AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY

 

INSTITUTE ON CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIONS OF AIX-MARSEILLE (InCIAM)

Call for applications for 3 doctoral contracts by the Institute on Creativity and Innovations of Aix-Marseille (InCIAM)
(2023-2026)

As part of its deployment, the Institute on Creativity and Innovations of Aix-Marseille (InCIAM), launches a call for applications for the recruitment of two doctoral students who will be funded by this Institute for the years 2023-2026.

The two doctoral contracts are fixed-term, for a duration of 3 years and should start on October 1^st, 2023.

The response deadline is June 7^th, 2023.

 

Themes of the thesis projects

The research projects presented must be part of the InCIAM's themes (see Appendix A for a description). They will contribute to the understanding of the dynamics, factors and conditions that influence creative and innovation processes and / or the development of creative productions and innovations adapted to individuals and organizations. They will have to fall under one or more of the thematic axes and fields of application developed in the institute, namely:

1.    Creative and Innovation Processes

1.1. Epistemology and genetics of creative productions

1.2. Understanding and assisting creative and innovation processes

1.3. Analysis and support for creative and cultural industries

2.    Development of innovations

2.1. Health

2.2. Education

2.3. Work

Doctoral students will be hosted in a research unit reporting to InCIAM (see Appendix B). A co-direction is possible (even preferable depending on the theme) with a teacher-researcher or researcher from another research unit of the InCIAM. For the duration of the contract, the doctoral students will devote themselves mainly to their thesis work, but they may be given additional assignments, notably within the framework of the Institute (see Appendix E).

The theses can be prepared in the following doctoral schools:

• ED 62 - Life and Health Sciences
• ED 184 - Mathematics and Computer Science of Marseille
• ED 353 - Engineering Sciences
• ED 354 - Languages, Letters and Arts
• ED 355 - Spaces, Cultures, Societies
• ED 356 - Cognition, Language, Education
• ED 372 - Economic and Management Sciences

Evaluation criteria

The examination of the applications will focus on the quality of the academic file as well as on the quality of the doctoral project and its interest in relation to the research axes of the InCIAM.

The selection of candidates will be done in two phases: 1/ an eligibility phase (examination of written projects); 2/ an admission phase (audition of the candidates retained after the eligibility phase).

Admission requirements: possession of a master's degree or equivalent and, after the auditions, selection of the thesis projects retained by the jury with a view to financing the doctoral student by InCIAM.

Application form (electronic version only)

To apply for an InCIAM doctoral contract, the future doctoral student must:

·         hold a French or European master's degree or a degree from a country that has signed the Bologna Agreement. Students who hold a degree that does not correspond to the master's degree or students who hold a foreign degree must contact the doctoral school in relation to their field of study, which will determine whether a master's exemption is possible.

·         inform their Master 2 thesis director as well as the prospective thesis director(s) of their interest in applying for a doctoral contract,

·         to put together an application file that must include

• • the completed information form,
  • a curriculum vitae,
  • o transcripts of grades from the first and second year of the master's program (or equivalent diploma) or, if applicable, a certificate of grades from the person in charge of the program (if the grades from the second year are not yet available),
  • the thesis project (5 pages) outlining the general problematic, the theoretical and empirical supports, the general hypotheses, the methodology, the expected results, the possible expected spin-offs, and the bibliographical references (in appendix),
  • a letter of support from a teacher-researcher or researcher authorized to direct research, permanently attached to one of the research units of the InCIAM, and who will be designated as thesis director and, if necessary, from another teacher-researcher or researcher who will be designated as co-director of the thesis,
  • this letter must be accompanied by the favorable opinion of the director and/or deputy director of the research unit (or research units in the case of a co-direction involving two laboratories) that will host the future doctoral student.

Applications from outside the Aix-Marseille University are welcome.

After agreement of the research unit(s), the candidates must send their file by email to the InCIAM management which will contact them afterwards.

Course of the auditions

During the audition of the candidates, the oral presentation of the thesis project will not exceed 10 minutes. It will be followed by a question-and-answer session 15 minutes with the members of the jury.

The presentation will cover:

• the general presentation of the subject,
• the question(s) addressed in the thesis project and/or the problematic,
• the theories and paradigms used,
• the main working hypotheses,
• the implementation of the analysis and the planned methodology,
• the expected results (including publications and communications),
• the fundamental and applied perspectives,
• a work schedule for the three years of the doctoral contract.

As an indication, it is advised to limit the slide show to about 8 slides.

Schedule

The complete application file must be sent no later than Wednesday, June 7^th, 2023 at midnight (French time) to the following address

inciam-direction@univ-amu.fr

An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent electronically to the applicants.

Applicants will also be informed electronically of the follow-up of the recruitment procedure (eligibility and interview procedures).

The date of the auditions will be communicated at the end of the eligibility phase.

