The SanT.E.Si.H UR_UM211 Research Unit brings together researchers who previously worked in the young team No. 2516 (2007-2010) and young researchers who have joined the team since 2011.
This team's main research focus is: "Dynamics of processes for creating and reducing situations of disability."
The SanT.E.Si.H. team has been a member of IFR Handicap (SFR/AERES) since 2007 and belongs toDS (UM3 & UM co-accredited doctoral school).
SantTESiH Management
Eric Perera (Director)
Rémi Richard (Deputy Director)
Research Secretariat
Nicole Bousquet
UFR STAPS – University of Montpellier
Tel: +1 404-759-9094
Moderator
Maguelone Rouvarel (PhD student)
research focus
The laboratory's main focus is on analyzing the barriers and facilitators of social participation (in the areas of education, health, work, and leisure) for people living with disabilities, whether these are related to impairments or incapacities, or to a lack of social and/or environmental resources.
This focus is structured around three dimensions:
1) the role of technology in reducing situations of disability (and in particular facilitating access to sports and leisure activities);
2) understanding the institutional logic (promotion, facilitation, incentives, etc.) that organizes the dynamics of social engagement among the individuals in question;
3) Taking into account life trajectories (or longitudinal studies), providing a microsociological perspective on these dynamics of engagement.
Associate Masters
The SanteSiH team currently provides laboratory support for the following specialties:
- Master's degree in PESAP(Prevention, Health Education, Physical Activity). This program is designed to train future leaders in the field of health promotion. More specifically, students are trained to use physical activity as a lever for promoting health, taking into account individuals' commitment to their practices. Ultimately, the training program aims to provide the skills necessary to build conditions conducive to the health of populations in all areas of their lives, particularly in terms of lifestyle and the role of physical activity.
- Master's degree inSports Tourism Management. This program aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to design, implement, and manage development projects in the field of sports tourism. The professions identified are those related to service engineering in sports tourism.
- RAPA Master's Degreein Rehabilitation through Adapted Physical Activities.
SANTESIH history
The "Health, Education, and Disability" (SANTESIH) research team was created in 2007. It was designated a Young Team (No. 2516) from 2007 to 2010, then renewed as a Host Team (No. 4614) for 2011-2014 and 2015-2019. Since 2020, the team has become research unit UR_UM211.
His research initially focused on "the study of the processes involved in creating and reducing situations of disability," and more specifically on analyzing the impact of environmental factors on these processes (with particular attention to educational, sporting, political, and media environments).
She has gradually diversified her areas of research and the groups studied (people affected by motor, visual, hearing, and intellectual impairments, then by chronic diseases—whether communicable or not) by linking disability issues and theoretical models to broader questions in the sociology of health.
For the 2015-2019 five-year plan, the Santesih research team is engaged in highly productive collaborations focused on sociopolitical analyses of health and disability issues.
At the local level, the unit is part of the programs of the Maison des sciences de l'homme (MSH) in Montpellier, and of collaborative projects with the Centre d'Études Politiques de l'Europe Latine (CEPEL, UMR 5112). It is also actively involved in the Federative Research Structure "Health Administration and Medical Economics" led by Professor Guy Delande for the 2015-2019 plan, which involves several social science research teams from the University of Montpellier and Montpellier University Hospital.
At the national level, the team has strong links with the Federative Research Institute on Disability (IFRH – IFR 25), of which it has been a member since 2008, particularly with the "Center for Research, Medicine, Science, Health, Mental Health, and Society" (CERMES3, UMR 8211 – U988), the Research Group on Disability, Accessibility, Educational and School Practices (GRHAPES, EA 7287) and the House of Social Sciences and Disability (MSSH) – which is attached to the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health (EHESP).
Internationally, it is strengthening its international research programs through scientific collaborations with Canada (Professor Patrick Fougeyrollas, Laval University, Quebec, and the International Network on the Process of Disability Production – Professor Yves Boisvert, National School of Public Administration, Montreal) and Switzerland (Professors Nicolas Bancel and Anne Marcellini, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne).
Santesih Publications
