The CERAG

The CERAG laboratory is organized into four research areas, in line with the IDEX UGA project and the Grenoble ecosystem: FIRMES, ORITA, TERRES, and TRECS. Through these areas, we address the management challenges facing our society: risks and resilience, adaptation and incentives for socially responsible behavior, innovation, and complex transitions. We address these contemporary issues through research focusing on markets, organizations, individual and collective behavior, and management tools.

Our team consists of two co-directors, Bérangère Deschamps and Annick Valette, a manager, an administrative and financial director, and a communications director. We are supported by a 13-member laboratory advisory board.

We uphold the following values:

• Adherence to the standards of scientific practice. Researchers have a responsibility to produce and disseminate knowledge based on rigorous research methods that comply with the standards of their field. These standards form the basis of their freedom of expression.
• Recognition of scientific contributions in all their forms. Peer-reviewed publications are important as a means of certifying the quality of research and are essential for the dissemination of knowledge, but they cannot be the sole criterion for evaluating the work of researchers. Scientific contributions must be assessed holistically, in conjunction with teaching and socio-economic partners.
• Research rooted in major societal issues. Management sciences must address the major challenges posed by economic, ecological, and digital transitions. As disciplines dedicated to the study of purposeful collective action, they can take the lead in and support the changes our society is undergoing. Transdisciplinary collaborations are a key driver for addressing these new challenges.
• Research that respects individuals. Encouraging and supporting research activities, as outlined in the regulations governing faculty members, must be done in a manner that respectseach individual’s working conditions, living conditions, and career progression.

Like any social actor, we believe that the laboratory has a responsibility and must be an active participant in the ecological transition. That is why we are part of the Labo 1.5 collective. We have been calculating our greenhouse gas emissions since 2022, and we have collectively drafted a charter of commitment and voted on measures to reduce the laboratory’s carbon footprint.

We are committed to supporting researchers in their professional development. We place a strong emphasis on sharing best practices and promoting our colleagues’ research. In this way, we aim to make CERAG a socially responsible, dynamic, and welcoming workplace dedicated to the sharing and advancement of knowledge.

Bérangère Deschamps and Annick Valette
Directors of CERAG

• Bérangère DESCHAMPS
  Co-Director of the CERAG Laboratory
• Annick VALETTE
  Co-Director of the CERAG Laboratory
• Jérôme BARONA
  Administrative and Financial Manager
• Camille GEOURJON
  Communications Officer
• Ismaël BAH
  Assistant for Administrative and Financial Management