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Transformations of the French Economy through the Lens of International Trade, 1716-1821 – TOFLIT18
The project “Transformations of the French Economy through the Lens of International Trade, 1716-1821” (TOFLIT18) aims at improving our knowledge of the French economy during the period that laid the economic ground for the entry of France and Europe in the modern industrial era. The French administ
Inverse problems and parsimony for econometric modeling and applications – IPANEMA
The objective of the IPANEMA project is twofold. First, our team will solve the open questions related to the theory of Inverse Problems (IP)-based estimation of structural econometric models, as for instance, the development of data-driven methods for the choice of the regularization parameter, the
No war, no peace? The "knots" of violence and law in the formation and transformation of political orders – (NI)²
The objective of the (NI)2 project was to empirically describe and theoretically characterize social situations in which it becomes difficult to know whether they are at war or peace. This difficulty does not primarily concern the so-called “ordinary” social actors. It poses, first of all, an instit
Analysis of Fiscal Policy Mutipliers – AMF
This research projects aims (i) to empirically evaluate the economic consequences of fiscal policy, using state-of-the-art econometric methods, and (ii) to build theoretical models that deliver these effects. This project shed new light on several issues, such as: the optimal composition of a fiscal
To whom do the landscapes of Asia belong ? Tourismification in southern Asian highlands: social dynamics and landscape patrimonialisation in ethnic minorities’ rural areas. – AQAPA
In Asia, national policies are increasingly using tourism as a tool to integrate remote spaces and marginal social groups, often inhabiting peripheral highlands. Reducing poverty, stopping ecological degradation, and limiting autonomist movements, are all adding up as a triple concern which compels
Dynamic Matching and Interactions: Theory and Experiments – DynaMITE
Many decisions taken by rational economic agents do not involve markets, but the design of matching and voting procedures, or the use of groups and social networks. Moving beyond the strict boundaries of markets and prices, economic theorists now join forces with political scientists, psychologists
Developing a Social and Epistemological History of Psychiatric Epidemiology through a Case Study (Senegal) and international network – SEHPE
We hypothesize that the development of international psychiatric epidemiology as a discipline both depended upon and was necessary to the shift from international health and development to the globalization of mental health. This guiding hypothesis will be explored with four objectives: (1) To
Engineering India, colonial and post-colonial period – ENGIND
The project has two main objectives : 1 - To develop empirical knowledge in a field which has been somewhat neglected. Beyond ad hoc surveys, focussed on very specific sectors of the profession, the originality of our approach is in trying to develop a wide spectrum vision, conducted over the lon
Art to reassess the critical transformations of organisations: Challenges for management – ABRIR
Organisations today are facing critical transformations requiring approaches other than classic analytical and rationalist methods to apprehend situations and take action. One must take into account a sensible dimension – whether it be affective or political. To do so, art can be used in an active w
Male bachelors' living conditions, sexuality and gender roles in a context of reduced availibility of female partners in China – DefiChine
The initial objectives of DefiChine were to study the determinants of male singlehood and the living conditions of the men facing a prolonged or even permanent singlehood. They aimed specifically at: 1) Analyze theoretically and empirically the propensity of men to change their practices in union f
Same-sex parenthood, family functionning, child development and socialization – devhom
Same-sex parenthood, family functioning, child development and socialization This project has been developed in partnership with the ELFE project team (French Longitudinal Study of Children, the ELFE INED-INSERM-EFS joint research unit) for the general purpose of initiating a longitudinal study o
“Le populaire”. Social and cultural recompositions of contemporary working classes – CLASPOP
At the outset of research, three observations: 1. Western societies, or at least French society, remain working-class societies. Neither the expansion of the middle classes, nor mass consumption, nor tertiarization, nor the prolongation of education have put an end to the existence of large groups
Second research project on law & politics – Droitpol 2
The main goal of this project, that prolongs the first A.N.R. research program in “droit politique”, is to promote an enriched conception of constitutional law, that does not restrict it to the exegetic study of the letter of the constitution, or to its canonical construction that is supposedly give