMR 7649)Solid Mechanics Laboratory
Topics: experimental analysis and development of analytical and digital models of the mechanical behaviour of materials and structures, study of couplings between mechanical behaviour and physical and chemical developments.
Contact: Bernard Halphen
Staff: 101
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.lms.polytechnique.fr/
CMCP Chimie de la matière condensée de Paris (ENSCP, Paris 6, Collège de France, CNRS UMR 7574)
Condensed matter chemistry of Paris
Topics: defects in solids, luminescence, laser materials, materials for non-linear optics, bistable phenomena, scintillators for medical applications, tunable emissivity, crystal field simulation, microwave spectroscopy, EPR-ENDOR spectroscopies, storage of radionucleids, materials and life origin.
Contact: Didier Gourier
Staff: 34 at ENSCP
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos/LCAES/
Physicochimie des surfaces (ENSCP, CNRS UMR 7045)
Physical Chemistry of Surfaces
Topics: surfaces, interfaces, monocristals, adsorption, corrosion, ultra-vacuum techniques, électrochimie, IRRAS spectroscopy, tunnel and atomic force microscopies, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopies (XPS, AES), biofilms, properties and structure of metallic alloys related to environment and thermomechanical treatments, shape memory alloys.
Contact: Philippe Marcus
Staff: 50
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos/LPCS/
Unité de mécanique (ENSTA)
Mechanical Engineering Unit
Topics: composite materials, vibratory wear, structure calculation, shape memory materials, welding, estimation and visualization of constraint fields, thin sheeting in confined flow, non-linear vibratory dynamics, modelling of sound sources, geophysical fluid mechanics, sand/fluid interface dynamics, cavitation, layers of mixtures - interfacial instability, geophysical fluid dynamics.
Contact: Antoine Chaigne
Staff: 32
Location: Palaiseau
http://wwwy.ensta.fr/ume/recherche.htm
MAT Centre des matériaux (ENSMP, CNRS UMR 7633)
Materials Centre
Topics: high-temperature behaviour, structure behaviour and calculations, behaviour of polymers, fibres and composites, metallurgy, mechanics, services (=? surfaces), interfaces, processes, elaboration.
Contact: Esteban Busso
Staff: 145
Location: Evry
http://www.mat.ensmp.fr/
CEMEF Centre de mise en forme des matériaux (ENSMP, CNRS UMR 7635)
Materials Shaping Centre
Topics: continuous flow thermomechanics, links between flow - crystallization - morphology, surfaces and contact mechanics (wear, thermal transfer, lubrification), digital modelling.
Contact: Jean-Loup Chenot
Staff: 150
Location: Sophia-Antipolis
http://www.cemef.cma.fr/
LMSGC Laboratoire des matériaux et des structures de génie civil (ENPC, LCPC, CNRS)
Laboratory of Civil Engineering Materials and Structures
Topics: micro-mechanics and calculation of structures, coupled transport in porous media, rheophysics of pastes and granular media.
Contact: Philippe Coussot
Staff: 47
Location: Marne-la-Vallée
http://www.lcpc.fr/LCP/Organisation/
LAMI Laboratoire d’analyse des matériaux et identification (ENPC, LCPC)
Laboratory of Material Analysis and Identification
Topics: behaviour of materials and identification, behaviour of heterogeneous materials, dynamic behaviour of materials and structures in civil engineering and transport, multi-layer structures.
Contact: Karam Sab
Staff: 48
Location: Marne-la-Vallée
http://www.enpc.fr/lami/lami.html
LMSP Laboratoire de mécanique des systèmes et des procédés (ENSAM, CNRS UMR 8106)
Laboratory for the Mechanics of Systems and Processes
Topics: modelling of composite and metal forming processes, high-speed machining and cutting (macroscopic and mesoscopic scales), computational methods in structure mechanics (finite elements and model quality, non-linear structural mechanics), control of mechanical systems (mechanical modelling, identification – adjustment, regulation and rejection of disturbance, monitoring).
Contact: Maurice Touratier
Staff: 33
Location: Paris
http://www.paris.ensam.fr/lmsp/
LIM Laboratoire d'ingénierie des matériaux (ENSAM, CNRS UMR 8006)
Materials Engineering Laboratory
Topics: determination of states of deformation and constraints, residuals and underloading (=? détermination des contraintes résiduelles), on different scales, via diffraction of x-rays and neutrons, mechanics of corrosion and furring caused by natural and industrial water, development by microwave of organic composite materials, the geometry of components and the microstructures of materials (=? modélisation micromécanique des composites), micro-mechanical modelling of the behaviour of composites, dynamic behaviour of materials in collisions.
