Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon

What Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon does

The Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon (MSH Dijon) is a public research support unit designated as UAR 3516, jointly operated by France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Université de Bourgogne. It serves as the regional research infrastructure for Social Sciences and Humanities (SHS) in the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region, providing coordinated support services to academic researchers, PhD students, and associated laboratories including IREDU and CREDIMI. The institution is part of the national RNMSH (Réseau National des Maisons des Sciences de l'Homme) network and coordinates the Fédération des MSH de Bourgogne et de Franche-Comté.

MSH Dijon's core technological infrastructure is the Plateforme Humanités Numériques (Digital Humanities Platform), comprising five specialized service platforms: ADN (Archives-Documentation-Numérisation) for digitization, GEOBFC (Géomatique Bourgogne Franche-Comté) for spatial analysis, PUDD (Plateforme Universitaire de Données de Dijon) for research data management, PANDOR for digital archives and research data publication, and PREO (Pépinière de Revues en Open Access) for open access journal hosting. The institution also operates the HAL open archive collection (MSHD) and maintains research dissemination channels including Hypothèses.org blogs, YouTube, and Twitter. Its Living Lab Territorial pour la Transition Écologique, created in October 2018, employs participatory research methodologies to engage institutional, associative, and citizen actors on socio-ecological transition issues.

The institution's business model is non-commercial and entirely publicly funded. Core operations are sustained through institutional funding from CNRS and Université de Bourgogne, supplemented by competitive research grants from agencies including ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), ADEME, the Ministère de la Transition Écologique, and the Ministère de la Culture. All services are provided free of charge to affiliated researchers and partner institutions. Revenue is structured as recurring institutional allocations rather than transactional pricing. The institution maintains a lean operational headcount of 11 employees while coordinating a broader ecosystem of affiliated academic researchers, doctoral students, and partner laboratories.

Name

Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon

Legal name

Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon

Website

https://msh-dijon.u-bourgogne.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MSH Dijon is a CNRS and Université de Bourgogne public research unit (UAR 3516) providing digital humanities infrastructure, participatory Living Lab research platforms, and coordination services to social sciences researchers across the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region of France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Research Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with National Laboratories/Big Science Facilities (EDAHAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAI), Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships) (EDAIABAC)

Keywords

• Research infrastructure services
• Digital humanities platforms
• Open access publishing
• Social sciences research
• Geomatics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: MSH Dijon operates as a public research infrastructure (UAR 3516) funded by CNRS and Université de Bourgogne. The institution receives government funding for research support services, platform operations, and scientific coordination.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Dijon (MSH Dijon) is a public research infrastructure (UAR 3516) jointly operated by CNRS and Université de Bourgogne that provides research support services to Social Sciences and Humanities (SHS) researchers in the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region. The institution operates specialized digital humanities platforms (ADN for digitization, GEOBFC for geomatics, PUDD for data management), open access publication repositories (PANDOR, PREO, HAL), and facilitates interdisciplinary research programs including the Living Lab Territorial pour la Transition Écologique.

Product overview

MSH Dijon operates as a multi-platform research infrastructure supporting humanities and social sciences. The institution provides a unified ecosystem of digital services comprising: PANDOR for digital archives and research data; PREO for open access journal publishing; the HAL open archive repository; three specialized technological platforms (ADN for digitization, GEOBFC for geomatic services, and PUDD for data management); and the Living Lab Territorial research group for participatory ecological transition research. These platforms work together to support the complete research lifecycle from digitization and data management to publication and public engagement.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• PANDOR (Portail Archives Numériques et Données de la Recherche) Digital archives portal providing access to digitized academic collections and research data for humanities and social sciences researchers.
• PREO (Pépinière de Revues en Open Access) Seedbed for open access journals supporting the electronic publishing of humanities and social sciences journals.
• HAL MSH Dijon (Archive ouverte) Open archive repository collecting and preserving scientific publications from MSH Dijon affiliated researchers.
• ADN (Archives-Documentation-Numérisation) Archives, documentation and digitization platform providing digital humanities services including digitization of research materials for researchers.
• GEOBFC (Géomatique Bourgogne Franche-Comté) Geomatic platform serving the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region, providing spatial data analysis and geographic information services for academic research.
• PUDD (Plateforme Universitaire de Données de Dijon) University data platform providing data management and analysis services for academic research.
• Living Lab Territorial pour la Transition Écologique (LTTE) Transdisciplinary research program focused on participatory research methodologies for ecological and social transition, engaging institutional, associative, and citizen actors in territorial transformation projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Living Lab Territorial pour la Transition Écologique operational since October 2018 with multiple ongoing research programs
• +1 more outcomes

