Calls for papers

(Announcement Calenda 1169572)

Issue 10 of the journal Dérivations will return to the question of housing. As numerous works in the field of critical geography have shown, the growing difficulties of access to housing are mirrored by the growing influence of the financialization of land ownership. This situation invites us to question the foundations of our conceptions of housing and property. The existence of a constitutional "right to housing" immediately highlights the collective nature of this issue. Added to this are ecological issues, such as limiting the urbanization of natural land and reintroducing biodiversity into densely populated areas. In short, the need to occupy space more sparingly and in a way that is more shared between humans and non-humans introduces new constraints and challenges in the way housing can occupy (or not occupy) space.

(Calenda announcement 1171145)

The omnipresence of calls for projects (CFPs) is in stark contrast to the small number of scientific studies on this public policy instrument. French political scientists and sociologists have paid less attention to the rise of calls for projects in public action, the reasons for using this instrument, the work involved in drawing up and responding to calls for projects, and the methods used to select the winners. The same is true of questions relating to the nature of calls for projects and their parameters, which have received little attention from legal experts and specialists in administrative and management sciences. These are all blind spots in research that the current issue of RFAP aims to fill.

(Announcement Calenda 1171947)

The symposium focuses on housing policies in Maghreb and Mediterranean countries, particularly in the wake of the 2008 international financial crisis and the crises that have affected Maghreb countries in the wake of the Arab Spring.

(Calenda announcement 1176515)

This special issue of Belgéo attaches importance to time (past, present and future) to see how the context of ecological and climatic crises, characteristic of the Anthropocene, is renewing or not the management, governance, uses and development of water, watercourses, wetlands and flood-prone areas.

(Calenda ad 1173727)

Smart grids are often seen as decision aids for defining electricity supply and demand levels to guide energy trajectories. They reflect the combination of digital transition and energy transition, enabling real-time management of electricity supply. They are all the more essential given the intermittent nature of renewable energy production. As early as 2011, the European Commission saw smart grids as the backbone of a low-carbon energy future. However, the success of the energy transition depends on the relevance of the energy policies implemented, and on consumer acceptability. In this sense, the energy transition is also the transition of a socio-technical system. This call for papers examines the social reception of smart grids, the perception of their uses and their deployment model. This special issue is intended to illustrate the wide range of social science research (action research, fundamental research, participatory research) into existing systems and networks.

(Calenda announcement 1175558)

This issue brings together contributions dealing with the landscapes of protected areas. In recent years, the development of policies for the protection and conservation of nature and biodiversity at international and national levels has involved, among other things, the creation of new protected areas or the extension of existing ones. We have chosen to position this issue using the term "protected area" in reference to the National Protected Areas Strategy 2030, which sets the objective of placing 30% of French territory under the protection of at least one type of protected area, and 10% of territory under strong protection. Three thematic entries are proposed to structure this special issue: 1 - Diversity and changes in protected area landscapes; 2 - New protected areas, what consequences for landscapes and territories, and which players are mobilized? 3 - What changes in project practices in protected areas?

(Calenda ad 1174595)

The "rarity" of diseases, or disabilities, is a recently constructed category. It makes it possible to bring into existence pathologies which, because of their low incidence, are marginalized by public health policies structured around epidemiological prioritization. Given the clinical and experiential diversity of these diseases, we propose to question the relevance of this category for the social sciences. To what extent do these rare diseases correspond to singular social realities? How is the category of rare disease constructed, delimited and mobilized? Do rare diseases pose specific problems for policies, organizations and professional practices? Despite their heterogeneity, do they produce recurring patterns of experience? Do they give rise to specific forms of associative mobilization?

(Calenda announcement 1179745)

"Women and discourse: between quests and requests" explores the dynamic between women's deepest aspirations and the concrete requests they make to realize those aspirations by considering discourse in all its forms. This interplay highlights the challenges and strategies women use to navigate between their personal desires and social and institutional structures. It also highlights the importance of recognizing and supporting these quests and requests in order to move towards a more equitable and inclusive society.

(Calenda announcement 1153659)

The editors of the Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques are looking for entries for their next issue.

(Announcement Calenda 1175698)

After a successful first edition in Montreal in March 2024, the COLIBEX Chair is once again organizing a colloquium on emerging research on freedom of expression. For its next French edition, to be held in Paris on January 23 and 24, 2025, the colloquium aims to promote recent or ongoing work by doctoral students, young PhDs and post-docs from a variety of disciplines (political science, law, sociology, history, linguistics, ethnology, literature, etc.). The aim of the colloquium is to encourage dialogue within the emerging research community, in order to shed new light on the issues surrounding freedom of expression.