Contact: Thierry Bretheau
Staff: 53
Location: Paris
http://lm3-serveur.paris.ensam.fr/lm3/
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Fluid mechanics and energy (6 laboratories)
HMP Laboratoire d’hydrodynamique et mécanique physique (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7636, Paris 6, Paris 7)Laboratory of Hydrodynamics and Physical Mechanics
Topics: hydrodynamics, separation, solid mechanics and granular materials, statistical physics, materials, diphasic flows.
Contact: Marc Fermigier
Staff: 60
Location: Paris
http://www.pmmh.espci.fr/
LadHyX Hydrodynamique (X, CNRS UMR 7646)
Hydrodynamics Laboratory
Topics: jets and turbulence, spatio-temporal disturbance, theory of instability, geophysical flows, fluid-structure interaction, mixture layers, micro-particle migration, electrophoresis.
Contact: Patrick Huerre
Staff: 37
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.ladhyx.polytechnique.fr/
SINUMEF Laboratoire de simulation numérique en mécanique des fluides (ENSAM, EA 92)
Laboratory of Numerical Simulation in Fluid Mechanics
Topics: high-accurate numerical methods for the solution of the Navier Stokes equations under incompressible regime, unsteady aerodynamics of wing profiles and separation control (transonic buffeting, stall), flow instabilities and applications (rocket motor nozzles, jets), optimization of air intakes for supersonic aircraft engines, diphasic and gaseous multispecies flows, aeroacoustics.
Contact: Alain Lerat
Staff: 20
Location: Paris
http://www.paris.ensam.fr/recherche/
LEMFI Laboratoire d’énergétique et de mécanique des fluides internes (ENSAM, FRE 2866)
Energetics and Internal Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Topics: design and performance of turbomachinaries, analysis of internal flows, aeroacoustics of fans, cavitation and pumping of diphasic mixtures.
Contact: Robert Rey
Staff: 15
Location: Paris
http://www.paris.ensam.fr/recherche/
CEP Centre d’énergétique et procédés (ENSMP)
Energetics and Process Engineeringy Centre
Topics: methodological and experimental studies on varied regime energy systems, modelling, development of new products and new process engineering.
Contact: Jérôme Gosset
Staff: 143
Location: Paris (70), Fontainebleau (17), Sophia-Antipolis (56)
http://www-cenerg.cma.fr/
GENIAL Génie industriel alimentaire (INAPG, INRA, CEMAGREF UMR 1145)
Industrial Food Engineering
Topics: drying, thermal processing of foodstuffs and reaction engineering, refrigerating processes and equipment, separation techniques, sensors and automation of processes for the use of energy vectors, unit operations and transformation processes, operating rules, quality and risk control through process mastery.
Contact: Gilles Trystram
Staff: 41
Location: Massy (38) and Paris (3)
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=5&ref_id=20&rub=5
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Chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical engineering (14 laboratories)
LECA, Electrochimie et chimie analytique (ENSCP, CNRS UMR 7575)Electrochemistry and Analytical Chemistry
Topics: thin films and interfaces, photovoltaic systems, molten salts for catalysis and fuel cells, pyrochemical processes, hydrometallurgy, radiochemistry and separation processes, capillary electrophoresis, electrocatalysis, modelling of complex systems, surfactant, micelles
Contact: D. Lincot
Staff: 52 at ENSCP
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos/LECA/
Institut de recherche et développement sur l’énergie photovoltaïque (EdF, ENSCP, CNRS)
Development on Photovoltaic Energy Reserch Centre
Contact : Olivier Kerrec
Location: Chatou (EdF)
Chimie et biochimie des complexes moléculaires (ENSCP, CNRS UMR 7576)
Chemistry and Biochemistry of Molecular Complexes
Topics: organometallic complexes, homogenous catalysis, steroid hormones, anti-tumour activity, Fourier transform infrared immuno-assays, immunoanalysis, receptorology, bioprocesses, bioorganometallic chemistry
Contact: Gérard Jaouen
Staff: 24
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos/UMR 7576/
SSOPN, Synthèses sélectives organiques et produits naturels (ENSCP, CNRS UMR 7573)
Selective Organic Syntheses and Natural Products
Topics: homogenous catalysis with transitional metals (Pd, Ru), catalysis in aqueous medium, phosohorous ligants, hydrogenation, multi-stage organic synthesis, non-proteinogenic amino acids, microbiological reactions, micro-organisms, targeting, anti-bacterial agents, resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, biochemistry.
Contact: Jean-Pierre Genet
Staff: 32
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos/SOSPN/
CGPPTS, Génie des procédés plasmas, traitements des surfaces (ENSCP)
Plasma Processes and Surface Processing Engineering
Topics: RF thermal plasma, out of equilibrium plasma, ultra-pure materials, photovoltaic silicium, anti-corrosion, clean processes and depollution reactors, modelling of plasma reactors.
