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#CreaMaker: assessment of co-creativity in a maker-based activity combining tinkering and digital fabrication – CreaMaker
Creativity has been mostly studied from an individual point of view in the field of psychology. Nevertheless, there is a growing number of studies in the field of education in team-based activities in different types of creative projects, such maker based education. The ANR #CreaMaker project aims to advance the knowledge of creativity and co-creativity process not only in same-age teams but also in intergenerational ones, in ill-defined problem solving with educational robotic technologies.
''Insane persons'' and ''native''. A legal history of a double discrimination in the French Africa (end of 9th-1960) – AMIAF
The AMIAF research project intends to carry out a legal and historical survey of the legal administrative discourses and practices which determined the construction and functioning of the status of native madness in African territories colonised by France between the last two decades of the 19th century and 1960.
'Beyond ‘Left Behind Places’: Understanding Diverse Trajectories of Urban and Regional Change' – DESPEREG(EST0102581)
Understanding Demographic and Socio-economic Change in Peripheral Regions in France, Germany and the UK
(A)dvanced (N)umerical tool for (I)nvestigating (K)inetic-fluid (A)ctivity in tokamaks – ANIKA
The objective of this project is to transform the XTOR code of the CPhT (Ecole Polytechnique) dedicated for the tri-dimensional study of fusion plasmas into a tool able to describe these plasmas beyon
(Bio)synthesis and study of physico-chemical/biological properties of sinapoyl malate analogues: non-toxic and biobased anti-UV compounds for cosmetics industry – SINAPUV
Transforming biomass components into non-toxic and bio-sourced anti-UV for cosmetics
(Iso)alloxazine derivatives as versatile component for batteries – BattAllox
BattAllox aims at targeting multiple electron transfer and tuneable redox properties for enhanced energy storage systems. Using bioinspired design principles and molecular engineering, this project fo
(New) Political Representative Claims: A Global View (France, Germany, Brazil, China, India) – CLAIM
This project addresses the present (and pressing) problem of how (new) “representative claims” (Saward 2010) can be conceptualized and comprehended within political systems based on electoral or party representation, from a global perspective. Most citizens no longer believe that elections and parties guarantee their ‘being represented’. A multitude of representative claims have emerged, that require to be analyzed within a renewed conceptual framework.
(Over)medicalization of Childbirth as a Public Problem: Material Trajectories, Public Controversies and Institutional Changes – HYPMEDPRO
During the last decades, public criticism of « overmedicalized » childbirth has gained weight in many geographies. Sometimes publicised within denounciations of « obstetrical violence », such criticism has catalyzed the emergence of alternative knowledge and practices as well as regulatory and even institutional changes. This research program tackles these new dynamics in an international perspective, by focusing on five countries with different medical cultures and histories.