University of Bretagne Occidentale

The Laboratoire d'études et de recherche en sociologie (formerly the Atelier de Recherche Sociologique -ARS-) is a host team (EA 3149) which develops sociological research within the University of Western Brittany and the University of Southern Brittany. It federates the fundamental and applied research work of sociologists from these two universities and researchers in human and social sciences who recognize themselves in its approach

Research Thematics:

Health and Society

Territories and mobility

Sociology of Cultures

The Centre for the Study of Correspondence and Diaries (CECJI - EA7289) is a laboratory at the University of Bretagne Occidentale specialising in the publication and study of correspondence, diaries and texts relating to personal literature. Its territorial anchorage also means that it is dedicated to the study of Breton writers in the French language.

 Lab-LEX researchers are working on three research themes: vulnerability, governance and litigation. Lab-LEX organizes study days, seminars and workshops on these subjects. Moreover, this laboratory is dedicated to developing strong international relationships, allowing regular contact and interactions with partner universities around the world.

The Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity Laboratory (LUBEM, UR n ° 3882) is a research laboratory at the University of Western Brittany specializing in the study of biodiversity and the ecology of microorganisms, mainly in agriculture, food industry and environment.

The LUBEM laboratory has 2 applicative axes:

• Ecosystems with fungal components (molds and yeasts).

• Risks associated with spore forming bacteria.

The research topics represented cover a wide range of mathematical fields, from the theoretical to the most applied. There are three main themes, organized around teams and seminars:

   - Geometry and topology;

   - Dynamical systems, probability and statistics;

    - Analysis, stochastic phenomena and applications.

 Created since 2008, the Lab-STICC is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in the field of Information and communication science and technology. Researchers work in a single structure within one central theme: “from sensor to knowledge”.

 Over the last five years, Lab-STICC members have authored more than 700 refereed journal papers, 1800 conference communications and 40 patents. Our research leadership has involved strong academic and industrial collaborations with national and international research grants amounting to more than 30 M€.

IRDL's ambition is to play, in the short term, an even more important role at the regional, national and international levels in the resolution of current issues related to the engineering of materials and systems used in the industrial sectors related to automotive, energy, aeronautics, health, transport and more particularly all areas in dynamic interaction with the marine environment, such as shipbuilding and offshore, marine energies.

The LP3C (Psychology Laboratory: Cognition, Behaviour and Communication) performs experimental research in psychology, including the fields of social psychology, cognitive psychology, ergonomics psychology, differential psychology, developmental psychology and education, with four major research areas:

-Social constructions of knowledge

-Influences and Behavior

-performance, socio performance and learning

-variability, evaluation, remediation

The OPTIMAG Optics and Magnetism Laboratory is the result of a restructuring by fusion of the Laser Spectrometry and Optics Laboratory (LSOL) and the coupling team of the Magnetism Laboratory of Brittany (LMB). It is located at the UFR Sciences et Technique in Brest.

Optics Team

Responsible: Bernard Le Jeune

ORPHY is part of the Institute of health-agro-material (IBSAM) of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, Brest, France). The team studies cardiovascular and muscular adaptations, from cell to human in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Clinical and fundamental approaches are used through in vivo and in vitro methodologies adapted to Health questions.