Contact: Jacques Amouroux
Staff: 35
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos/LGPPTS/
PCT, Laboratoire de Théorie et Microfluidique (ESPCI, CNRS 7083)
Theory and Microfluidics Laboratory
Topics: interactions and organization, surfaces and interfaces, dynamics and rheology, transport phenomena.
Contact: Armand Ajdari
Staff: 11
Location: Paris
http://www.pct.espci.fr/
PPMD Laboratoire de physico-chimie des polymères et milieux dispersés (ESPCI, Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7615)
Polymer and Dispersed Media Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Topics: pastes, binders and biomimetic materials, reinforced elastomers, polymer surfaces and interfaces (adhesion, rupture, tribology), polymer materials and nanocomposites, mechanics and vitreous transition in divided media, associations in solution and stimulable systems, polymers with solid/liquid and liquid/liquid interfaces.
Contact: François Lequeux
Staff: 50
Location: Paris
http://www.umr7615.espci.fr/Site/pcsm.html
LCO Laboratoire de chimie organique (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7084)
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Topics: stereoselective enantioselective reactions, oxidation reactions, metal-catalysed reactions, synthesis of complexing molecules and ionoselective materials, synthesis on a stable substrate.
Contact: Janine Cossy
Staff: 30
Location: Paris
http://www.lco.espci.fr/
LMMC Laboratoire matière molle et chimie (ESPCI, CNRS 167)
Laboratory of Soft Matter and Chemistry
Topics: nanostructured polymeric materials, adaptive and stimulus-sensitive systems, organo-mineral hybrid systems, supramolecular materials.
Contact: Ludwik Leibler
Staff: 21
Location: Paris
http://www.mmc.espci.fr/
LECA Laboratoire environnement et chimie analytique (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7121) Analytical Chemistry and Environment Laboratory
Topics: separation sciences, mise en oeuvre des fluides supercritiques, chemometrics, environment, electrochemical activation.
Contact: Marie-Claire Hennion
Staff: 21
Location: Paris
http://www.espci.fr/recherche/labos/leca/index.htm
DCMR Mécanismes réactionnels (X, CNRS UMR 7651)
Reactional Mechanisms
Topics: organic ions: thermochemistry and reactivity, metals and molecules of biological interest, biomedical analysis, analysis of biomolecules by high-resolution mass spectrometrics.
Contact: Gilles Ohanessian
Staff: 21
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.dcmr.polytechnique.fr/
DCPH Hétéroéléments et coordination (X, CNRS UMR 7653)
Heteroelements and Coordination
Topics: ligands and catalysis, new molecules (synthesis, electronic properties, …), coordination chemistry, theory/experience interface.
Contact: Pascal Le Floch
Staff: 19
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.dcph.polytechnique.fr/
DCSO Synthèse organique (X, CNRS UMR 7652)
Organic Synthesis
Topics: synthesis of natural products possessing biological activity, radical and ionic reactions, use in organic synthesis.
Contact: Samir Z. Zard
Staff: 42
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.dcso.polytechnique.fr/
Laboratoire chimie et procédés (ENSTA)
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
Topics: chemistry nitrate derivatives, isonitriles and hydrazones, thermodynamics of processes and thermochemistry (electrolysis solutions, petroleum systems, reaction energy sources, energy materials).
Contact: Walter Fürst
Staff: 16
Location: Paris, Palaiseau
http://www.ensta.fr/uer/lrp/reacteurs.html
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Life sciences and engineering (22 laboratories)
BIO Laboratoire de neurobiologie et diversité cellulaire (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7637)Neurobiology and Cellular Diversity Laboratory
Topics: RT-PCR on single cells (transcriptase inverse), neocortex interneurones, DNA chips and transcriptome, cellular biology mass spectrometry, proteome and mass spectrometry.
Contact: Jean Rossier
Staff: 25
Location: Paris
http://www.bio.espci.fr/
Gènes et dynamique des systèmes de mémoires (ESPCI, CNRS UMR 7637)
Genes and memory system dynamics
Thèmes : molecular analysis of long term memory of drosophile, memory system dynamics, development of models for cognition pathology.
Contact: Thomas Préat
Staff: 10
Location: Paris
PCG Laboratoire de pharmacologie chimique et génétique (ENSCP-Paris 5, INSERM U640, CNRS UMR 8151)
Chemical Pharmacology and Genetics Laboratory
Topics: chemical and physical vectors of DNA for genetic therapy and drug conception, automated and miniaturized systems for organic synthesis and screening, electroanalysis, microelectrochemistry, biomimetic molecular materials, antivascular antitumor agents, small animal imaging : MRI and photonic imaging.
Contact: Daniel Scherman
Staff: 12 at ENSCP (and 30 at Faculté de Pharmacie-Paris 5)
Location: Paris
http://www.enscp.fr/labos
BIOC Laboratoire de biochimie (X, CNRS UMR 7654)
Biochemistry Laboratory
Topics: structure-function relations, in translating the genetic message, disintoxication membrane proteins, structural bioinformatics (simulated and directed development).
