HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Represented by 250 lecturer-researchers, Humanities and Social Sciences at UBO encompasses disciplines ranging from education, geography, urban planning, history, ethnology, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, literature, and languages, to law, management, and economics.
Federative structures
ISHS: Institut des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société
(Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences)
This Institute unites 13 laboratories, including one associated with CNRS, two with UBS, three with Rennes 2, one with Nantes, and one with Télécom Bretagne. Its mission is to: maintain and strengthen collaboration between teams to pool and share tools and human resources; create synergy for a shared scientific dynamic, and develop an internal and external dynamic, especially in communities, libraries, archives, and museums. The unifying theme is ‘transmission’, and its four branches are Digital Humanities, Heritage and Territories, Social Issues, and the Americas (IDA).
MSHB: Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Bretagne
(Brittany Centre for Human Sciences)
As a regional structuring body, MSHB unites the all research bodies in Arts, Literature, Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences (ALLSHS) in Brittany. Created by four Breton universities and CNRS, MSHB today counts seven founding members along with EHESP (the School of Public Health) and Télécom Bretagne. MSHB, a service and a research unit (USR 3549) was created on May 1, 2012. Up until that time (and since January 1st, 2008) it had been a mixed service unit (UMS 3122).
Research themes
- 'Societies and Health' aims to produce multidisciplinary analyses of health, taking into account the spatial, temporal, and cultural diversity of social life.
- 'Uses for TIC-M@rsouin' supports research on e-practices and the changes they induce in social practices, in coordination with the activities of the 'M@rsouin' Scientific Interest Group.
- 'Armorican and Atlantic Worlds' conducts research on an area encompassing regions on both sides of the Atlantic.
- 'Governance in Public and Private Institutions' analyses methods for the management of human societies in different epochs, situations and territories.
There are three Master's subjects within the Humanities and Social Sciences :
- Arts-Literature-Languages (ALL)
- Humanities and Social Sciences (SHS)
- Law-Economics-Management (DEG)
Any of these above Master's may be followed by further studies in one of three doctoral schools co-accredited with Rennes I, Rennes II, and UBS, in the fields of ALL, SHS, or SHOS (Humanities, Organisations and Society).
Collaboration
Public Interest Groups [Groupements d’Intérêt Public (GIP)]
- OPMC (Maritime History; Observatory for Coastal Maritime Heritage)
- IDA (Institute for the Americas)
| Research unit | Code | Affiliations | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSHB La Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Bretagne [Brittany Centre for Human Sciences] | UMS 3122 | CNRS, EHESP, IMT Atlantique, UBO, UBS, Univ Rennes 1, Univ Rennes 2. | Contacts |
| IBSHS L’Institut brestois des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société [Brest Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences] | FED 4118 | UBO | Contacts |
| Institut de Géoarchitecture [Geoarchitecture Institute] | EA 2219 | UBO UBS | Contacts |
| CECJI Centre d'Etudes des Correspondances et Journaux Intimes [Centre for the Study of Letters and Diaries] | EA 7289 | UBO | Contacts |
| CRBC Centre deRecherche Bretonne et Celtique [Research Centre for Breton and Celtic Studies] | UMS 3554 | UBO Univ. Rennes 2 CNRS | Contacts |
| HCTI Héritages et construction dans le texte et l’image [Heritage and Construction in Text and Images] | EA 4249 | UBO UBS | Contacts |
| Centre François Viète | EA 1161 | Univ. Nantes UBO | Contacts |
| LABERS Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherche en Sociologie [Laboratory for Studies and Research in Sociology] | EA 3149 | UBO | Contacts |
| LP3C Laboratoire de psychologie : cognition, comportement, communication [Psychology laboratory : Cognition, behavior Communication] | EA 1285 | Univ. Rennes 2 UBS UBO | Contacts |
| CRPC-CLS Recherches en Psychopathologie Équipe Clinique du Lien et création Subjective [Research in Psychopathology Clinical Team for Bonds and Subjective Creation | EA 4050 | Univ. Rennes 2 Univ. Poitiers UBO | Contacts |
| CREAD Centre de Recherche sur l’Education, les Apprentissages et la Didactique [Research Centre for Education, Learning and Didactics] | EA 3875 | Univ. Rennes 2 UBO | Contacts |
| CAPHI Centre Atlantique de Philosophie [Philosophy Atlantic Center] | EA 7463 | Univ. Nantes Univ. Rennes1 UBO | Contacts |
| LEGO Laboratoire d’Économie et de Gestion de l’Ouest [West Economy and Management Laboratory] | EA 2652 | UBO IMTAtlantique UBS | Contacts |
| LAB-LEX Laboratoire de Recherche en Droit [Laboratory for Research in Law] | EA 7480 | UBO UBS | Contacts |
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