CREG - Centre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble

What CREG - Centre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble does

CREG (Centre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble / Grenoble Centre for Economic Research) is a public academic research unit of Université Grenoble Alpes, established in January 2011 and headquartered at 1241 rue des Résidences, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France. It conducts theoretical and applied political economy research on globalization, governance, and international economic integration, organized around two themes: 'Organisations and Social Innovations' and 'Development, Emergence and Finance'. The unit brings together 27 researchers and 21 PhD students (57 people in total under the research base, with 12 core staff per firmographics), co-led by Guillaume Vallet and Faruk Ülgen following the 2019-2022 directorship of Bruno Lamotte.

CREG's outputs are scholarly rather than commercial: it publishes research working papers (Cahiers de recherche du Creg), policy notes (including COVID-19 analyses), runs seminars, organizes international conferences (notably the XLIIèmes Journées du développement ATM 2027), and operates doctoral workshops and affiliated Master's programs. Its only documented proprietary technology asset is the CTRD Database, a spatio-temporal database on researcher employment, mobility, and external research cooperation in French companies. Distribution is through open-access repositories (HAL), academic journals, and conferences, with no commercial sales channels.

CREG is not a commercial entity. It is funded entirely through public research grants and institutional support from Université Grenoble Alpes, with no products, services, pricing, or paying customers. Its strategic value lies in its network of associated laboratories (GAEL, PACTE), federative research structures (SFR Innovacs, SFR Territoire en réseaux), national alliances (GEMDEV, MSH-Alpes, Alliance ATHENA), and conference partners (INRIA, INRAE-LESSEM, STEEP, LJK, Association Tiers Monde). Certifications include RGPD compliance (under UGA's framework) and stated accessibility commitment under French law 2005-102, though the site is currently declared non-conformant with RGAA 4.1.

Name

CREG - Centre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble

Legal name

Université Grenoble Alpes

Website

https://creg.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CREG is a public academic research unit of Université Grenoble Alpes, founded in 2011, that conducts political economy research on globalization, governance, and development, serving academic peers, doctoral students, and policy audiences through publications, seminars, and conferences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Martin-d'Hères

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: Research unit funded through Université Grenoble Alpes, receiving public research grants and participating in national and international research projects

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CREG is a publicly funded academic research unit within Université Grenoble Alpes that conducts research on globalization and governance from a political economy perspective. It produces research working papers (Cahiers de recherche), policy notes, organizes seminars, conferences, and doctoral workshops, and runs doctoral and master's training programs in economics. The center brings together 27 researchers and 21 PhD students and participates in national and international research networks.

Product overview

The Grenoble Centre for Economic Research (CREG) is a research unit of Université Grenoble Alpes, not a commercial product company. Its 'products and services' consist of academic research outputs and educational programs: Cahiers de recherche (research working papers), policy notes, seminars, conferences, doctoral workshops, and degree programs. The research program focuses on two main themes: 'Organisations and Social Innovations' and 'Development, Emergence and Finance', approached from a political economy perspective. The center brings together 57 people including 27 researchers and 21 PhD students, organized around international economic integration and governance issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programme Doctoral Doctoral program supporting PhD candidates in economics within the research unit, currently hosting 21 PhD students.
• Masters Master's level academic programs affiliated with the research center's areas of expertise in economics and political economy.
• Cahiers de recherche du Creg Research working papers and publications documenting the center's academic research outputs, distributed through the HAL open-access repository.
• Notes et analyses du Creg sur la crise du Covid-19 Policy notes and analyses addressing the economic dimensions of the Covid-19 crisis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Regular publication of Cahiers de recherche (research working papers)
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Integration10 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GAEL (Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating economics and social sciences laboratory on the Grenoble Campus. CREG works alongside GAEL and PACTE as part of the University pole for social sciences.
• PACTE (Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Sociales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating social sciences laboratory on the Grenoble Campus within the University pole for social sciences.
• Association Tiers Monde (ATM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCREG organizes the XLIIèmes Journées du développement with ATM, focusing on development economics and North-South relations.
• SFR Innovacs (Innovation, Connaissances et Société)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederative Research Structure bringing together 15 laboratories in social sciences and engineering sciences to work on innovation research questions. CREG contact persons: Bruno Lamotte and Virginie Jacquier-Roux.
• SFR Territoire en réseauxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederative Research Structure associating Grenoble laboratories on 'Territoires' theme. CREG contact: Catherine Figuière.
• GEMDEV (Groupement d'Intérêt Public)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research network. CREG representative: Catherine Figuière.
• MSH-Alpes (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme-Alpes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructure supporting and structuring research in humanities and social sciences on the Grenoble site.
• Alliance ATHENAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Alliance for Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics, coordinating national research programming.
• Université Grenoble AlpescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution providing institutional support and infrastructure for the research unit.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research): A leading European economics research institute producing working papers, policy reports, and maintaining active research programs. Comparable to CREG in international research orientation, policy engagement, and academic output structure.
• CEPII (Centre d'Études Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales): France's leading international economics research center producing working papers, policy briefs, and databases on global economic issues. Closely comparable to CREG's focus on international economic integration and political economy of globalization.
• CEPREMAP: A French economics research center dedicated to empirical and theoretical research on economic policy. Comparable to CREG in producing working papers, organizing seminars, and engaging in policy-oriented research within a public research framework.
• CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research): A leading international network of academic economists that produces working papers, organizes conferences, and shapes policy debates. CREG engages in similar activities (working papers, conferences, policy notes) within a university setting, making it a directly comparable economics research unit.
• PACTE (Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Sociales): A social sciences research laboratory at Université Grenoble Alpes that collaborates with CREG as part of the university's social sciences pole. PACTE's research on political economy, governance, and territorial dynamics directly overlaps with CREG's research themes.
• GAEL (Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble): A fellow economics and social sciences laboratory at Université Grenoble Alpes with which CREG directly collaborates on the Grenoble campus. GAEL shares CREG's institutional setting, research focus on applied economics, and doctoral training programs.
• OFCE (French Economic Observatory): Sciences Po's economics research center producing policy notes, working papers, and forecasts on French and European economic issues. CREG operates as a smaller-scale analog with similar outputs (policy notes on Covid-19, working papers, international research programs).
• Toulouse School of Economics (TSE): A major French university-affiliated economics research center producing working papers, hosting conferences, and training PhD students. TSE shares CREG's model of integrating theoretical political economy approaches with empirical work, though at much larger scale.
• Paris School of Economics (PSE): One of Europe's largest economics research and teaching centers, bringing together university research labs (CNRS, EHESS, etc.) producing working papers and policy research. CREG's model of a university-affiliated economics research unit with theoretical and applied work closely mirrors PSE's structure.

Broad incumbents

• LSE (London School of Economics) - Department of Economics: A much larger, globally prominent economics research and teaching institution. While operating at vastly greater scale, LSE's structure of producing working papers, hosting seminars, training PhD students, and engaging in policy research makes it a broad incumbent reference point for CREG's model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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