Hugues Lhopital

Name: Hugues Lhopital
Role: Associate Researcher and Adapted Physical Activities (APA) Teacher at Faculty of Sports Science (UFR-STAPS), Université Lyon 1
Education: PhD in Sociology (2022) from L-VIS (Laboratoire de Viabilité, Archéologie et Lettres de l'Innovation Sociale)

Research Interests: Dr. Lhopital's research focuses on social innovation processes, specifically examining sociotechnical networks involved in adaptive climbing for people with disabilities. His work evaluates systems enabling disabled climbing and maps interdependencies between socio-technical actors in Lyon's territory.

Career Timeline:

• 2018–present: PRAG/PRCE Teacher in APA department, Université Lyon 1
• 1992–2018: Specialized teaching in SEGPA (special education) and medical-social establishments

Publications: While no peer-reviewed journal articles appear in ZotPress records, he presented at the 3SLF (Société de Sociologie de Langue Française) Congress in Bordeaux (2019) on configurations of socio-technical networks in climbing innovation.