The Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict (CERGIC) produces state-of-the art research in economics related to governance, equality, information dissemination and conflict resolution. CERGIC addresses research questions that contributes to the understanding of the numerous crises that plague modern societies and that are crossed by political, social and environmental dimensions. A particular attention is brought to the topics: 

• social cohesion 

• spatial dynamics

• information​

• environment

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In 2024, the Equality and Conflict (EqCo) "Equipe Mixte de Recherche" (EMR 5001) was created, supported by CERGIC and housed at ENS Lyon.

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