Contact: Pierre Plateau
Staff: 26
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.bioc.polytechnique.fr/
LOB Laboratoire d’optique et de biosciences (X, CNRS UMR 7654, ENSTA)
Optics and Biosciences Laboratory
Topics: protein functional dynamics, imaging, pharmacodynamics of ion channels, hypoxia, liquid phase intermolecular dynamics, optical non-linearities in chiral molecules, electron dynamics in nanostructures, molecular dynamics simulations, protein dynamics, secondary source femtosecond structural dynamics of biological interest, femtosecond pulse shaping, secondary sources and femtosecond structural dynamics.
Contact: Jean-Louis Martin
Staff: 39
Location: Palaiseau
http://www.lob.polytechnique.fr/
LBM Laboratoire de biomécanique (ENSAM; CNRS UMR 8005)
Laboratory of Biomechanics
Topics: biomechanics and orthopaedics, shock and treatment biomechanics, handicap and sport biomechanics, biomechanics and imaging, tissue biomechanics.
Contact: Wafa Skalli
Staff: 35
Location: Paris
http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr/
Chimie biologique (INAPG, INRA UMR 206)
Biological Chemistry
Topics: natural and industrial binders, potential uses in relation to their macromolecular structure and related industrial process, cereal allergens, reserve lipids organized in lipidic bodies.
Contact: Catherine Lapierre
Staff: 21
Location: Grignon
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=4&ref_id=15&rub=5
Physiologie de la nutrition et du comportement alimentaire (INAPG, INRA UMR 914)
Physiology of Nutrition and Feeding Habits
Topics: central perception of input and its consequences on the control of intake and choice of foodstuffs, metabolic and physiological response related to nutritional and physiological needs in terms of protein and amino acids and related adaptation capacities, relationships between the features of protein and energy intake and risk markers and the prevention of chronic pathologies (weight excess, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, allergies and cancer).
Contact: Daniel Tomé
Staff: 20
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=3&ref_id=14&rub=5
Ingénierie analytique pour la qualité des aliments (INAPG, INRA UMR 214)
Analytical Engineering for the Quality of Foodstuffs
Topics: new applications of close and medium-range infrared spectroscopy in the analysis of foodstuffs, fluorimetric method for assessing developments in the nutritional quality of foodstuffs having undergone thermal processing, detection of volatile markers by means of an ionic sensoring electronic nose, definition of validation procedures for methods of analysis, multi-path analysis methods for assessing the quality of foodstuffs.
Contact: Douglas Rutledge
Staff: 14
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=4&ref_id=18&rub=5
Biologie des semences (INAPG, INRA UMR 204)
Seed Biology
Topics: biosynthesis and the role of abscissic acid in seed physiology, identification of genes involved in germination control, metabolism and maturation of seeds, regulation of the expression of genes and the development of seeds.
Contact: Annie Marion-Poll
Staff: 38
Location: Versailles
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=umr&menu =umr&dpt_id=2&ref_id=4
Génétique végétale (INAPG, INRA, Paris 11, CNRS UMR 320)
Plant Genetics
Topics: fundamental quantitative genetics, molecular and proteomic quantitative genetics, evolutive genetics, adaptation and redundance, quantitative genetics and methodology of selection, bio-informatics.
Contact: Dominique de Vienne
Staff: 58
Location: Gif-sur-Yvette
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=umr&menu =umr&dpt_id=2&ref_id=5
Pathologie végétale (INAPG, INRA, Paris 6, CNRS UMR 217)
Plant Pathology
Topics: molecular bases of interactions of erwinia pathogens with their host plants, molecular bases of the interaction of Botrytis cinerea with its host plants, developments in the resistance and virulence of pathogen host interactions.
Contact: Dominique Expert
Staff: 51
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=umr&menu =umr&dpt_id=2&ref_id=6
Epidémiologie végétale et écologie des populations (INAPG, INRA)
Plant Epidemiology and Population Ecology
Topics: epidemiology of folliculous parasites in grains, pathology of fodder plants and flax, ecology of populations and communities.
Contact: Claude Pope
Staff: 18
Location: Grignon
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=2&ref_id=7&rub=5
Physiologie de l’insecte : Signalisation et communication (INAPG, INRA, Paris 6)
Insect physiology : signalisation and communication
Thèmes : Mécanismes de la signalisation et de la communication chez les insectes phytophages, et plus particulièrement les lépidoptères
Contact: Patrick Porcheron
Staff: 38
Location: Versailles
Physiologie de la nutrition et de l’alimentation (INAPG, INRA UMR 791)
Physiology of Nutrition and Feeding
Topics: nutritive value of concentrated foodstuffs and by-products for ruminants, nutrition and breeding of goats and sheep, comprehension of dynamic articulations between the phenomena of ingestion, digestion and metabolism, laws governing animal response to feeding regimes, mechanist modelling of ingestive, digestive and metabolic dynamic phenomena, behaviour and well-being of breeding livestock.
