The IMU LabEx is an experimental research unit focusing on cities, urban areas, metropolization and urbanization. It aims to stimulate, produce, apply and promote scientific and technical expertise on past, present and future urban environments while supporting actions taken by public authorities and private stakeholders. It is built on the expertise of 530 researchers (from 31 laboratories in Lyon Saint-Étienne and 29 disciplines) and a number of partnerships with authorities and companies.
The IMU LabEx intends to strengthen urban research by promoting scientific plurality in the Lyon Saint-Étienne Metropolis. The LabEx is spread across a facility dedicated to young researchers and PhD students: IMUalpha and the "Habiter Ensemble la Ville de Demain" faculty.
ENS de Lyon's involved laboratories
- Histoire, Archéologie, Littératures des Mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux - CIHAM (UMR CNRS 5648)
- Centre Max Weber - CMW (UMR CNRS 5283)
- Environnement Ville Société - EVS (UMR CNRS 5600)
- Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon Saint-Étienne - GATE (UMR 5824)
- Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques - HiSoMA (UMR CNRS 5189)
- Institut d’Asie Orientale - IAO (UMR CNRS 5062)
- Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes - LARHRA (UMR CNRS 5190)
- Action, discours, pensée politique et économique – TRIANGLE (UMR CNRS 5206)
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon – IGFL (CNRS UMR 5242, INRAE USC 1370)
Research areas
- Nature in cities, health
- Cities and mobility
- Green construction and living
- Digital cities, data
- Urban risks and the environment
- Metropolization, urbanization, technology and society
- Urban form, density