Interactive agenda setting in the social sciences EDF R

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Interactive agenda setting in the social
sciences EDF RD experience 3rd 4th
november 2005, Coseners House, Abingdon
Electricité de France
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GRETS Groupe de Recherche Energie-Technologie-So
ciété

• Sociology, anthropology, semiology, linguistics,
  politics, social statistics public opinion
  analysis
• ? Knowledge developed for the past 25 years

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Social Sciences activities in response to EDF
Issues
DEDD, DICAP, RTE
BC/DPP, DV, EGD, DICAP, RH
BC/DPP, BI, RD
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Structure and current ways of functioning
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European market evolution

• Impacts for the GRETS
• Increased needs on some research themes on the
  european dimension
• Increased short term profitability concerns
• Increased questionning about 
• What is our  added-value  ?
• Do we have a competitive advantage ?

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From all this some more general questions

• The right distance between our customers needs
  and an RD position ? ?
• Research instrumentalisation vs no anchoring in
  EDF issues
• The right  balance  between the construction
  of a  collective and continuous knowledge and
  new ideas, methods, theories ??
•  Intellectual schlerosis  vs  intellectual
  dispersion 
• Confidentiality and dissemination a double bind
  ??
•  In house  position vs academic research
• Recognition from peers