Research

The Centre for Research and Documentation on the Americas (CREDA) is a research “Mixt Unit” of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, "Centre national de la recherche scientifique") and the University Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle.
The CREDA is a research laboratory specialised in social sciences on the Americas whose works are driven by a multidisciplinary approach,looking at territories from different scales, as well as in a short- and long-term perspective.
This Unit works in close collaboration with the “Institute of Latin American Studies” (IHEAL) to develop taught courses and activities to build capacities in future researchers. It further carries out a body of research that is a fundamental contribution to a better understanding of Latin and North American contemporary realities. Such research focuses particularly on territorial dynamics, actors’ analysis and cultural, political and juridical changes.
Research Themes
The CREDA focuses its work on four research areas:
- The Americas under an interconnected perspective: people, practices and knowledge
- State and public action: public policies and development, regional integration and international participation
- The American wide spaces between rural reorganisation, natural resources preservation and exploitation
- Metropolitan territories and cities in the Americas: social and environmental impacts
Research Projects
PhD Seminars
- ERSIPAL - Societies, identities and power
- GADDAL - Land use management and sustainable development
- SEMID - Economics
- SEGED - Political sciences, "Gouvernabilité" and democracy
- GEMIG - Gender and mobility
- Siglo XX - Século XX - History of contemporary Latin America
PhD activities and support