Contact: Daniel Sauvant
Staff: 32
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=3&ref_id=11&rub=5
Génétique et diversité animales (INAPG, INRA UMR 1236)
Animal Genetics and Diversity
Topics: inventory and zootechnical characterization of populations, analysis of polymorphisms, genetic characterization of populations and identification of genes, genetic management of populations and conservation of resources, experimental applications on chickens and quail for the study of laying characteristics, immunological response and resistance to disease, adaptation to the environment and diversification of breeding.
Contact: Michèle Tixier-Boichard
Staff: 16
Location: Jouy-en-Josas
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=3&ref_id=12&rub=5
Microbiologie et génétique moléculaire (INAPG, INRA, CNRS UMR 1238)
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Topics: expression and secretion of proteins, signalling and virulence, peroxysomes and metabolism of hydrophobe composites, comparative genomics, molecular typing and collection of yeasts of biotechnological interest, biotechnological valorization of yeasts, post-genomic and genetic regulation of germs, physiology and genetics of Gram positive bacteria.
Contact: Jean-Marie Beckerich
Staff: 50
Location: Grignon
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=3&ref_id=13&rub=5
Génie et microbiologie des procédés alimentaires (INAPG, INRA UMR 782)
Engineering and Microbiology of Feeding Processes
Topics: quality determination and assessment, characterization and improvement of the functions of micro-organisms involved in biotransformations, improvement in product quality, optimization for qualitative purposes of transformation processes, knowledge valorization and transfer.
Contact: Georges Corrieu
Staff: 48
Location: Grignon
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=4&ref_id=17&rub=5
Laboratoire Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (ENGREF, INRA, CIRAD, Université Antille-Guyane, CNRS)
Laboratory for the Ecology of French Guiana Forests
Topics: description of ecosystems, structure and dynamics of populations, operating methods of forestry systems, quality of forestry products.
Contact: Meriem Fournier-Djimbi
Staff: 31
Location: Kourou
http://www.engref.fr/Labokour.htm
Arboretum National des Barres (ENGREF)
National Arboretum
Topics: identification and botanical classification of ligneous species, genetic conservatory, behaviour and adaptation of introduced species, induced biodiversity, insects and pests attacking forest trees.
Contact: Marie-Reine Fleisch
Staff: 18
Location: Nogent-sur-Vernisson
http://www.engref.fr/LaboArboretum.htm
LERFOB Laboratoire d’Etude des Ressources Forêt-Bois : Ecologie, Croissance et Qualité des Bois (INRA, ENGREF)
Laboratory for the Study of Forest-Wood Resources: Ecology, Growth and Quality of Woodland
Topics: operating methods of forestry ecosystems, dynamics of forestry resources, quality of ligneous products, tools for assisting in forestry management.
Contact: Jean-François Dhote
Staff: 50
Location: Nancy
http://www.engref.fr/LaboLerfob.htm
LERMAB Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherche sur le matériau bois (ENGREF, INRA; Université Nancy I)
Laboratory for the Study of and Research on Timber
Topics: knowledge of wood material, transformation of timber, energy sources and the environment, use of wood as a renewable energy and in refined chemical products.
Contact: Patrick Perré
Staff: 31
Location: Nancy
http://www.engref.fr/LaboLermab.htm
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Earth sciences and environmental engineering (9 laboratories)
3 S Laboratoire structures et systèmes spatiaux (ENGREF-Cemagref)
Laboratory for Spatial Structures and Systems
Topics: modes of representation and structuring of spatial information, description of space through teledetection, spatial analysis dynamic models and spatial reasoning, spatialized hydrology, transfers to watersheds and hydrographic networks.
Contact: Sylvain Labbé
Staff: 18
Location: Montpellier
http://www.engref.fr/lct.htm
Centre de géosciences (ENSMP, CNRS UMR 7619, Paris 6, UMLV)
Geosciences Centre
Topics: applications of geology, geophysics, geostatistics, hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, engineer geology, geomechanics, geotechnics for studies on natural resources, long term stability of the geological medium, natural risks, or evolution of human environment.
Contact: Damien Goetz
Staff: 170
Location: Fontainebleau (150), Marne-la-Vallée (20)
http://www.ensmp.fr/Fr/Recherche/Domaine/ScTerEnv/Intro/
CBOP Laboratoire de chimie bio-organique et organique physique (ENSCP, Paris 6, INRA, INA-PG, ENS Ulm, CNRS UMR 7618)
Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry and Organic Physics
Topics: natural complex organic matter (sediments, soils, water, meteorites), refractory lipids and macromolecules, evolution of organic matter in the natural environment, research on specific markers of the biological origin of early organic matter.
