Inauguration of a new AUF/Iméra chair

Published on 30 Aug 2019

On August 30, 2019, Aix-Marseille University (AMU), Iméra, and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) signed a convention for the creation of a new AUF/Iméra chair entitled “Structural Transformations and Institutional Dynamics in the Francophonie.”

From left to right: the Rector of the Agence Universitaire Francophone (AUF), Jean-Paul de Gaudemar, the President of Aix-Marseille University, Yvon Berland, and the President of Iméra Denis Bertin.

The President of Aix-Marseille University, Yvon Berland, and the Rector of the Agence Universitaire Francophone (AUF), Jean-Paul de Gaudemar, signed the convention creating the AUF/Iméra chair on “Structural Transformations and Institutional Dynamics in the Francophonie,” which will welcome its first holders next month.

Organized over a cycle of three academic years (2019-2022), the chair’s potential study objects include:

Structural transformations and institutional reforms in resource-rich countries
Infrastructure, inequalities, and development
Socio-political models of inclusiveness and the definition of related reforms
Structural transformations, educational policies, and the employment of young graduates
New models of North/South and South/South partnership

By engaging in this cooperation, the AUF brings not only an exceptional international network but also a leading partnership with the Collège de France and the Royal Academy of Belgium, the only other institutions to host joint chairs with the AUF. Indeed, the convention consecrates the idea of mobility for the chair holders between the three AUF partners so that each can benefit from the lectures and conferences of these personalities.