Introduction
Environmental topics concerning sustainable development and CSR are central to research at Dauphine, which is committed to tackling the major societal challenges of the 21st century. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary Dauphine Durable program, which was put in place by Université Paris Dauphine – PSL as part of its social responsibility policy, aimed at developing strategic initiatives within the university community concerning the Sustainable Development Objectives set by the United Nations, as well as environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
The Dauphine Durable program must foster the development of multidisciplinary and inter-disciplinary research on these issues, by forging links between various laboratories. For Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, it is also a matter of asserting its position as a responsible university and helping to develop international projects on these topics.
The program is led by a Steering Committee made up of Dauphine research professors. Isabelle Catto, Anna Creti, Georges Decocq, Frédérique Déjean, Ivar Ekeland, Dominique Méda, Arnaud Mias, Stéphanie Monjon, Cécile Murat, Élise Penalva-Icher, Véronique Perret, and Christine Vicens.
Dauphine Durable Research Seminar
Sustainability - Organizational and decision-making methods in the face of environmental, social and democratic challenges
In order to initiate and support the development of an interdisciplinary and inter-laboratory dialogue on these issues within the University, a research seminar on “Sustainability” was set up in September 2022.
From the 1987 Brundtland Report to the report published by France Stratégie in May 2022, the concept of sustainability is proving to be a hybrid one – both in France and at an international level – that encompasses both science and public action.
Based on the idea of the limitations of our environment, it is usually associated with a development model that is able to meet the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It discusses the qualities of resilience and durability of productive organization methods.
By understanding this concept in a plural sense, this seminar aims to question the organizational and decision-making methods with regard to their environmental, economic, financial, social and democratic sustainability.
This research seminar, which is part of the Dauphine Durable program, aims to promote research into sustainability issues, research that is conducted within Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, a leading institution within organizational sciences and decision-making, and thus contribute to the efforts to generate and disseminate knowledge in this field.
Research mapping
Université Paris Dauphine – PSL is working to compile a shared database of all Dauphine-based research on these issues
This work aims to promote the development of multidisciplinary research by connecting research professors and researchers.
This project, which will be completed during the course of 2023, has the following objectives:
- Improve the University's knowledge on these topics and increase their visibility;
- Link up and promote the development of multidisciplinary research, connecting Dauphine – PSL's various different laboratories;
- Produce clear reporting to comply with certification requirements and the many processes the University is engaged in: DD/RS certification, EQUIS, FNEGE Environmental Transition Observatory, Pour un réveil écologique (“For an environmental wake-up call”), etc.
11 Chairs Business
These chairs deal with the areas of ethics, social responsibility, and sustainable development. They are supported or hosted by the University, and help to sustain research topics and courses, and they enable the funding of dissertations. They therefore contribute to the support of scientific output and boost our University's visibility.