Contact: Sylvie Derenne
Staff: 12 at ENSCP
Location: Paris
http://enscp.fr/labos
LMD Météorologie dynamique (X, ENS, Paris VI, CNRS UMR 8539)
Dynamic Meteorology
Topics: analysis of climate variability, analysis of atmospheric pollution, radiation and climate appraisal, the water and energy cycle in the tropics, study of the climate through analysis of atmospheric radiation, experimentation with balloons and aircraft, informatics, dynamic modelling of the climate, studies on planetary atmospheres, non-linearity and turbulence, waves in planetary atmospheres, active teledetection by lidar, wavelettes, meteorology lidar and geophysics.
Contact: Hervé Le Treut
Staff: 160
Location: Palaiseau, Paris
http://www.lmd.polytechnique.fr/
CERMES Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en mécanique des sols (ENPC, LCPC)
Centre for the Teaching of and Research in Soil Mechanics
Topics: soil and rock mechanics, soil-structure interaction, coupling in geomaterials, granular rocks and soils
Contact: Pierre Delage
Staff: 32
Location: Marne-la-Vallée
http://www.cenpc.fr/cermes/
CEREVE Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en eau, ville, environnement (ENPC, ENGREF, Paris 12 Val de Marne)
Centre for the Teaching of and Research in Water, Urbanization and the Environment
Topics: estimation of the effects of human activity on the quality of water and the environment, anticipation of natural risks and their consequences.
Contact: Jean-Marie Mouchel
Staff: 37
Location: Marne la Vallée, Créteil
http://www.enpc.fr/cereve/
CEREA Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en environnement atmosphérique (ENPC, EDF R&D)
Centre for the Teaching of and Research in the Atmospheric Environment
Topics: modelling of aerosols, simulation of data and inverse modelling, extreme atmospheric layer, impact studies (thermal or nuclear energy, transport), modelling/forecasting of reactive transport of pollutants.
Contact: Bruno Sportisse
Staff: 28
Location: Marne-la-Vallée
http://www.enpc.fr/cerea/
Environnement et grandes cultures (INAPG, INRA UMR 1091)
Environment and Major Crops
Topics: working of large-scale cultivation crops, relationships between the atmosphere, soil and plants, working of soils, runoff and erosion mechanisms, operating models.
Contact: Pierre Cellier
Staff: 113
Location: Grignon
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=dpt&menu=dpt&dpt_id=1
Agronomie (INAPG, INRA UMR 211)
Agronomy
Topics: effects of cultivation systems on bio-aggressors, state of the crop profile and working or non-working of the soil, effects of crop systems on efficiency and the future for nitrate fertilizers, behaviour of crop varieties according to various cultivation systems, conception of new technical itineraries and cultivation systems.
Contact: Thierry Doré
Staff: 25
Location: Grignon
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=dpt&menu=dpt&dpt_id=1
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Economics and social sciences (28 laboratories)
PSE, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (EHESS, ENPC, ENS, UMR 8545 CNRS)
Economic sciences Paris-Jourdan
Topics : theoretical economy : rationality, equilibria and coordination ; modeling and macroeconomic policies ; work market, technical et organizational changes ; public economy : redistribution and social protection ; political economy and institutional change ; economy of development, geographic economy and international integration ; market structures and economy of organizations
Contact : Bernard Caillaud
Staff : 120
Location : Paris
CECO Centre d’économétrie (X, CNRS UMR 7657)
Centre for Econometrics
Topics: mathematical methods, optimization and game theory, public sector economics, community choices, environmental economics, urban economics, companies and markets, industrial economics, organizational theory, risk prevention and crisis management.
Contact: Jean-Pierre Ponssard
Staff: 38
Location: Paris
http://ceco.polytechnique.fr/
CERNA Centre d’économie industrielle (ENSMP)
Centre for Industrial Economics
Topics: dynamics of companies and markets, and governmental action in that process, in the fields of the computer economy, regulations, globalization and finance.
Contact: Gilles Le Blanc
Staff: 30
Location: Paris
http://www.cerna.ensmp.fr/
LEF Laboratoire d’Economie Forestière (ENGREF, INRA)
Laboratory of Forestry Economics
Topics: economics of forestry resources, economics of timber industries and markets.
