Center for interdisciplinary research on information & communication

GERiiCO | ULR 4073
Humanities and social sciences Information and communication technology Research unit Numeric for human Culture, societies, changing practices

Our laboratory combines analytical and methodological expertise at the crossroads of information and communication sciences, social sciences, linguistics and cognitive sciences. GERiiCO's major research focus is the analysis of info-communication practices, processes and devices in their linguistic and discursive, technological and symbolic dimensions. We are renowned for our expertise in the following fields: information and communication in organizations; traditional media and the emergence of new media; advanced information processing software; informational uses and practices in different environments (professional, academic, etc.); socio-economic changes in the scientific and technical information sector; monitoring practices and systems in companies; changes in mediation and communication systems in urban public spaces. We are open to all academic and industrial collaborations and propose services in line with our expertise.

Informations

Director: Patrice De La Broise

https://geriico.univ-lille.fr/
https://twitter.com/GERiiCO

3, Rue du Barreau, Bâtiment B
Campus Pont-de-Bois, Université de Lille
59653 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ

Mots-clés

Information, Communication, Documentation, Cultural outreach, Digital devices, Discourse, Language, Information intelligence, Digital humanities, Media literacy

Localisation

  • Information and communication in organizations
  • Traditional media and the emergence of new media
  • Advanced information processing software
  • Uses and information practices in diverse environments (professional, academic...) 
  • Socio-economic changes in the scientific and technical information sector
  • Monitoring practices and devices in companies
  • Changes in mediation and communication devices in the urban public space
  • Relationship between digital devices and social contexts
  • Access to the public domain of social movements
  • Representations of identities (gender, race, class, Frenchness)
  • Construction of public problems linked to social relations (racism, sexism...)
  • Writing in a professional environment
  • Media and information literacy
  • Social organization of knowledge
  • Processes of mediation and mediatization
  • Circulation of information in social groups
  • Digital humanities
  • Scientific and technical information
  • Open science
  • Artificial intelligence in art, culture, heritage and tourism

Examples of projects:

  • European FoodIVE project, Exploring Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in the Cross-Channel Euroregion: the case of Ghent, coastal north Kent and Lille
  • National ANR Memomines project, Converting memory traces into digital mediations: slides and aesthetics of mediation
  • National ANR Crobora Project, The Circulation of Images of the Past of Europe
  • National ResPaDon Project, A network to develop and diversify the use of web archives
  • National project Re-Breathe Design Center, Establish a 4.0 platform for the demonstration and coordination of a French health care industry designed to design, produce, collect and reuse recyclable health masks
  • Analysis of the actions and phenomena of information and communication in organizations (companies, museums, local authorities, hospitals...)
  • Study of the impact of ICT on traditional media and the emergence of new media
  • Evaluation of advanced information processing software (search, filtering, automatic translation, term extraction, information organization tools...)
  • Analysis of information uses and practices in different environments (professional, academic...)
  • Analysis of socio-economic changes in the scientific and technical information sector
  • Study of the practices and monitoring systems in companies (in particular the SME sector)
  • Analysis of changes in mediation and communication systems in the urban public domain (associative media, interpretation of urban heritage, communication strategies and urban renewal)
  • Modeling and creation of databases, in documentary management, in information monitoring, and around new web technologies (web portals, web data, etc.)

We do not offer access to any equipment.

Private
Association for the Prevention of Air Pollution (Appa) - France 
National Thesis Reproduction Workshop (ANRT) - France 
Regional Network for Women's Information and Training (CORIF) - France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais 
Council of Architecture, Urbanism and Environment of the Nord - France, Nord department 
Department of Nord - France 
Department of Pas-de-Calais - France 
Eurecom France 
European Language Resources Agency (ELRA) - Europe 
Fondation Bonduelle - France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain and Russia
France Education international - France / international 
National Institute of Audio/Video (INA) - France 
MEL - European Metropole of Lille 
Pictanovo - Hauts de France 
Pôle Emploi - France
Network of stakeholders in media/information education in the Hauts-de-France region (EMI'Cycle) • Hauts-de-France 
SHOM - France
National Institute of Geography (IGN)

Academic
Numerous national and international collaborations:
University of Lyon 2, University of Artois, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, University of Lille, Laval University, University of Ottawa, University of Paris, University of Paris-Est Créteil, Polytechnic University, University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE NAVY SCHOOL (IRENav)
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Luxembourg, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, University of Quebec at Montreal, MedEatResearch UniSOB - The University Sister-Ursula-Benincasa, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

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