Jeux & Enjeux is a transdisciplinary scientific meeting about serious games and participatory simulations. First and foremost, it is the ideal venue to meet, exchange, and share experiences among diverse users: territorial stakeholders, professionals and/or experts of the serious game sector, researchers, teachers (primary, secondary and higher education), and students. Traditionally, the Jeux & Enjeux meeting puts primary emphasis on multi-player games, whereby interactions among participants are an essential component of the game. This meeting will aim to bring forth a...
Michael SeyedAlireza Malih is beginning a thesis entitled “Simulation and Analysis of Urban Transport Electrification Using Digital Twins” This thesis will be supervised by Igor Agbossou (UMLP) and Jean-Philippe Antoni (UBE) at the IUT Nord Franche-Comté in Belfort.
Abstract
In the current context of the gradual and sustained adoption of electric vehicles for mobility and transportation needs, the electrification of urban transport has emerged as a global priority, driven by continuous technological innovations and supportive public policies. The SATURN project focuses on...
The third-year students of the undergraduate program in geography are pleased to invite you on the 16th of December 2025 for a presentation of higher education programs in geography, mostly dedicated to university programs.
Whether you are simply curious, already interested in land planning, or thinking about your future career, this event is open to all and will make you discover the contents of geography study programs. The list of career opportunities offered after such a training will be presented, including careers in land planning, urbanism, transport and mobility management,...
This thesis, entitled "Residential trajectories and modes of inhabiting: an analysis of the role of green amenities in residential preferences and leisure activities in urban areas" was directed by Samuel Carpentier-Postel and Samy Youssoufi.
The defense will take place in the UFR SLHS (Grand Salon), 32 rue Mégevand in Besançon, at 1:30 pm.
Jury composition
Lise BOURDEAU-LEPAGE, University Lyon 3, reviewer
Samuel CARPENTIER-POSTEL, University Marie and Louis Pasteur, Besançon, thesis supervisor
Geoffrey CARUSO, University of...
Again this year, ThéMA was present at the "Fête de la science" from 9 to 12 October 2025, alongside about 30 other laboratories as well as museums' and associations' representatives. During this edition, at the booth of the ThéMA laboratory, people could discover the SandBox and the serious game CityPlanner.
The SandBox is a geospatial technology modelling fields in augmented reality. It consists of a machine connected to a computer, which carves a landscape in a sand box before numerising the topography of the obtained field. The ThéMA SandBox was developed by Damien Roy. During the...
The examination for the Thesis prize Complex Systems 2025 helded on the 10th of October in Besançon.
Among the twelve presentations of the candidates, four were particularly appreciated. The committee deliberated for a long while before awarding three theses:
Oscar DUFOUR : Enhanced agent-based models for pedestrian crowds : insights from empirical data at the Festival of Lights and refinements of mechanical interactions, pedestrian shapes, and decisional aspectsLaetitia BORNES : Méthodes et outils systémiques concrets pour faire face à la complexité environnementale et aux effets rebond...
"The ThéMA laboratory is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to work on the coupled modelling of population genetic structure and metacommunity dynamics in habitat networks. The project will start in early 2026 (flexible start date), for a duration of 24 months.
The candidates must have completed a PhD in ecology or population biology by January 2026, ideally specialized in community ecology, landscape ecology, urban ecology, population genetics, or landscape genetics. Solid skills in geomatics and programming (QGIS, R, optionally : PostGIS, Julia, Git, use of computation cluster) will be...
This event will take place on Friday, October 10, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Maison des Sciences Humaines et Environnementales Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, 1 rue Charles Nodier, in Besançon.
This national award is intended for theses in the field of complex systems. This field is transdisciplinary and encompasses subjects ranging from computer science to geography, including linguistics, history, physics, biology, epidemiology, and ecology. What unites them is the way in which systems are organized: interacting elements that give rise to emerging phenomena.
This symposium...
Digital data, graph theory and spatial modeling allow us to apply the concepts of centralities and hierarchies to a wide variety os spatial situations.
The authors of this book offer insight into centralities and hierarchies within networks and territories at different scales and temporalities and for different socio-economic phenomena.
The first part of the book explores the contribution of data from cell phones and social networks to understanding centralities and hierarchies of urban space within a circumscribed temporality. The second part uses network analysis – ecological networks,...
The energy transition necessitates a rapid electrification of urban transport systems. This PhD project aims to design and experiment with an innovative digital modeling of electrified transport networks, leveraging digital twin technologies.
The project fits within a large-scale prospective simulation perspective, using 3D spatial data, territorial indicators, and multi-agent or geosimulation approaches.
The objective is to propose operational electrification scenarios adapted to the territories of the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region.
Research laboratories involved are ThéMA,...