Contact: Anne Stenger
Staff: 11
Location: Nancy
http://www.engref.fr/LaboLef.htm
LEI CREST Laboratoire d’économie industrielle du CREST (ENSAE, CNRS)
CREST Laboratory of Industrial Economics
Topics: Microeconomic foundations of the theory of the firm and organizations (game theory, theory of information, contracts and incentives), strategic interactions between firms, competition and regulation, law economics, insurance theory and auctions
Contact: Philippe Choné
Staff: 16
Location: Paris
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lei/index.html
LFA CREST Laboratoire de finance-assurance du CREST (ENSAE, CNRS)
CREST Laboratory of Finance and Insurance
Topics: Equilibrium models in finance and insurance, asset pricing, econometrics of finance, selection and pricing in banking and insurance, risk management, market regulation, micro-structure of markets, high-frequency data, dynamic models in finance, modelling of extreme risks, hedging in the presence of market imperfections.
Contact: Nizar Touzi, Christian Gouriéroux
Staff: 22
Location: Malakoff
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lfa/index.html
LMA CREST Laboratoire de macroéconomie du CREST (ENSAE, CNRS)
CREST Laboratory of Macroeconomics
Topics: Micro-foundations of macroeconomics/fondements macroéconomiques de macroéconomie, monetary economics, international economics, employment economics, macroeconometrics, long-term macroeconomics and growth.
Contact: Guy Laroque
Staff: 15
Location: Malakoff
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lma/index.html
LMI CREST Laboratoire de microéconométrie du CREST (ENSAE; CNRS)
CREST Laboratory of Microeconometrics
Topics: job-seeking, equilibrium search models, training, unemployment, evaluation of public policies, research and development, labour market mobility.
Contact: Thierry Magnac
Staff: 21
Location: Malakoff
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lmi/index.html
DR CREST Département de la recherche du CREST (ENSAE, CNRS)
CREST Department of Research
Topics: labour econometrics (wages, mobility,…), macroeconomics, inequality and housing economics, education, policy evaluation
Contact: Francis Kramarz
Staff: 10
Location: Malakoff
http://www.crest.fr/labo/dr/index.html
SES Sciences économiques et sociales (Télécom Paris, CNRS 5141)
Economic and Social Sciences
Topics: communities, inter-knowledge and markets, innovation and intellectual property, strategic management of ICTs, public policy and regulations, technologies/transformations in the management of information and knowledge in companies, intellectual technologies, current practice in creation and communication.
Contact: Laurent Gille
Staff: 28
Location: Paris, Sophia Antipolis
http://www.telecom-paris.fr/en/research/management/
LATTS Laboratoire Techniques, territoires et sociétés (ENPC, UMLV, CNRS UMR 7082) Laboratory for Techniques, Territories and Societies
Topics: synoptics, new organization of production, labour, skills and experience, organization of economic activities and territorial structures, governance of networks and territories, technical analysis and practices.
Contact: Jean-Marc Offner
Staff: 83
Location: Marne-la-Vallée
http://www.enpc.fr/latts/accueil.html
LMVT, Laboratoire ville mobilité, transport (ENPC, INRETS, UMLV)
Laboratory for Urban Mobility and Transport
Topics: developments in lifestyles and methods of mobility, transport logistics and organization of urban space, analysis of public policies in the field of urban transport, modelling of transport supply and demand, introduction into urban society of innovative technical systems.
Contact: Jean Laterrasse
Staff: 23
Location: Marne-la-Vallée
CIRED Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (EHESS, ENGREF, ENPC, CNRS UMR 8568)
International Centre for Research on the Environment and Development
Topics: modelling of complex operations, pluridisciplinary approaches, assessment of incertain and random factors in the operation of natural systems and techniques and the behaviour of players, development of technical tools.
Contact: Jean-Charles Hourcade
Staff: 32
Location: Nogent-sur-Marne
http://www.centre-cired.fr/
GEA, Laboratoire de gestion de l’eau et de l’assainissement (ENGREF)
Laboratory for Water Management and Treatment
Topics: tools and organizational methods for water provision services, liberalization and regulation of water supply services.
Contact: Laëtitia Guérin-Schneider
Staff: 6
Location: Montpellier
http://www.engref.fr/labogea/index.html
POPTER Laboratoire Politiques publiques et développement des territoires ruraux (ENGREF)
Laboratory for Public Policy and the Development of Rural Areas
Topics: assessment of territorial policies, local governance and public policy, spatial issues in public policies.
Contact: Patrick Moquay
Staff: 7
Location: Clermont-Ferrand
http://www.engref.fr/Labopopter.htm
CREA Centre de recherche en épistémologie (X, CNRS)
Centre for Research in Epistemology
Topics: cognitive sciences, neurosciences, cognitive economics, dynamic models, control theory, logic and theory of categories, Topoi theory, epistemological appraisal.
Contact: Jean Petitot
Staff: 47
Location: Paris
http://www.crea.polytechnique.fr/
CRG Centre de recherche en gestion (X, CNRS UMR 7657)
Centre for Management Research
Topics: management instrumentation, dynamics of conception systems, regulation of markets and players, information and communication technologies, crises and other organizational failures, new services and territorial dynamics.
