Innovative societies - Innovation, economy, living

“Innovative Societies” is a new programme and one of the three cross-cutting programmes of the ANR.

This programme intends to foster cooperation and confrontation of the approaches of the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences and issues raised by the other scientific disciplines and by technological development. It particularly aims to strengthen research partnership between firms and teams of the social sciences and humanities. One of its objectives is to have a systematic interdisciplinary approach between laboratories and firms in various thematic fields (ICST, nanotechnologies, materials, energy, transport, housing, environment, food and agricultural production, industrial processes, health, etc.) and and social sciences and humanities which are interested in individual and social behaviour, and in economic models.

The programme is open to all scientific disciplines, provided that consortia include at least one SSH team (public or private sector). Partnerships with businesses, public authorities, associations or organizations, are encouraged.

The scientific objectives of the programme are to:

• understand the modes of dissemination, appropriation/rejection of innovations, regardless of their nature; contribute to the study of integration processes of novelty by individuals, groups, societies;
• develop the analysis of the new economic and social frameworks raised by the crisis, the globalization of trade, or by the ecological, energy, primary resources constraints and by the emergence of new technologies;
• anticipate structural changes of societies and economies; anticipate changes in individual and collective behaviour; develop the possibilities of a prospective reflection on the modalities for the transition to new forms of organized life in society;
• promote comparative approaches between sectors, territories, countries and companies, as well as temporal and international comparisons;
• foster emerging research projects involving companies, including partnership between the SHS teams and businesses and communities. 

Main lines of investigation:

Innovations and representations

Innovations, social changes and ways of life

Innovations and economic models

Configurations, actors, dynamics