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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

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

• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSH Dijon operates as UAR 3516 under CNRS and Université de Bourgogne. CNRS is the primary institutional partner providing research framework and funding support to the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.
• Université de BourgognecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-operator of UAR 3516 alongside CNRS. The university provides institutional framework, research facilities, and academic integration for MSH Dijon's activities.
• RNMSH (Réseau National des MSH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Network of MSH institutions. MSH Dijon participates in federated actions including the 'Sports et Société' scientific action and other national research initiatives.
• DREAL BFC (Direction Régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement de Bourgogne Franche-Comté)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the 'BFC en transition' program under the Living Lab Territorial pour la Transition Écologique. DREAL BFC initiated the regional transition program through the Commissariat Général au Développement Durable.
• Conseil Régional Bourgogne Franche-ComtémajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional council providing support for the 'Village du Futur' device aimed at rural revitalization and dynamization. MSH Dijon provides academic expertise and participatory research methodology.
• Living Lab 'le Dôme' (Caen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating living lab for the TETHYS hydrogen energy transition program, enabling knowledge exchange on participatory democracy in technical transitions.
• IREDU (Institut de Recherche sur l'Enseignement Supérieur et la Recherche en Éducation et en Formation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch laboratory providing coordination for the 'Sports et Société' thematic group through researcher Carine Erard (MCU-HDR).
• CREDIMI (Centre de Recherche sur la Différenciation et l'Intégration Multimodales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch laboratory providing coordination for the 'Sports et Société' thematic group through researcher David Jacotot (PU).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• OpenEdition: French national open access publishing platform for SHS journals and books; operates at a larger scale than MSH Dijon's PREO journal nursery but serves the same researcher community and open access publishing mission.
• Huma-Num (Consortium pour les Humanités Numériques): National-scale digital humanities infrastructure serving the same French SHS ecosystem as MSH Dijon's ADN, GEOBFC, and PUDD platforms; provides consortium-level services that regional MSHs either leverage or complement.
• DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities): European-level digital humanities research infrastructure addressing the same digital humanities tooling and open access needs as MSH Dijon, but at pan-European scale and with broader methodological scope.

Others

• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique): Parent institutional operator of MSH Dijon (UAR 3516); provides research framework, funding, and national coordination across the broader French research ecosystem including the RNMSH network.

Emerging players

• CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure): European research infrastructure for language resources and tools; overlaps with MSH Dijon's digital humanities mission in supporting computational social sciences and humanities text/data analysis.

Direct peers

• MSH Bordeaux: Another member of the RNMSH network operating as a regional SHS research infrastructure under CNRS and Université de Bordeaux; comparable role in coordinating laboratories, hosting digital humanities platforms, and supporting open access publishing.
• Le Dôme (Living Lab Caen): Direct peer Living Lab partnering with MSH Dijon on the TETHYS hydrogen transition program; both employ participatory research methodologies bridging academic and territorial stakeholders.
• Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris: Direct peer within the national RNMSH network; both operate as UAR research support units providing digital humanities infrastructure, research coordination, and open access publishing services to SHS researchers in their respective regions.
• MSH Lyon Saint-Étienne: CNRS-affiliated UAR serving SHS researchers in the Lyon-Saint-Étienne region under the same national MSH network; offers comparable digital humanities services, research support, and event programming to a similar academic community.
• MSH-Alpes (Grenoble): CNRS-affiliated UAR serving the Grenoble-Alpes region with parallel mission of SHS research support, digital humanities infrastructure, and interdisciplinary coordination within the same national MSH network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MSHDijon
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCS4sTkHhbyWNewON2sOdbJA/featured?view_as=subscriber
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maison-des-sciences-de-l-homme-de-dijon

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