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Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS)

The material and the spatial dimensions of the collaborative economy

March 20th, 2015 Université Paris-Dauphine, espace one

What is RGCS?

• Working group founded in November 2014.
• To encourage and support research projects on the spatial,

material and temporal dimensions of the collaborative economy, specifically practices and processes at the heart of value creation in

• rganisations, in cities and in society at large.
• Bringing together researchers interested in new physical,

technological and social spaces at the core of the new collaborative economy: co-working spaces, fab labs, maker spaces, hacker spaces, new open spaces, BYOD, mobile work, social initiatives, etc.

RGCS’ ambition

Encouraging research projects and research conversations for researchers in and among 3 cities:

• Paris, France
• London, UK
• Montreal, Canada

Montreal Chapter Paris Chapter London Chapter

RGCS Local + Thematic coordination

Coordination: Julie Fabbri, Pierre Laniray and François-Xavier de Vaujany Coordination: Emmanuelle Vaast and Anouk Mukherjee Coordination: Hélène Lambrix, Yesh Nama and Nathalie Mitev

Five key themes

Theme 1: New forms of collaboration in coworking and fablab spaces Theme 2: Digital transformation, spaces and new forms of collaboration Theme 3: Urban policy, collaborative spaces and business models Theme 4: New collaborative spaces, communication and legitimacy Theme 5: Social movements and institutional logics: identity and dynamics of collaboration

Theme 1

New forms of collaboration in coworking and fablab spaces

• Ethnographic, case-study-based research
• Collaborative spaces themselves (coworking, fablabs)
• Control mechanisms (vs. open spaces)
• Spatial and temporal analyses of coworking.
• Corporate translation and appropriation of coworking spaces
• One empirical field: university coworking spaces at PSL

Coordinators : Julie Fabbri (julie.fabbri@polytechnique.edu) and Anouk Mukherjee (anouk.mukherjee@dauphine.fr)

Theme 2 Digital transformation, spaces and new forms of collaboration

• Digital transformation which extends spaces
• Integration into organizational spaces
• Any place (bar, plane) or workplace can become a collaborative space (BYOD,

mobile technologies, MOOC, social networks, etc.) Coordinators : Pierre Laniray (pierre.laniray@dauphine.fr) and Christophe Elie-Dit- Cosaque (celieditcosaque@gmail.com)

Theme 3 Urban policy, collaborative spaces and business models

• Public policy concerned with developing a collaborative economy in

national territories and specifically cities, with symbolic sites (Shoreditch , Techcity in London, La Ruche in Paris, QI in Montreal)

• Territorial and institutional approach to space and business models
• PSL as a possible field site (as an urban distributed new campus).

Coordinator: Fabrice Perriac (fabrice.periac@gmail.com) and Stefan Haefliger (Stefan.Haefliger.1@city.ac.uk)

Theme 4 New collaborative spaces, communication and legitimacy

• Communicative practices and narratives about the collaborative

economy (e.g. corporate tours, campus tours) as legitimation for

• rganisations and managers
• PSL as a field site

Coordinators: François-Xavier de Vaujany (devaujany@dauphine.fr) and Emmanuelle Vaast (emmanuelle.vaast@mcgill.ca)

Theme 5 Social movements and institutional logics: identity and dynamics of collaboration

• Social movements and communities involved in building

the collaborative economy

• Coworking as a social movement and community
• Sociological and historical approach
• Micro/macro dimensions of collaborative spaces
• Studying actors such as: entrepreneurs, users, public

agencies, small retailers Coordinators: Hélène Lambrix (helene.lambrix@gmail.com) and Pierre Labardin (pierre.labardin@dauphine.fr)

• 2. Beyond the working group… PSL
• PSL is a major research university and research

sponsor in France

• We intend to submit two proposals

• Strategic alliance between twenty-one French institutions sharing common values and practices.
• Founded in April 2010 by five prominent Paris institutions : the École Normale Supérieure, the

Collège de France, the Paris Observatory, Chimie ParisTech and ESPCI ParisTech.

• PSL has known a significant growth in its membership, as new institutions adhered to it in the

framework of scientific and academic cooperation : Curie Institute (Paris), Mines ParisTech, Paris- Dauphine University, CNSAD, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, La Fémis, Fondation Pierre-Gilles de Gennes pour la recherche, IBPC - Fondation Edmond de Rothschild, Institut Louis Bachelier, Lycée Henri-IV, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, French Institute

• f Health and Medical Research, French Institute for Research in Computer Science and

Automation, Association Art et Recherche.

• One of the eight French "Excellence Initiative" - large scale research and higher education projects

chosen by an international panel of experts - PSL received government approval in July 2010 and gained a legal status as an endowment.

• In the long run it aims at becoming a world-class leader in education and research, building upon its

excellent potential.

Beyond the working group… PSL

• PSL Council for Research: calls for proposals (3 waves)
• For PSL researchers and research directors (units,

federations)

• High international visibility and collaboration
• Original, pioneer, ambitious research
• Collaboration between several PSL members/institutions
• Reviewed by international experts (research quality, synergy

between disciplines and institutions, contribution to structuring research)

Beyond the working group… PSL

Steering committee of the RGCS:

• Eva Boxenbaum (Copenhagen Business School and Mines

ParisTech)

• Stewart Clegg (University of Technology, Sydney)
• Sébastien Damart (Université Paris-Dauphine)
• Stefan Haefliger (Cass Business School)
• Matthew Jones (Cambridge University, JBS)
• Nathalie Mitev (LSE)
• Mark Thompson (Cmabridge University, JBS)
• Emmanuelle Vaast (McGill University)
• François-Xavier de Vaujany (Université Paris-Dauphine, project

coordinator).

The steering committee of RGCS

Next steps + A few questions for you

• March 27th: list of researchers interested in joining

working group

• April 3rd: Submission PSL proposal
• Q1: Is there a theme that you find promising, related to

your own research interests?

• Q2: Is there a specific project that you would like

supported (e.g. travel, interview transcriptions, student support)?

• Are you interested in pursuing field work on one of these

themes, or related?

• For more information: collaborativespaces@gmail.com
• Do not hesitate to get in touch with the coordinators of each

theme

• See also:

https://twitter.com/collspaces http://collaborativespacesstudy.wordpress.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostRecent=&gid=8259002&trk =my_groups-tile-flipgrp