Our Missions
The Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Clermont-Ferrand is a Support and Research Unity, under the supervision of both Clermont Auvergne University and the CNRS. It initiates interdisciplinary research projects in scientific fields such as foreign languages, Social Sciences and Humanities (SHS), and supports the researchers and university lecturers of its 15 associate laboratories during every step of the conception, realization and dissemination of their scientific projects.
As a member of a national network (RnMSH) and of the Fédération des Recherches en Environnement (FRE), the MSH encompasses all the SHS laboratories, and also includes two postgraduate schools and eight research units.
The MSH comprises more than 1,000 researchers, lecturers, doctoral students, and about a hundred BIATSS staff members (i.e. non-teaching staff) within its 15 associated laboratories.
As a research unit, the MSH has several missions, including :
- To promote interdisciplinarity
- To encourage interinstitutional dynamics
- To support international collaboration
- To develop its territorial establishment
- To assert its own scientific identity
As a support and research unit, the MSH has different goals, including :
- To assist its research unities
- To distribute and highlight scientific knowledge
- To encourage innovative interdisciplinary programmes
- To structure the local Social Sciences and Humanities
The MSH also strives :
- To facilitate dialogue between the Social Sciences, Humanities and “hard” sciences
- To implement shared technology platforms
- To involve researchers and lecturers in local, national and international networks
- To support research training by collaborating with the postgraduate school of the Humanities and Social Sciences and that of Economy, Law, Political Sciences, and Management.