Project

1. “Measuring nudges’ efficacy on energy consumption : a field experiment in companies”

• • • Project co-designer: C. Charlier and A. Kirakozian.

    • Project leader: C. Charlier.

    • Funding: Project supported by the French government, through the UCAJEDI Investments in the Future project managed by the National Research Agency (ANR) with reference number ANR-15-IDEX-01

    • Project amount: 10 000 €

    • Abstract: This project measures the relevance of three different types of nudges on the energy consumption of employees in fifty companies. We used the results to analyze which nudges the effectiveness of different nudges on employees energy comsumption. The field trial lasted for 12 weeks. This work is under review in Energy Journal.

2. “Sustainable and inclusive mobility” 

• Project designer : S. Lambrecht

• Project leader : S. Lambrecht

• Funding: Contrat Plan Etat-Région ELSAT 2020

• Abstract: This project studies the determinants of mobility choice. We built a database from a regional mobility survey to identify commuting choices of households. This database was completed by remotely interrogating a server which calculates the routes, the time associated with each route, the cost and the pollution associated with it. The database is now constructed and we are in the phase of analyzing the data.

3. “Sustainable mobility on ‘home to work’ commuting: nudges vs. financial incentive, a field experiment in Hauts-de-France companies”. 

• Project designer: A. Kirakozian

• Project leader: A. Fournier

• Funding: AAP régional HdF - STIMULE 

• Project amount: 400 000€

• Abstract: This project aims to measure the effect of different programs (financial incentive - reward- vs. non-financial incentive - nudge-) on the choice of an alternative transport mode to the car. The field experiment will be conducted with a hundred companies from Hauts-de-France region and public bodies for 14 months. The aim is to test the effect of these public policies on modal choices. We plan to build two survey. An ex-ante to identify employees’ preferences before participating to the experiment and one ex-post to analyze changes in behaviors once the policy has been implemented. The experiment starts on March 1, 2020.

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4. “Conditions for the emergence of a territorial and collaborative forest-based bioeconomy (DOMINOS)”

• Project leader : J. Lenglet, M. Rivière and M. Arnould (AgroParisTech)

• Project contributors : T. Beaussier (ARMINES), A. Sergent and F. Barataud (INRAE), J. Benhedi and A. Daval (La vignotte Lab), M. Enjolras and A. Kirakozian (Université de Lorraine), J. Chesnel (Federation of Regional Natural Parks of France)

• Funding : GRAINE program of call projects of ADEME’s (French Ecological Transition Agency)

• Project amount : 235 000€ - 60 000€ for my task and UL

• Abstract: This project aims to identify the conditions necessary for the emergence of a concerted bioeconomy (BE) based on forest resources at the territorial level. This question will be addressed from four angles : the conceptualization of the BE at different scales, the way in which the latter is perceived by the stakeholders in the territories, the identification of the political, institutional and economic levers allowing a transition towards territorialized bioeconomic systems. In addition, it will involve the co-construction of a method for the operational support of groups of actors towards participatory forest planning methods geared towards BE. These objectives will be addressed at several levels : national, territorial, individual.

5. “Pro-Environmental Behaviours and attitudes towards FORest ecosystem services provision and threats related to climate change (FOR-PEB)”

• Project leader : M. Rivière (AgroParisTech)

• Project contributors : A. Kirakozian (Université de Lorraine)

• Funding : DHDA program of “Territories of Innovation” call projects. 

• Project amount : 230 000€

• Abstract: This project aims to develop theoretical and empirical knowledge on the way in which citizens perceive the services provided by forest areas and the climatic risks weighing on them. In addition, it will identify the socio-economic, cognitive and psychological determinants of individuals’ expectations how forests are managed. In doing so, the project contributes to a better understanding of societal expectations in the development and implementation of forest and territorial policies aimed at the emergence of the bioeconomy.

6. “A SOciety of Reuse and RecYcLing ? (SORRYL)”

• Project leader : J-B. Bahers (Université de Nantes), M. Durand (Université du Mans), N. Lazaric (Université Côte d’Azur), L. Rocher (Université de Lyon), Y-P. Tastevin (UCAS)

• Project contributors : O. Brette, E. Cossart, R.Garcier and L. Rocher (Université de Lyon); D. Florentin (PSL) ; B. Florin, D.Violeau, F. Troin (Université de Tours) ; A. Kirakozian (Université de Lorraine) ; A. Pierrat (Université du Mans) ; B. Monsaingeon and D. Roux (Université de Reims)

• Funding : PEPR call from the National Research Agency (ANR)

• Project amount : 1 200 000€ - 248 000€ for my task and UL

• Abstract: Waste management and recycling is a major concern for moving towards a ’truly’ circular economy. There are many technological challenges to successfully develop packaging that can be reused, to improve the recyclability of products or the incorporation of recycled materials. However, these issues will only remain theoretical if fundamental processus are not carried out on the management of waste in our societies, on the relationship to materiality that its existence induces or if the methods of consumption are not questioned. The relationship of waste to society and to the individuals who make it up, the way in which public policies deal with these issues, the territorial structuring of industrial sectors, are all questions on which the social sciences can build knowledge. How, in the contemporary world, in the face of the imperatives of sustainable development, does waste circulate or should it circulate ? What is the environmental, ethical, economic, social importance and significance of waste circulation? A solution will be to mobilise scientific literature on the political economy of urban production and on large technical networks, political and territorial ecology, consumer behaviour, new business models, ethical, moral and political issues on waste, this project allows us to question the socio-technical, socio-economic and socio-political evolutions of waste management, including reuse and recycling.

7. “Household waste”

• Project leader : L. Barna and P. Guiraud (INSA Toulouse), Y. Chalamet (UJM Saint-Etienne), M. Durand (Université du Mans), A. Kirakozian (Université de Lorraine) N. Lazaric (Université Côte d’Azur),

• Project contributors: S. Bacconnier(Université du Mans); L. Montastruc, S. Negnyand, C. Azzaro-Pantel (INP Toulouse) ; C. Vienne, M. Costin, J. Rathore and J. Escoda (Université Paris-Saclay) ; A. De Ryck, A. Chamayou, R. Calvet, P. Accart, S. Del Confetto, L. Devriendt, S. Patry and J-M. Sabathier (IMT Albi) ; O. Brette (Université de Lyon) ; P. Zeppini and M. Pezzoni (Université Côte d’Azur), P. Guiraud (INSA Toulouse), N. Arfaoui (Université Catholique de Lyon)

• Funding : PEPR call from the National Research Agency (ANR)

• Project amount : 1 000 000€ - 195 000€ for my task and UL

• Abstract : “Household waste” project identifies scientific questions to be further addressed as key elements towards achieving the objectives of PEPR program. The project addresses particularly the recycling and the recyclability of household wastes through technological and socio-economical levers and how to improve the recycling scheme as well as to improve the recyclability. Technical solutions alone are far fromsufficient to solve recycling issues. Socio-economic dimensions are here critical in order to have a better understanding of household behavior in the face of new technology, a new waste collection system, social norms as well as environmental regulations on packaging. The global objective is to acquire the necessary knowledge to improve the recycling and the use of household waste on the whole value chain, from their collection to their treatment and recycling and valorization and/or elimination of the ultimate wastes (waste from waste treatment). The project is structured in five operational WPs, addressing aspects related to the material circularity, environmental impacts, the economics of existing and future value chains, the impacts on local communities and authorities, and on territorial organizations, and behavioral studies of populations and different stakeholders.