SIPACTE Research Chair

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The SIPACTE Chair is funded under the SIRIUS programme (2021-2029), certified as an Initiative of Excellence in Lorraine and supported by the French National Research Agency. Led by the ERPI laboratory at the University of Lorraine, it draws on the Deep Change Lab and 4 Stakeholders Health (4SH) components of the UNYS consortium, which brings together the University of Lorraine, the CHRU, the CNRS, INRAE, INSERM, INRIA, AgroParisTech and Georgia Tech Europe.

SIPACTE Research Chair (2025 - 2029)

General objective of the Chair

In line with SIRIUS’ ambition, the general objective of the SIPACTE Chair is to acculturate public actors to innovation in order to promote the deployment of PPP (public-private-population) collaborations. It aims to develop a theoretical and methodological framework to support internal transformations, unite the UNYS ecosystem around new cooperation practices, and assess the impact of activities carried out in the territories.

Scientific objectives

  • Observe and analyse the public innovation mechanisms deployed within the Deep Change Lab and the 4SH component in order to document their effects, levers and limitations from a research perspective.
  • Build multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological frameworks to understand public innovation as a multi-level system, ranging from individuals to territorial ecosystems;
  • Develop forward-looking approaches that question the digital and societal organisational transformations that are reconfiguring innovation practices in public institutions.

Operational objectives

  • Propose tools and methods for evaluating public innovation initiatives carried out as part of the Deep Change Lab and 4SH programmes (diagnostics, analytical frameworks, impact indicators);
  • Support the Deep Change Lab and 4SH federation teams in designing, monitoring and improving their innovation mechanisms (training, methodological support, structured feedback);
  • Structure an action research offering for UNYS member institutions and partners in the Lorraine region (project support, experimentation with new cooperation practices, capitalisation on existing initiatives);
  • Develop educational resources and training programmes (modules, workshops, certification formats) to disseminate the Chair’s findings to staff, students and public actors in the regions;
  • Establish a scientific outreach programme (master’s internships, theses, post-doctoral studies, scientific conferences, summer schools) to nurture and structure a research network on public innovation at the University of Lorraine and the Lorraine research site.

Areas of focus for the Chair project

Axis 1 – Observation, evaluation and action research on public innovation mechanisms
Analysis of the actions deployed by the Deep Change Lab and 4SH innovation spaces, in order to identify the effects, levers and obstacles of public innovation initiatives and to formalise transferable theoretical and methodological frameworks.

Axis 2 – Multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks and prospective analysis
Construction of analytical frameworks combining innovation sciences, social sciences and management sciences to understand public innovation as a multi-level system, while examining the digital, organisational and societal transformations affecting public institutions.

Axis 3 – Knowledge transfer and educational engineering
Translation of research results into training and support mechanisms (master’s modules, professional training courses, resources for public officials) in order to support skills development and the dissemination of a culture of innovation within organisations and across regions.

Axis 4 – Regional roots and collaborations with public actors
Developing collaborations with public innovation initiatives and programmes in the region (ASTERIE project, DITP, Grand Est public innovation laboratory network, La Synchro, etc.) in order to compare the Chair’s work with practices in the field.

 

Scientific leaders:

  • Manon Enjolras
  • Ferney Osorio

Researchers involved:

  • Benoist Blanchard
  • Laure Morel
  • Marcos Medina-Tabares

– For more information about the IMPACT Chair, its work and events, please contact Benoist BLANCHARD in the first instance.