Estimated start of the contract: 01/10/2023.

Contact

For any further information, please contact us exclusively by email at:

agnes.lellouche-gounon@univ-amu.fr

ANNEX A

Presentation of InCIAM

The Institute Creativity and Innovations of Aix-Marseille (InCIAM) is an Institute of Establishment under article 38 of the statutes of Aix-Marseille University.

The "Institutes" bring together research teams from one or more units and master's or DESU / DU / CU programs, which are part of one or more components, and at the doctoral level to create a strong link around them. a shared theme, between education and research.

These Institutes are intended to promote and bring out interdisciplinary practices through new inter-unit and inter-component collaborations.

Their objectives are to train new generations of scientists, to increase the visibility and attractiveness of the Aix-Marseille site to students, teachers-researchers and researchers at the national and international levels and to assert its potential with socio-economic partners.

Project summary

Achieved alone or collectively, creativity - and the possible innovations that result from it - is an experiential and intellectual activity, taking place in individual or collective situations, whose societal repercussions are considerable or even major. From scientific discoveries to cultural creations to all the transformations of the everyday life of individuals (for example, communication methods, design and arts, fun activities, means of transport, health maintenance techniques), creativity is crucial for adaptation of the human being to his environment and, conversely, to the adaptation of the environment to the expectations and needs of the human being. It is often essential for the improvement of the living conditions and even the pleasure to live of the latter.

This Institute, focused on creativity and innovation, conducts research and training activities on these themes, whether learning to carry out creative activities in learning institutions and / or mobilizing creative skills in order to implement them as effectively as possible in work or health contexts, or in various technological and / or artistic contexts.

This Institute contributes to support an issue of scientific but also social progress. Creativity specialists collaborate with innovation specialists as well as specialists in the areas of application considered. These collaborations make it possible to understand a process starting from the emergence of ideas (with the aim of identifying the conditions that favor creativity) and continuing until the development and marketing of innovations. The fields of expertise of the members of the institute are thus combined and enriched because of the multidisciplinary approach developed.

Understanding the mechanisms and factors involved in creativity and innovation has tangible benefits in terms of methods and tools for helping creativity and methods of managing innovation. The knowledge resulting from this work is intended to be used to support the implementation of integrative approaches to creativity and innovation, leading to the development and implementation of innovations in the fields of health, education or work.

 

ANNEX B

Research units, reporting to InCIAM

Acronym	Laboratory	Direction	Referent
ADEF UR 4671	Laboratoire Apprentissage, Didactique, Évaluation, Formation	C. Poplimont	C. Poplimont
CGGG UMR 7304	Centre Gilles-Gaston Granger	P. Taranto	P. Taranto
CERGAM UR 4225	Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche en Gestion d’Aix Marseille	N. Richebé Adj : S. Amabile, V. Chauvet	S. Amabile
CIELAM UR 4235	Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude des littératures d’Aix-Marseille	T. Vigliano	J.-M. Quaranta
CRET-LOG UR 881	Centre de recherche sur le transport et la logistique	L. Livolsi	E. Kacioui-Maurin
C2VN UMR 1260, U1263 – INSERM - INRA	Centre de recherche en Cardiovasculaire et Nutrition	M.-C. Alessi	M.-C. Alessi B. Gaborit
IMSIC UR 4262	Institut méditerranéen des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication	M. Durampart, Univ. Toulon Adj : C. Pascual	C. Pascual M.-P. Fourquet-Courbet
LEST UMR 7317 – CNRS	Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail	T. Berthet Adj : X. Joutard, D. Mercier	L. Gastaldi
LIS UMR 7279 – CNRS	Laboratoire d'Informatique et Systèmes	F. Bechet	E. Tranvouez
LNC UMR 7260 – CNRS	Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives	T. Hasbroucq Adj : B. Alescio-Lautier, B. Burle	B. Alescio-Lautier
LPC UMR 7290 - CNRS	Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive	J. Ziegler	J. Ziegler/R. Mizzi
LPCPP UR 3278	Laboratoire de Psychologie Clinique, de Psychopathologie et de Psychanalyse	E. Bouteyre	G. Gimenez
LPL UMR 7309 – CNRS	Laboratoire Parole et Langage	C. Meunier Adj : S. Herment	C. Combe
LPS UR 849	Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale	V. Fointiat Adj : F. Girandola	F. Girandola
PRISM UMR 7061, CNRS, AMU et Ministère de la Culture	Perception, Représentations, Image, Son, Musique	S. Ystad Adj. : R. Adjiman	V. Tiffon
PSYCLE UR 3273	Centre de Recherche en Psychologie de la Connaissance, du Langage et de l’Émotion	N. Bonnardel Adj : B. Isableu	N. Bonnardel
VITROME AMU, IRD, IHU Méditerranée Infection, SSA	Equipe 6 :  Surveillance épidémiologique et moléculaire des maladies infectieuses	P.-E. Fournier	L. Pellegrin H. Chaudet

