LabEx ITEM â INNOVATION ET TERRITOIRE DE MONTAGNE (Innovation and Mountain Territories) â representing the only humanities and social sciences LabEx overseen by the Grenoble-Alpes University, LabEx brings together over a hundred researchers from seven different laboratories, and covers an extensive palette of disciplines.
By mobilising the many fields inherent in Humanities and Social Sciences, LabEx ITEM sets out to create a hub of research references on mountainous regions, and seeks to provide these regions with the requisite analytical capacity and expertise called for by the various forms of change they face, whether it be in terms of the climate, the economy, demographics, mobility, culture, and so on.
Mountain regions have always proven their innovative ability by implementing adaptation processes in economic, environmental, cultural and social areas. Understanding of these mechanisms is key to deciphering the effects of contemporary transformations.