Publications

The population of social housing stock has been the subject of numerous studies based on qualitative surveys which highlight the processes of categorization, sorting and selection of households, likely to produce discrimination and unequal treatment in access to social housing. As quantitative approaches are rarer, existing research struggles to grasp the relationships between the population of the social housing stock, its structure and the characteristics of demand and allocations. This article proposes an original statistical approach to characterize the population of the social housing stock, and to relate it to the structure of the stock on the one hand, and to the characteristics of applicants and beneficiaries on the other. Tested in six French intercommunities, this methodology firstly shows that the structure of the social rental stock does not fully reflect the population of the social housing stock. Secondly, it reveals that certain applicant profiles are under-represented in allocations overall, in relation to their weight in demand. Finally, it shows that, on an inter-municipal scale, recent allocations continue to house low-income households in priority urban districts, although this is not always explained by the rent levels observed.

Unlike the paragons of ecological modernization, techno-solutionism or partisan political ecology, the ethos of those involved in grassroots environmentalism is often characterized by a relative modesty in the way they describe their relationship with ordinary nature. This attitude is the antithesis of the spectacle of the saviour-of-the-planet syndrome (from television producers turned ministers to digital multi-billionaires who constantly set themselves up as enlightened heroes of the ecological cause). What's more, the stranglehold of constraints on the environmental possibilities of post-war fishermen in Sète has not been loosened for the working classes of the 21st century. Nonetheless, certain sections of the working classes continue to have a unique relationship with the environment, driven primarily by the definition of "essential needs" against the industrialization of superfluous production, as well as by the organization of conditions for a dignified subsistence.

The charter applies to all researchers contributing to or supporting the research activities of the Flex-Mediation project. Participants undertake to respect the principles set out in the charter. The charter sets out a framework to facilitate collective research, the sharing of resources (documents, raw data, etc.) and the opening up of data.

Abstract This research bridges populism and populist social movement studies to address the question of how left- and right-wing populists unite in a common social movement. Using the novel "à la carte" (ALC) embedding regression model, it analyzes a unique dataset of 5,342 protesters and supporters from the Yellow Vests movement in France, capturing their understandings of the People from responses to open-ended questions. Findings reveal that while left- and right-wing populists diverge in their understandings of the People, differences are not politically divisive and do not preclude common vocabularies allowing for identification with the movement. This study contributes to the literature by showcasing the innovative application of the embedding regression method to textual data collected during social movements. Whereas research on the subject is predominantly qualitative, this study employs quantitative techniques to demonstrate that identification with the People fosters a unified movement despite divergent political beliefs and contrasting social identity frames.

Developing students' intercultural competence is a key objective of international mobility programs in higher education. While it is widely accepted that studying abroad enhances students' competencies, little is known about the specific conditions and contexts that promote the development of intercultural competence during these experiences. This study draws on survey data from 499 students across five cohorts from a French higher education institution between 2017 and 2021. The analysis includes three distinct measures of intercultural competence and learning, along with a wide range of variables related to the mobility context, processes, personality traits and students' previous international experiences. The data were analyzed using an exploratory partial least squares structural equations model (PLS-SEM). The findings suggest that personality traits such as empathy, attributional complexity, and metacognition, positively influence the development of intercultural competence during international mobility. Additionally, encountering difficulties or conflicts positively impacts intercultural competence when students successfully manage to cope with them and overcome negative emotions. Furthermore, perceived learning from the international experience plays a central and mediating role in explaining both intercultural knowledge and ethnorelativism.

Professional sports teams provide a relevant setting for the study of multicultural work groups. Engaging in additional tasks or voluntary efforts-broadly referred to as organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs)-is key to the effective functioning of such teams. Unfortunately, cultural diversity has been shown to decrease team cohesion and could therefore be detrimental to OCBs. However, intercultural competence (IC) should help team members understand and adapt to the cultural diversity in their teams. Because these aspects remain poorly understood, this study examines the influence of cultural diversity on OCB (i.e., sportspersonship, civic virtue, helping behavior), and the moderating role of IC. A vignette survey study was conducted with 219 professional athletes from different sports (i.e., soccer, basketball, and volleyball). Data were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling. Results suggest an inverted curvilinear relationship between cultural diversity and OCB, with OCBs being significantly lower in the moderate cultural diversity condition compared to the low and high conditions. In addition, the results suggest that athletes' level of IC acted as a positive moderator between the level of cultural diversity and perceptions of OCB. These findings are discussed in relation to the literature on cultural diversity and (sport) team dynamics.