 

ANNEX C

Application document to be completed

ATTACHMENT RESEARCH UNITS

·         Name of research unit 1:

o   Name of the director and, if applicable, the deputy director of the research unit:

·         Name of research unit 2:

o   Nam Name of the director and, if applicable, the deputy director of the research unit:

CANDIDATE

·         Last name:

·         First name:

·         Date and place of birth:

·         Nationality:

·         Address:

·         Phone:

·         Email (s):

·         Master:

o   Dissertation subject:

o   Name of the University that awarded the master's degree:

o   Date of graduation

DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED

·         the completed information form,

·         a curriculum vitae,

·         transcripts of grades from the first and second year of the master's program (or equivalent diploma) or, if applicable, a certificate of grades from the person in charge of the program (if the grades from the second year are not yet available)

·         the thesis project (5 pages) outlining the general problematic, the theoretical and empirical supports, the general hypotheses, the methodology, the expected results, the possible expected spin-offs, and the bibliographical references (in appendix)

·         a letter of support from a teacher-researcher or researcher authorized to direct research, permanently attached to one of the research units of the InCIAM, and who will be designated as thesis director and, if necessary, from another teacher-researcher or researcher who will be designated as co-director of the thesis,

·         this letter must be accompanied by the favorable opinion of the director and/or deputy director of the research unit (or research units in the case of a co-direction involving two laboratories) that will host the future doctoral student.

ANNEX D

Laboratories	Axis 1 - Creative and Innovation Processes	Axis 2 - Innovation Development
PSYCLE	Analysis of the creative process in professionals, students and participants "from all walks of life" in order to understand the cognitive and emotional factors involved in creativity, in individual and collective situations, and to develop methods and support systems for creative activities.	Pedagogical innovations, HMI (human-machine interactions) and acceptability of innovative devices, creation of training programs and new devices to help creativity, support for patients and support for students and professionals.
LPC	Analysis of cognitive processes	Educational innovations and HMI
LPS	Analysis of psychosocial and sociocognitive processes in a collective creation situation (problem solving, etc.)	Social and behavioral innovations in the areas of prevention, information (information campaigns), public health, environment
LPCPP	Analysis of the creative process in artists and subjects suffering from psychosis; clinical and psychopathological analysis of creative processes through art and artistic mediation	Creation of new management systems (individual and group of patients) and therapeutic mediation; contribution to the development of adapted clinical approaches and devices mediated by art
LEST	Analysis of creative processes and innovation in different organizational contexts	Organizational, social, educational and digital innovations
CERGAM	Analyzes of innovation processes developed by actors in companies and by entrepreneurs	Educational and financial innovations as well as in digital and information systems management
CRET-LOG	Analyzes in extreme environments, organizational contexts of crisis, interfaces, resilience	Logistics innovations, new control systems, use of innovations (e.g. blockchain, analytics, big data ...)
ADEF	Analyzes of creativity in teaching situations	Educational innovations (education sectors and vocational training)
LNC	Analysis of the creative abilities of individuals	Innovations in the field of health and for the care of patients
VITROME	Analysis of the creative capabilities of specialists in crisis management	Innovations for risk management and epidemiological crises
C2VN	--	Behavioral innovations (eg prevention in the food field)
LPL	Analysis of creative processes related to language development, practice and processing	Educational and digital innovations
LIS	Mass data analysis to identify the links between creativity factors	Educational innovations, human learning, crisis management, decision support
IMSIC	Analysis of creativity in designers	Innovations for advertising and information campaigns
PRISM	Analysis of creativity in artists	Artistic innovations
CIELAM	Analysis of creativity in writers	Educational innovations (for creative writing workshops)
Centre Gilles-Gaston Granger	Analysis of creativity in artists	Artistic innovations, digital transition

 

 

ANNEX E

The Doctoral Contract, created by the decree of 23/04/2009, is a real work contract offered to doctoral students for a period of 3 years that allows them to accomplish either an annual service exclusively devoted to research activities related to the preparation of the doctorate, or an annual service including for five sixths of its effective working time the activities related to its doctorate and for one sixth of its working time one of the following activities or a combination of these activities:

Teaching mission "Le Guide 2017"

Complementary missions called 'non-teaching'.

• Missions of dissemination of scientific and technical information: Missions  de diffusion de l’information scientifique et technique
• Missions of valorization of the results of scientific and technical research : Missions de valorisation des résultats de la recherche scientifique et technique
• Expertise missions: Missions d’expertise

Additional missions within the framework of InCIAM (as an indication)

•      Contribution to the training and/or research activities of the InCIAM

•      Participation in the Institute's development activities