The SanT.E.Si.H UR_UM211 Research Unit brings together researchers who previously worked in the young research team No. 2516 (2007–2010) and young researchers who have joined the team since 2011.
This team's central research focus is:“The dynamics of processes that lead to and reduce situations of disability.”
The SanT.E.Si.H. team has been a member of IFR Handicap (SFR/AERES) since 2007 and is part ofDS (a doctoral school jointly accredited by UM3 and UM).
SantTESiH Management
Eric Perera (Ed.)
Rémi Richard (Deputy Director)
Research Secretariat
Nicole Bousquet
UFR STAPS – University of Montpellier
Phone: +33 (0)4 11 75 90 94
Moderator
Maguelone Rouvarel (associate member)
area of research
The laboratory’s primary focus is on analyzing the barriers and facilitators to social participation (in the areas of education, health, employment, and leisure) for people living with disabilities—whether these disabilities stem from impairments or functional limitations, or from a lack of social and/or environmental resources.
This focus area is structured around three dimensions:
1) the role of technology as a means of reducing disability (and, in particular, of facilitating access to recreational sports activities);
2) an understanding of the institutional mechanisms (such as promotion, facilitation, incentives, etc.) that shape the dynamics of social engagement among the individuals in question;
3) the consideration of life courses (or longitudinal studies), which provide a microsociological perspective on these dynamics of engagement.
Joint Master's Programs
The SanteSiH team currently serves as a support laboratory for the following specialties:
- PESAP Master’s Programin “Prevention, Health Education, and 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 tool to advance health promotion, taking into account individuals’ sense of commitment to their physical activity practices. Ultimately, the program aims to provide the skills necessary to create conditions that support public health in all areas of people’s lives, particularly with regard to lifestyle choices and the role of physical activity.
- MTS Master’s Degreein “Sports Tourism Management.” This program is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to design, implement, and manage development projects in the field of sports tourism. The career paths covered focus on 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 established in 2007. It was designated a “Young Research Team” (No. 2516) from 2007 to 2010, then renewed as a “Host Team” (No. 4614) for the periods 2011–2014 and 2015–2019. Since 2020, the team has been designated as Research Unit UR_UM211.
His research initially focused on “the study of the processes by which disabilities arise and are mitigated,” and more specifically on analyzing the impact of environmental factors on these processes (with particular attention to educational, athletic, political, and media environments).
She has gradually diversified her areas of research and the groups she studies (people with motor, visual, hearing, and intellectual disabilities, and later those with chronic diseases—both communicable and noncommunicable)—by linking issues and theoretical models of disability 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 is involved in collaborative projects with the Center for Political Studies of Latin Europe (CEPEL, UMR 5112). It is also actively involved in the “Health Administration and Health Economics” Federative Research Structure led by Professor Guy Delande for the 2015–2019 term, which involves several social science research teams from the University of Montpellier and the Montpellier University Hospital (CHU).
At the national level, the team has strong ties within the Federal Institute for Research 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, and Educational and School Practices (GRHAPES, EA 7287), and the House of Social Sciences and Disability (MSSH)—which is affiliated with the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health (EHESP).
On the international front, it is strengthening its international research programs through scientific collaborations with Canada (Professor Patrick Fougeyrollas, Laval University, Quebec City, and the International Network on the Process of Disability Production—Professor Yves Boisvert, École Nationale d’Administration Publique, Montreal) and Switzerland (Professors Nicolas Bancel and Anne Marcellini, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne).
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