Research units and structures

41 research units, including 12 joint research units ("Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS") and 1 unit research support ("Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Mondes - MSH Mondes"), 1,200 (university) lecturers and researchers, 6 doctoral schools, 1,300 PhD students, 1 Research and Doctoral Studies Department ("Direction de la Recherche et des Etudes Doctorales - DRED”).

2 Universities Research Schools (“Ecoles Universitaires de Recherche - EUR”): Artec and HED
2 Laboratories of Excellence (“Laboratoires d’Excellence - LABEX”): Labex "Individuals, Populations, Societies" ("Individus, Populations, Sociétés - iPOPs") and Labex "Pasts in present" ("Les passés dans le présent”).

The Plug in Labs platform, launched in 2025, gives all stakeholders in the region access to the scientific excellence of Paris Nanterre University. It is a mapping tool that promotes the expertise and skills of the Nanterre scientific ecosystem, develops research networks, and structures multidisciplinary innovation strategies.
 
Art, Litterature and Philosophy

Center for Research in Comparative Literature and Poetics (LIPO)

Center for French Literature Studies (CSLF)

History of Arts and Representations (HAR)

Institute for Philosophical Research (IREPH)

Economy and Management

Center for Studies and Research on Organizations and Strategies (CEROS)

Doctoral School of Economics, Organizations, and Society (Economix)

History and Archeology

Archaeology and Ancient Sciences (ArScAn, UMR 7041, Maison René Ginouvès)

Center for the History of Medieval and Modern Societies (MéMo)

The Americas: Societies, Circulations, Powers, 15th–21st Centuries (MASCIPO, UMR 8168)

Technology and Ethnology of Prehistoric Worlds (UMR 8068, Maison René Ginouvès)

Foreign Languages and Cultures

Center for English-Speaking Research (CREA)

Center for Research on the German-Speaking World (CEREG)

Multidisciplinary Multilingual Research Centers (CRPM)

Roman Studies: 
- CRIIA (Center for Iberian and Ibero-American Studies)
- CRIX (Center for Italian Studies) 
- CRILUS (Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on the Portuguese-Speaking World)

Mathematics and Engineering Sciences

Laboratory of Mechanical and Electromagnetic Energy (LEME):
- Energy Science and Technology (STE)
- Mechanics of Materials, Structures, and Systems (M2S2)
- Electromagnetism and Signals (E&S)

Random Modeling (MODAL'X)

Thermal, Interfaces, and Environment (LTIE)

Modeling, Social Behavior, and Communication

Information and Communication Technologies in the Digital Age (DICEN) - Tactic Team

Models, Dynamics, Corpora (MoDyCo, UMR 7114)

Social Sciences

Paris Center for Sociological and Political Research (CRESPPA, UMR 7217)

Institutions and Historical Dynamics of the Economy and Society (IDHES, UMR 8533)

Laboratory for Architecture, City, Urban Planning, and Environment (LAVUE, UMR 7218)

Laboratory of Ethnology and Comparative Sociology (LESC, UMR 7186, Maison René Ginouvès)

Laboratory of Social Dynamics and Spatial Reconfiguration (LADYSS, UMR 7533)

Laboratory of Gender and Sexuality Studies (LEGS, UMR 8238)

Political Sociology, Philosophy, and Anthropology (SOPHIAPOL)

Legal and Political Sciences

Center for European and Comparative Legal Studies (CEJEC)

Center for the History and Anthropology of Law (CHAD)

Nanterre Center for International Law (CEDIN)

Center for Criminal Law and Criminology (CDPC)

Center for Research in Public Law (CRDP)

Center for Legal Theory and Analysis (CTAD, UMR 7074)

Center for Civil Business Law and Economic Litigation (CEDCACE)

Institute for Legal Research on Business and Labor Relations (IRERP)

Institute of Social Sciences of Politics (ISP, UMR 7220)

EPN-R Federation for Research in Education Sciences, Psychology, and Neuroscience
Interdisciplinary Federation of Nanterre in Law

Center for Legal Theory and Analysis

Center for Public Law Research

Center for Criminal Law and Criminology

Center for European and Comparative Legal Studies

Center for the History and Anthropology of Law

Center for Civil Business Law and Economic Litigation

Institute for Research on Business and Labor Relations

Nanterre Center for International Law

MSH Mondes: Center for Humanities and Social Sciences

Archaeology

Prehistory and protohistory

Ethnology and comparative sociology

Ethnomusicology

Geography

Architecture

Urban planning

Regional planning

History

Classical studies

Political science

GSP: Multidisciplinary Health Group

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Updated on 20 mars 2026