UPR 3788 LBNC - Goods, Standards, Contracts Laboratory

Activities

The Goods, Norms and Contracts Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research unit that brings together lawyers, political scientists, economists and managers to work on federative research projects.

It is structured around 3 research themes, 2 of which have traditionally structured the work of the researchers:

•     Labour - Employment

This theme is based on a double tradition: a historical and well established competence in labour law and a specialisation of economists (Social and Solidarity Economy) on the issue of integration through economic activity.

•     Voting and democracy

This theme brings together work (political, legal and economic) on different dimensions of voting and democratic expression (social democracy and corporate democracy, local democracy and electoral behaviour, international law, etc.), each of which mobilises all the disciplines of the laboratory.

These two themes are now complemented by a third theme Digital societies which more recently makes the team part of one of the identity axes of Avignon University.

ORGANISATION

Trustees of the UMR

• CNRS
• Avignon University (AU)
• Aix Marseille University (AMU)
• University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS) / Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)

Direction
Didier Josselin (Director of Research, CNRS)

Deputy Director
Cyrille Genre-Grandpierre (Professor, AU)

Courses offered

Fields of study LMD: LAW ECONOMY MANAGEMENT, HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The LBNC now has two master's degrees positioned on the institution's scientific priorities (the Data governance and Law & Digital) in addition to the Law existing (2 courses Legal professions and M1 Notarial law) and Social Policy which have developed a training offer that is closely linked to local professional networks. The LBNC is also associated with the master Management and International Trade. These are both professional and research masters, the Data governance which opened for apprenticeship in the 2020 academic year and is part of a Joint Master EMILDAI scheduled to open in the 2023 academic year.

The LBNC is also a member of the CNRS 3621 Agor@nTIC research federation and of the TERSYS federative research structure.

Research activities

The LBNC has strongly repositioned its work around the theme Digital societies.

In rightThis section focuses on digital law, including digital criminal law, personal data law (RGPD compliance in general, obligations of data controllers, rights of data subjects, data circulation outside the European Union, etc.), e-commerce (common contract law, special contract law and consumer law applied to online transactions, electronic signatures and evidence, blockchain, smart contractsThis is the case for online information (sanctions on users and platforms for online hate or misleading information, etc.), immaterial wealth (intellectual property, dematerialised financial assets, etc.), and the renewal of commercial intermediation and forms of work by online platforms.

In Economics and managementThe LBNC is developing its research in the field of information systems management. The work recently developed is linked to the digital transformation of companies and organisations, digital management, digital marketing, digital commerce, etc. The consequences of the digital boom on the transformation of companies, the improvement of their functioning, the apprehension and understanding of their environment (economic, social/societal, environmental) and their markets are at the heart of the concerns of the laboratory's researchers.

As for the political science The researchers' work focuses on the digital transformation of political, public and private practices and organisations, data governance, transparency of public action, e-democracy and the political web (Opinion bubble).

Partnerships

Examples of collaborations:

• Links with the legal and judicial professions
• Actions towards social action departments and association networks
• Link with GD Master partners: Dpo consulting, Data activist

Further information

Skills and know-how

• Analysis of legal texts (law, jurisprudence, etc.).
• Field surveys.
• Database processing
• Writing of synthetic research reports.
• Constructive use of survey results.

Equipment

Research and documentation room housing a documentary collection, attached to the Maurice Agulhon University Library.