Contact: Christophe Midler
Staff: 52
Location: Paris
http://crg.polytechnique.fr/
CGS Centre de gestion scientifique (ENSMP)
Centre for Scientific Management
Topics: development of knowledge of the modes of operating and transformation of organizations, definition, organization and evaluation of labour, new methods of public action, design of products and services, innovation, R&D management, entrepreneurship Contact: Daniel Fixari
Staff: 75
Location: Paris (45), Sophia Antipolis-pôle Cindyniques- (30)
http://www.cgs.ensmp.fr/
CSI Centre de sociologie de l’innovation (ENSMP)
Centre for the Sociology of Innovation
Topics: socio-technical analysis of scientific, technical and cultural innovations, applications in the fields of the dynamics of technico-economic, health, taste and public debate networks.
Contact: Madeleine Akrich
Staff: 30
Location: Paris
http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/l
GRID, groupe de recherche sur le risque, l’information et la décision (ENSAM, CNRS UMR 8534)
Research Group on Risks, Information and Decision-Making
Topics: decision-making in conditions of uncertainty (theory and experimentation), decision-making, organization and management of risks, decision-making and the market (strategy, innovation, industrial organization), intertemporal decision-making (theory and applications).
Contact: Bertrand Munier
Staff: 29
Location: Cachan
http://www.paris.ensam.fr/recherche/
IP Département innovation pédagogique (Télécom Paris)
Department of Pedagogical Innovation
Topics: introducing students to ICTs, developments in educational practice using ICTs, systemics of pedagogical innovation using ICTs.
Contact: Arnaud Galisson
Staff: 8
Location: Paris
http://www.telecom-paris.fr/en/research/cit/
LCPI Laboratoire de conception produits nouveaux et innovation (ENSAM, Université d’Angers, Université Aix Marseille 3)
Laboratory for the Design of New Products and Innovation
Topics: modelling of design and innovation processes, project engineering, modelling and integration of trades, intermediate representations of a product, integration of new technologies in manufacturing processes, design of industrial products, technological watch and international competitive intelligence, management of innovation, information analysis.
Contact: Améziane Aoussat
Staff: 54
Location: Paris, Angers, Marseille
http://cpn-web.paris.ensam.fr/accueil.php
Economie publique (INAPG, INRA)
Public Economics
Topics: economic modelling of farm holdings and developments in agriculture, international economics and public regulation.
Contact: Jean-Christophe Bureau
Staff: 40
Location: Grignon (27), Paris (13)
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=umr&menu=umr&dpt_id=6&ref_id=21
Gestion et économie des organisations (INAPG)
Organizational Management and Economics
Topics: management tools, rationalization of activities and new forms of corporate organization, a command of inter-company relationships and vertical coordination in supply chains, regulation and management of subcontracting for water supply services.
Contact: Michel Nakhla
Staff: 12
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=6&ref_id=23&rub=5
SADAPT Systèmes agraires et développement : activités, produits, territoires (INAPG, INRA UMR 1048)
Agrarian Systems and Development: Activities, Products, Territories
Topics: quality, organization and institutions in agri-food sectors, the environment and territories, prescriptive relationships, agricultural activities and development.
Contact: Egizio Valceschini
Staff: 47
Location: Grignon, Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?nav=dpt&menu=dpt&dpt_id=1
Systèmes agricoles et développement rural (INAPG)
Agricultural Systems and Rural Development
Topics: transformations in French and European agricultural systems and assessment of the part played by agricultural policies, agrarian systems, plans and policies for agricultural and rural development in Africa, the agrarian issue in Latin America, consequences of the widening of the European Union for agriculture in Eastern Europe, developments in rice-growing systems in South-East Asia.
Contact: Gilles Bazin
Staff: 7
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=6&ref_id=22&rub=5
Sociologie rurale (INAPG)
Rural Sociology
Topics: sociology of the rural environment, local development and rural urbanization, agricultural space and activities in peri-urban areas, territories with a low population density, collective action and agricultural and rural development, sociology of dietary regimes, meat consumption and its development in the diet of populations.
Contact: Jean Vincent
Staff: 4
Location: Paris
http://www.inapg.inra.fr/recherche/index.php?menu=umr&nav=umr&dpt_id=6&ref_id=23&rub=5
LSQ CREST Laboratoire de sociologie quantitative du CREST (ENSAE, CNRS)
CREST Laboratory for Quantitative Sociology
Topics: social inequality, social stratification, form, accumulation and transmission, social exchange, sociability, social ties, professional integration, labour markets, dynamics of developments in Western societies, statistical tools and methods.
Contact: Yannick Lemel
Staff: 18
Location: Malakoff
http://www.crest.fr/labo/lsq/index.html
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