Scientific communities and networks

GeM is committed to open, interdisciplinary and collaborative research. This ambition is reflected in our strong involvement in national and international scientific networks and communities that structure major scientific themes and facilitate synergies between laboratories, institutions and industry.

NETWORKS

The Carnot MERS institute supports companies and industries in their innovations, to make maritime economic activities ever more sustainable, by collaborating with research laboratories with exceptional skills, technical resources and test sites.
The Carnot MERS Institute is headed by Ifremer and École Centrale de Nantes, and includes CNRS, Nantes University, Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) and Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS). It brings together 9 internationally-recognized units and laboratories on all of France’s coastlines.

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The Institut Universitaire Mer et Littoral (IUML) is a research federation currently composed of 850 researchers in some twenty laboratories and departments. The IUML’s scientific project focuses on 4 main areas: Bioprocesses and Marine Bioresources; Offshore Structures, Ships of the Future, Marine Renewable Energies; Biodiversity, Health and the Coastal Environment; Blue Growth, Governance of the Maritime Space.

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The Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville is a CNRS research federation (FR2488) that conducts research on urban microclimate and energy transfer, with the aim of developing knowledge useful for evaluating strategies for mitigating and adapting cities to the effects of climate change.

RESEARCH GROUPS (GdR)

The research groups (GdR) are CNRS structures whose common objective is to encourage exchanges between scientists, academic partners, companies and other stakeholders.

LEARN SOCIETIES

The GeM is also involved in a number of French and international learned societies related to its areas of expertise:

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