ceraps universite lille cnrs

What ceraps universite lille cnrs does

CERAPS (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales) - UMR 8026 is a French public research laboratory established in 1987 and jointly operated under the tutelage of three public institutions: the Université de Lille, the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), and Sciences Po Lille. Its work is structured around five interdisciplinary research axes covering participation and democracy, social inequalities, international and transnational studies, environmental policy, and digital-era technologies and mobilizations - combining political science, public law, and sociology. The laboratory has approximately 53 tenured teacher-researchers, 1 emeritus director of research, 8 CNRS researchers, 11 administrative/technical staff and around 50 doctoral candidates.

Its core programmatic offerings are the Quantilille summer school in quantitative methods for the social sciences (the oldest recurring thematic school of CNRS, organized by CERAPS since 1987), the OLA-europe Observatory on Local Autonomy (an international research network on European local governance), the Chaire 'inégalités réduites' research chair on inequalities (launched 2023-2024) and the Laboratoire ouvert Inspirons Demain (LID), plus recurring seminar formats ('Les Midis du Ceraps', Séminaires généraux). Outputs are distributed via the HAL / LillOA open-access archive, a Canal-U video channel, regular media interventions in Le Monde / France Inter / France Culture, and a 'Le CERAPS dans la cité' public engagement track.

CERAPS does not sell products or services commercially. Revenue comes from three public funding streams: baseline institutional allocations from the three tutelle institutions, competitive ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) project grants (a cluster of ≥10 projects including TACTICS, AMORE, APINC, FORPEACE, SUBLIME, ELUSAN, FOCALE, PARLAF, REV, IMPROVED, OLICOW), and European programme funding (Erasmus+ ProBIAW, H2020 EXFILES). The go-to-market motion is community-led: researchers engage with the scientific community, civil society, and territorial actors via collaborative projects, seminars and the Quantilille summer school. Customer segments are the academic research community, social-science researchers and doctoral students, and civil-society / territorial actors engaged in participatory work on inequalities.

Name

ceraps universite lille cnrs

Legal name

C.E.R.A.P.S.

Website

https://ceraps.univ-lille.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CERAPS is a French public research laboratory (UMR 8026) jointly operated by Université de Lille, CNRS and Sciences Po Lille, combining political science, public law and sociology across five research axes with ~70 permanent staff and around 50 doctoral candidates.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: CERAPS is a public research laboratory (UMR 8026) funded by French public institutions including CNRS, Université de Lille, and Sciences Po Lille. Revenue comes from government research grants, ANR (French National Research Agency) project funding, and institutional allocations.

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Core offering

CERAPS is a public joint research unit (UMR 8026) that conducts interdisciplinary fundamental and applied research at the intersection of political science, public law, and sociology, organised around five research axes. It offers doctoral and master's training, hosts the Quantilille summer school (the oldest recurring thematic CNRS school since 1987), runs scientific observatories (OLA-europe, Observatoire des libertés associatives) and a research chair (Chaire "inégalités réduites"), and disseminates findings through open-access publications, seminars and media interventions.

Product overview

CERAPS (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026) is a research laboratory combining political science, public law, and sociology. It is affiliated with the University of Lille, Sciences Po Lille, and CNRS. The laboratory comprises approximately 53 tenured researchers, 8 CNRS research directors, 11 ITA/BIATSS staff, and around 50 doctoral students. Its activities include conducting fundamental and applied research through five thematic axes, hosting the Quantilille summer school (oldest recurring CNRS thematic school since 1987), coordinating international research networks such as OLA-europe Observatory on Local Autonomy, and operating specialized research chairs like the 'Chaire inégalités réduites'. The laboratory also provides training through master's programs, doctoral courses, seminars ('Les Midis du Ceraps'), and professional development workshops.

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Brands

• Quantilille: The summer school of Lille, the oldest recurring thematic summer school of the CNRS in all disciplines, organized by CERAPS since 1987. A training program dedicated to quantitative methods in social sciences.
• OLA-europe Observatory on Local Autonomy

Products and services

• Quantilille Summer School Annual summer school organised by CERAPS since 1987 providing training in quantitative methods (data analysis, statistics, research methods) for social-science researchers, teachers, engineers, doctoral students and assistants. It is the oldest recurring thematic CNRS school in all disciplines.
• OLA-europe Observatory on Local Autonomy International research observatory coordinated by CERAPS studying local governance and territorial organisation across Europe, bringing together researchers in comparative local autonomy.
• Observatoire des libertés associatives Observatory dedicated to studying and monitoring associative freedoms, covering civic engagement and civil-society activity as part of CERAPS' research on inequality and public action.
• Chaire "inégalités réduites" (Research Chair on Reduced Inequalities) Research chair operated within the Laboratoire ouvert Inspirons Demain (LID) at CERAPS, dedicated to studying social, economic, gender, territorial and ethno-racial inequalities via participatory and interdisciplinary methods and dialogue between researchers and territorial actors.

