UNIVERSITE LYON 3 JEAN MOULIN

Their core work

Université Lyon 3 Jean Moulin is a French university with strengths in law, humanities, and social sciences. In H2020, their research spans energy transition law and governance, immigrant housing policy, and cultural identity studies — particularly the intersection of legal frameworks with societal challenges. They bring a distinctly interdisciplinary social science lens, combining legal analysis with policy studies and cultural research, making them valuable partners for projects that need regulatory, governance, or socio-cultural expertise rather than hard technology development.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 work (2019) centered on energy law and the legal dimensions of energy transition — renewable energy regulation, NGO participation rights, and natural resources governance. By 2021, their focus shifted decisively toward social sciences and humanities: immigrant housing policy, cultural identity, and everyday life studies. This evolution suggests a broadening from sector-specific legal research toward wider societal questions around governance, identity, and integration.

Moving from energy-sector legal research toward broader societal challenges — housing, migration, and cultural policy — suggesting future availability for projects addressing social dimensions of EU policy priorities.

How they like to work

All three H2020 projects have Lyon 3 as coordinator, indicating a preference for leading their own research agendas rather than joining larger consortia as a supporting partner. With only 11 unique partners across 3 projects, their consortia are small and focused — typical of MSCA individual fellowships and targeted innovation actions. This makes them a confident project leader for focused social science research, though their network remains relatively contained.

A compact network of 11 partners across 7 countries, built through small, focused consortia. The geographic spread across 7 countries relative to just 3 projects suggests deliberate international reach, likely spanning Western and Southern Europe with transatlantic connections (given the New Orleans research theme).

What sets them apart

Lyon 3 brings a rare combination: legal expertise applied directly to societal transitions — energy governance, migration policy, and cultural identity. Unlike technical universities or large research institutes, they offer the social science and legal analysis that complex EU projects increasingly require for policy impact and societal acceptance dimensions. For consortium builders needing a French law and humanities partner with coordination experience, they are a reliable choice despite their modest project portfolio.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MERGING
  Their largest project (EUR 435k) tackling immigrant housing integration across Europe — highly relevant to current EU migration and social cohesion policy priorities.
• TGL
  Addressed the legal governance of energy transition across multiple jurisdictions (EU, international, French law), bridging energy policy with legal scholarship.
• PerformingArchive
  Unusual topic combining performance studies with French cultural identity in New Orleans — demonstrates capacity for creative, transatlantic humanities research.