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Social Mobility, Social Exclusion and Social Networks – SOSOSO
The object of this research project is to analyse the impact of social networks on two distinct but related phenomena: social mobility and social exclusion. The key role played by networks on mobility and exclusion has been widely documented in the social sciences, particularly in sociology, but ignored in economics. Our objective in this project is to shed new light on this literature by importing recently developed concepts in network economics.
"Differences of potential" DifdePo History, poetics and aesthetics of Oulipo – DifdePo
The DifdePo project (2013-2015) aims at questioning the «differences of potential« of the group Oulipo (Workshop for potential literature), founded by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais in 1960 and still in activity, through three main angles: history, poetics and aesthetics.
Metaphysics of science: levels, individuals, dispositions in the light of present day science – Metascience
The aim of the Metascience project is to make a significant contribution to the metaphysics of science on the basis of the detailed analysis of key concepts in current experimental sciences, above all physics, biology and psychology. We understand “metaphysics of science” as the field of research whose objective is the analysis of the fundamental concepts structuring scientific research – e.g., those of individual, cause, or disposition.
MAgnetic inteRactions at Mercury between the InTerior and the Exosphere – MARMITE
The work conducted during this project relied on the analysis of measurements from the MESSENGER probe (NASA), in orbit between 2011 and 2015. We were able to 1/ describe Mercury's magnetic environment (from the dynamo field to interactions with the solar wind), and 2/ design and test different tools to extrapolate models, add additional constraints and parameters, and better prepare the observations of the BepiColombo mission.
Optimization methods for the integrated study of complex decisional problems – ATHENA
Optimization methods for solving difficult integrated decision problems
How the balance of excitation and inhibition shapes orientation selectivity and center-surround interactions in superficial layers in area V1: a combined experimental and modeling project – BalaV1
The activity of neurons in the primary visual cortex (V1) displays a very high level of synaptic «noise«. But is it really «noise«? Theoretical studies indicated that the «noise« is the result of the strong interactions - excitatory and inhibitory – taking place between neurons. These interactions must be balanced (so-called «balanced« state) for maintaining the activity level in a reasonable range. Our aim is to study the role of this emerging noise in the genesis of the responses in area V1.
AFTER the end: reassembly of marine communities during the Early Triassic recovery – AFTER
The core idea of this project comes from recent discoveries on the PT crisis and its recovery by our team. These significant advances markedly<br />contrast with the classic, world-wide “delayed recovery” scenario and its associated paradigms.Our main goal is thus to test the “delayed recovery” model at a local to regional (i.e. ecologically functional) scale, looking for the potential drivers that influenced patterns and processes of the biotic recovery.
Frontier Research in Radical Initiating Systems: PhotoRedox Catalysis as a new strategy for polymer synthesis – PHOTOREDOX
The PHOTOREDOX project presented here consists in developing new photoinitiators built on a new concept: the CATALYSIS PHOTOREDOX.<br /><br />By the mobilized skills and by its finalized shutter, the Photoredox project will contribute to the preservation of an activity and ambitious research in the sector of the chemistry of the processes under light irradiation . The French research (academic or industrial) occupies in this particular domain a recognized place at the international level).
Lanthanide complexes as Trojan Horse for proteins structural studies – Ln23
The Ln23 project proposes to exploit lanthanide complexes noted [Ln], as Trojan Horses for structural determination of proteins by developing original and straightforward methodologies for three complementary structural techniques, namely X-ray crystallography including crystallogenesis, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and solid-state NMR. Ultimately, the dissemination of these new integrative tool in the structural biology community.
Covalent crystalline organosilica networks – CrystOS
Self-organized organosilicas: Synthesis under thermodynamic control or by assembly of elementary bricks; Stable thin films for OFET.
