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Jan 31, 2022

Call for papers on liv­ing labs: tools for transitions Call for papers on living labs: tools for transitions

Geneviève Bar­il, co-direc­tor of Cité-ID, co-orga­nizes the sym­po­sium ” Liv­ing lab­o­ra­to­ries and oth­er labs, tools for tran­si­tions ” to dis­cuss the rel­e­vance of liv­ing labs or oth­er third places that inte­grate mul­ti-stake­hold­er approach­es and users’ needs at the next ACFAS con­gress. The objec­tive of the sym­po­sium is to draw lessons and learn­ings to explore the poten­tial of labs as tools for man­ag­ing tran­si­tions towards a more sus­tain­able and resilient future. The sym­po­sium will take place on May 11 and 12, 2021 as part of the 89th Acfas Con­gress. It is co-orga­nized by Steve Jon­coux, Arnaud Scaillerez, Geneviève Bar­il, Jacques A. De Guise, Danielle Lafontaine, David Gui­mont and Ann-Louise David­son. Sub­mit a pro­pos­al before Feb­ru­ary 10, 2022 by click­ing on the link below, Col­loque ACFAS 637_​Appel à communication.pdf — Google Drive...

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Jan 25, 2022

The rich­ness of a doc­tor­ate in cri­sis management The richness of a doctorate in crisis management

For his PhD, Daniel Fran­coeur was inter­est­ed in the detec­tion of weak sig­nals through his doc­tor­al the­sis: ​“Pre­ven­tion and mit­i­ga­tion of crises based on the attri­bu­tion of mean­ing to weak sig­nals: the dynam­ic orga­ni­za­tion­al capac­i­ty for detec­tion and ampli­fi­ca­tion of weak sig­nals”. His objec­tive: to under­stand how pub­lic orga­ni­za­tions man­age to detect dan­ger signs and pre­vent cer­tain crises and why cer­tain orga­ni­za­tions do not devel­op this capac­i­ty. Daniel Fran­coeur recounts the lessons he learned from his doc­tor­al jour­ney ​“I went look­ing for knowl­edge and also I devel­oped a work­ing method that allows me to be effec­tive and effi­cient in com­plex files. » Watch this exchange between Daniel Fran­coeur and his the­sis direc­tor, Marie-Chris­tine Ther­rien, pro­fes­sor at ENAP and direc­tor of Cité-ID: ...

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