Welcome to the Research Chair INFRA-S website !
The Chair INFRA-S on social value of infrastructures was founded on February 28, 2023 by the Board of Directors of UQAM. The Chair INFRA-S offers a pragmatic approach, multidisciplinary and co-construction of knowledge in order to:
• Enlighten key actors of the infrastructure ecosystem on the ways to meet social challenges and;
• Empower these key actors with tools to integrate best practices that support social value of infrastructures and more responsible governance, to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment.
The Chair is in line with the objectives of UQAM and ESG, which aim to promote collaborative research, the development of governance and a sustainable living environment.
- Four Universities, One Research Program: The Research Chair INFRA-S Shares Its Work in China
Nathalie Drouin, Chairholder of the Research Chair INFRA-S and Professor in the Department of Management at ESG UQAM, has returned from an academic tour in China. In Beijing, Wuhan and Dalian, four universities welcomed her. She presented the Chair’s work to scholars, PhD students and MBA students. The tour also strengthened ties with international partners.… Read more: Four Universities, One Research Program: The Research Chair INFRA-S Shares Its Work in China - Welcome to Serghei Floricel, New Member of the Research Chair INFRA-S
The Research Chair INFRA-S is pleased to welcome Serghei Floricel, Full Professor in the Department of Management at the École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM). An engineer by training, he holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Bucharest (Romania), as well as an MBA and a PhD in administration from UQAM. This background,… Read more: Welcome to Serghei Floricel, New Member of the Research Chair INFRA-S - Video Capsule | The Social Viability of Infrastructure ProjectsThe research Chair INFRA-S continues its video capsule series by exploring a key issue in infrastructure projects: the social viability of infrastructure projects. In this new capsule, Nathalie Drouin and Skander Ben Abdallah present the main factors that contribute to the social viability and social acceptability of infrastructure projects. Watch the video now: Axis 2… Read more: Video Capsule | The Social Viability of Infrastructure Projects
