{"id":130,"date":"2021-12-08T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mesopolhis.frparteja.net\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:35:28","slug":"the-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/en\/the-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"The laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/en\/\">Home<\/a> \u00bbThe laboratory<\/nav><h1>\n\t\tThe laboratory\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<h3>The Centre m\u00e9diterran\u00e9en de sociologie, de science politique et d'histoire (MESOPOLHIS) is a multidisciplinary social science unit created in January 2021 under the triple supervision of Aix-Marseille University, Sciences Po Aix and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.<\/h3>\n<h3>The result of the merger of LAMES (UMR 7305) and CHERPA (EA 4261), MESOPOLHIS now occupies a unique position in the regional and national scientific environment. It brings together researchers and teacher-researchers from several social science disciplines, mainly sociology, political science and history, but also anthropology, demography, geography and urban planning.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/labo-square.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean House of Human Sciences\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"MMSH\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMediterranean House of Human Sciences\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Mesopolhis-01-square.jpg\" alt=\"Espace Philippe Seguin\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" title=\"EPS\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEspace Philippe Seguin\n\t<h3>Mesopolhis' research focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on the Euro-Mediterranean area and extends beyond. Using a controlled interdisciplinary approach, our work focuses on the transnational and historical dimension of changes in contemporary societies, giving priority to the long term wherever possible. In particular, we focus on the changes affecting institutional structures and the spatial and cultural dynamics of social worlds. We use investigative methods that accurately document knowledge of the social and political spheres, based on empirical, spatialised and longitudinal approaches to the objects of investigation and reflection. We also seek to deepen the epistemological and interdisciplinary dimensions of our work, both qualitative and quantitative, with a particular focus on the place of images in social science research and writing.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPractical guide to Mesopolhis\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n<h4>Since January 2024, the new management of MESOPOLHIS is composed of :<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Nicolas BADALASSI (ScPo Aix): Unit Director<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Magali NONJON (ScPo Aix): Deputy Unit Director<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Ariane RICHARD-BOSSEZ (AMU): Deputy Unit Director<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Organigramme_general_2025_Novembre-MESOPOLHIS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur organisation chart (November 2025)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mesopolhis.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_0017-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0017\" height=\"768\" width=\"1024\" title=\"IMG_0017\" \/>\n<h1>\n\t\tHistory of the laboratory\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>January 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mesopolhis General Meeting with the laboratory's new management team, comprising Nicolas Badalassi (DU), Magali Nonjon (DUA) and Ariane Richard-Bossez (DUA)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>February 2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Launch of the new website<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>23 and 24 September 2021<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Launch of the unit's first doctoral conference\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>17 March 2021<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First defence of a doctoral thesis at Mesopolhis (Marie Filippi), \u00ab <i>Involving local residents and users: an experiment in participatory engineering in the Castellane district of Marseilles\u00a0<\/i>\u00bbunder the direction of Sylvie Mazzella<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>19 February 2021<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>General Meeting and election of co-directors, Professors Marc Bernardot and Mohamed Tozy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>January 2021<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Researchers from LAMES (UMR 7305, Aix-Marseille Univ-CNRS) and a large part of those from CHERPA (EA 4261, Sciences Po Aix) have come together, on the basis of thematic and methodological convergence, to form our new UMR : <b>MESOPOLHIS<\/b> (Centre <b>me<\/b>diterranean <b>so<\/b>ciology, science <b>pol<\/b>itics and\u2019<b>his<\/b>toire), located on both the MMSH and Sciences Po Aix sites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>September 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Validation AGM<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>April 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Project 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