Collaborative, regenerative and resilient design and production on a local scale: design through the prism of bioregionalism.

Overview oif thesis

Given the unsustainability of our globalized systems and their logic of infinite growth in a world of finite resources, it is vital to find other ways of organizing design, production and consumption within our own territories. That's why the designer, a figure with a large share of responsibility in this capitalist imaginary, and with a mastery of certain keys to facilitating change thanks to his or her training, seems to be a relevant player in this quest for new territorial organization. Based on bioregional theory, which emphasizes the delimitation of regions in relation to their natural characteristics, and which advocates an understanding of where we live so as to better invest it in a resilient and regenerative way, the doctoral student will draw on her design training, her territorial roots and her future training within the ERPI laboratory (Equipe de Recherche sur les Procédés Innovatifs) to explore the possibility of setting up a bioregional system within the hamlet of La Vigotte (88).

PhD Supervisor:

MOREL Laure, ERPI (Équipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs), ED SIMPEE n°608, Sciences et ingénierie des molécules, des produits, des procédés et de l'énergie, Université de Lorraine.

Co-supervisors:

DUPONT Laurent, ERPI ((Équipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs), ED SIMPEE 608, Sciences et ingénierie des molécules, des produits, des procédés et de l'énergie, Université de Lorraine
GEEL Catherine, CRD (Centre de Recherche en Design), ED Sciences Sociales et Humanités n°629 - ED Interfaces n°573, Université Paris-Saclay

Funding :
Doctorat CIFRE

Date of enrolment : september 2024.
Planned thesis defense date : september 2027.