LIP/PC2S (UGA & USMB)

What LIP/PC2S (UGA & USMB) does

LIP/PC2S (Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie, Personnalité, Cognition et Changement Social) is a French public university psychology research laboratory jointly operated by Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) and Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), with campuses in Gières/Grenoble and Chambéry. Founded circa 2005 and led by Laurent Bègue-Shankland, the lab organizes research across four axes: clinical psychology and cognitive processes, work psychology and organizational risk, social cognition, and prevention/health. It employs approximately 5 core staff and a broader network of affiliated researchers, and does not operate as a commercial entity.

The lab's core technical outputs include the DynEmo database — a corpus of spontaneous and dynamic facial expressions of emotions developed by Anna Tcherkassof — the Oudjat annotation tool that supports facial expression research, connectionist neural network models for social psychology simulations built by Thierry Bollon, and nutrition research databases (CaNAFF, Food-Cal). Its research has been published in top-tier journals including Nature Human Behaviour and Nature Communications in 2025, and it maintains ongoing partnerships with Gipsa-lab, LPNC, and ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche).

The lab is funded through French public university allocations from UGA and USMB, government research grants from ANR, and project-based funding mechanisms. It does not operate a commercial revenue model, charge for its products, or maintain distribution channels. Its primary "customers" are the academic research community — doctoral students, peer researchers, and international collaborators — who consume its outputs through publications, open databases, conferences, and seminars. Given its non-commercial posture, LIP/PC2S is not a typical investment target but rather a publicly funded research institution whose value lies in scientific output and human capital development.

Name

LIP/PC2S (UGA & USMB)

Legal name

Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie

Website

https://lippc2s.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LIP/PC2S is a publicly funded French university psychology research laboratory jointly operated by Université Grenoble Alpes and Université Savoie Mont Blanc, conducting studies in clinical psychology, work psychology, social cognition, and prevention, and producing research databases and academic publications.

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Product category

Academic Psychology Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific & Laboratory Reference (Chemistry, Biology, Physics; Methods & Protocols) (EDAGAGAG)

Keywords

• Psychology research laboratory
• Academic research services
• Emotion research
• Work psychology research
• Social cognition studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

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 channels3 records

Core offering

LIP/PC2S is a university research laboratory that conducts scientific research in clinical psychology, work psychology, social cognition, and prevention. It produces peer-reviewed publications, trains doctoral researchers, and develops research resources including the DynEmo video database of spontaneous facial expressions, the Oudjat annotation tool, and food/nutrition research databases. The laboratory's outputs serve the academic research community through open scientific resources and collaborations.

Product overview

LIP/PC2S (Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie, Personnalité, Cognition et Changement Social) is a university research laboratory affiliated with Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) and Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). The laboratory does not operate as a commercial product company but produces scientific research, research databases, and methodological tools. Its primary 'products' include the DynEmo Database (a video database of natural dynamic facial expressions of emotions), the Oudjat annotation tool, connectionist neural network models for social psychology research, and various food/nutrition databases (CaNAFF and Food-Cal). The laboratory's outputs consist primarily of academic publications, theses, research collaborations, and open research resources rather than commercial software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• DynEmo Database A video database of natural dynamic facial expressions of emotions, comprising a corpus of spontaneous emotional facial expressions. Developed by Anna Tcherkassof and colleagues as a unique research resource for emotion research in psychology.
• Oudjat Annotation Tool A configurable and usable annotation tool developed for the study of facial expressions of emotion, supporting the DynEmo database research workflow.
• Connectionist Neural Network Models Specific connectionist architectures developed for social psychology situations, simulating the influence of social context on information processing. Developed by Thierry Bollon's research team at LIP/PC2S.
• CaNAFF Database A food-calorie database resource available through the laboratory's resources section, supporting research in nutrition and consumer psychology.
• Food-Cal Database A food-calories picture database developed for research purposes, supporting nutrition and food-related psychology studies.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain institutional partner and host university for the laboratory, providing core funding and infrastructure.
• Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary institutional partner hosting the Chambéry location of the laboratory.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale (LPS, Université Clermont Auvergne): A French social psychology laboratory whose research focus on social cognition, attitudes, and social influence overlaps directly with LIP/PC2S's social-cognition axis and Dominique Muller's work on priming.
• SCALab (Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives): CNRS-affiliated psychology laboratory in Lille covering the same research axes as LIP/PC2S: social cognition, emotion, and clinical psychology. A directly comparable French public psychology research unit on a similar structural model.
• CLLE (Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie): A CNRS-affiliated French laboratory studying cognition, language, and ergonomics, comparable to LIP/PC2S in its mix of fundamental psychology research and applied ergonomics/occupational health work.
• Gipsa-lab: A joint CNRS/UGA/INPG research unit specializing in signal, image, and control engineering. Co-partner on BrainGazeDynemo, providing the EEG/eye-tracking technical infrastructure that complements LIP/PC2S's behavioral emotion research.
• LPNC (Laboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition): A Grenoble-based UGA/USMB psychology and neurocognition laboratory that is already a formal collaborating partner on the BrainGazeDynemo project. Operates in the same institutional ecosystem with overlapping methods in social cognition and emotion research.
• LaPsyDÉ (Laboratoire de Psychologie et d'Éducation): CNRS-affiliated laboratory in Paris-Sud focused on social cognition, emotion, and developmental psychology. Comparable in scale and academic mission to LIP/PC2S, with similar research themes in non-verbal communication and emotion.
• Institute of Psychology, Université de Lausanne: Swiss psychology research institute with strong programs in social cognition and emotion research. A neighboring European academic institution of comparable scope and prestige doing similar psychology research.

Emerging players

• Affectiva: An emotion-recognition technology company that commercializes facial expression analysis for industry. Represents the commercial translation of the same emotion-research domain LIP/PC2S studies via the DynEmo corpus.

Broad incumbents

• INRS (Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité): French national research and safety institute covering occupational health and prevention, which overlaps with LIP/PC2S's work psychology axis. A larger institutional actor in closely related prevention research.

Regional players

• Psychology Department, Universiteit van Amsterdam: A leading European psychology department with strong programs in work and organizational psychology and clinical psychology. Comparable in research breadth but serves a different national market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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