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• ProBIAW - Pro Human Biolaw Erasmus+ ConsortiummajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Erasmus+ Key Action 2 project involving 8 universities: Université de Murcia (coordinator), Université de Lille (CERAPS), Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Napoli), Università degli studi di Napoli Federico 2, Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico), Universidad Autonoma San Luis Potosi (Mexico), Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto tecnologico de Costa Rica. Project focuses on Biolaw as global tool for human rights protection. CERAPS contributes expertise in digital law, cybersecurity, and personal data protection.
• Université de Montréal - CPDS (Centre population et développement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Associated Laboratory (LIA) Principe, a formal international research partnership focused on collaborative academic research in political science and social sciences.
• OLA-europe (Observatory on Local Autonomy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational observatory on local autonomy coordinated by CERAPS, bringing together researchers studying local governance across Europe.
• ANR Research Projects PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple ANR-funded collaborative research projects including TACTICS, AMORE, APINC, FORPEACE, SUBLIME, ELUSAN, FOCALE, PARLAF with various French and international academic partners.
• PROGEDO (TGIR - Très Grande Infrastructure de Recherche)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research infrastructure for quantitative data in social sciences, supporting Quantilille summer school and CERAPS quantitative research methods training.
• PUDL (Plateforme Universitaire des Données de Lille)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal platform for research data at Université de Lille, providing quantitative data services and supporting CERAPS training activities.
• MESHS (Maison Européenne des Sciences Humaines et Sociales)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional research infrastructure supporting data protection seminars and collaborative research projects at CERAPS.
• EXFILES H2020 ConsortiummajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean H2020 project on forensic extraction of encrypted smartphone data for law enforcement. CERAPS provides legal analysis on data protection and fundamental rights. Partners include BKA, CEA, CNI, CSIC, CYBER INTELLIGENCE, IRCGN, NCIS, NFI, RHUL, RISCURE, SGDSN, SYNAKTIV, TECHNIKON, TEXPLAINED.
• Co-Polis Franco-Brazilian Research ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANR-funded Franco-Brazilian project on citizen co-production of the city, coordinated by Agnès Deboulet (Univ. Paris 8) and Joao Whitaker (Université de Sao Paulo). CERAPS participation focuses on participatory urban agriculture experiments in Roubaix.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

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Direct peers

• CERI (Centre d'études et de recherches internationales): Sciences Po's international studies research center, a UMR focused on international relations and transnational dynamics. Highly comparable as a French UMR producing academic research on themes overlapping CERAPS's Axis 3 (International, Europe(s), transnational).
• CRPS (Centre de recherches politiques de la Sorbonne): Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne research unit on political science and public law. Comparable as a French university research center combining political science and public law research with doctoral training.
• CEVIPOF (Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po): Sciences Po's political research center (UMR 7048) focusing on political behavior, democracy, and public opinion. Directly comparable as a French CNRS-affiliated political science research unit producing academic research and training doctoral students.
• Centre Max Weber: CNRS UMR 5283 sociology research center based in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. Directly comparable as a multi-site French CNRS UMR combining sociology, political science, and ethnography research.
• Triangle (UMR 5206): CNRS UMR at ENS Lyon focused on political science and social theory. Comparable as a French CNRS UMR producing research and doctoral training in political science adjacent to CERAPS.
• ISP (Institut des sciences sociales du politique): CNRS UMR 7220 based at ENS Paris-Saclay, focused on political sociology and the analysis of public action. Comparable as a CNRS UMR producing research on social inequalities, political participation, and public policy.
• CESSP (Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique): CNRS UMR 8216 jointly affiliated with EHESS and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, combining sociology and political science. Comparable as a French social science UMR with overlapping thematic axes on democracy, inequality, and political action.

Emerging players

• Centre Émile Bernheim (CEB) - Université libre de Bruxelles: Belgian interdisciplinary social science research center at ULB combining management, economics, and sociology. Comparable as a European interdisciplinary social science research lab adjacent in methodology.
• LIEPP (Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques): Sciences Po research unit focused on policy evaluation, social inequalities, and public action. Comparable as a French research center studying inequality, public policy, and political participation.

Regional players

• CRJ (Centre de recherches juridiques) - Université de Lille: Local CNRS-affiliated legal research center at Université de Lille. Comparable as a same-university research unit sharing the Lille tutelle and overlapping in public law research themes.

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