Élodie ROS

Élodie ROS is a Researcher and project manager at SCUIO-IP (Service Commun Universitaire d'Information et d'Orientation - Insertion Professionnelle) of the University of Paris 8, where she also serves as a Sociologist and Doctor of Political Science. Her academic work bridges research, teaching, and practical application through cooperative models and action research methodologies.

Her research interests focus on cooperative and collective entrepreneurship, particularly examining how these models affect students' professional development and job market integration. She investigates changes in perceptions of economic models and territorial relationships within university contexts, with geographical focus spanning France (particularly Seine-Saint-Denis) and Senegal. ROS specializes in action research methodologies, co-construction of knowledge with communities, and the political dimensions of cooperative movements.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals strong thematic consistency across multiple domains: cooperative education models, social and solidarity economy (SSE), gender dynamics in cooperative spaces, and the application of Epistemology of the South in research practices. Her work demonstrates a clear trajectory toward decolonial approaches in cooperative research, with increasing emphasis on South-North knowledge exchange and alternative economic systems.

• Member of LUCI (L'Université Coopérative Internationale de Paris 8)
• Member of COOPEEC (research group on youth ephemeral cooperatives)
• Member of LISRA (social laboratory)
• Member of RIUESS scientific council
• Co-organizer of multiple academic events on cooperative economy

As an educator, ROS has supervised Master's theses and teaches courses including 'Coop'en 8 and the economic model' in the Master ESSI program and 'Social economy and transition' in the AES undergraduate program. Her approach emphasizes cooperative learning and collective project design, reflecting her research focus on practical applications of cooperative models within educational settings.

ROS leads significant research initiatives including action research on student-managed cooperative entrepreneurship projects since 2018, co-research with women's collectives in Dakar since 2021, and facilitation of research seminars around the Junior Cooperative project since 2024. Her work with the International Cooperative University (LUCI) represents a key institutional context for her transnational research on cooperative models in vulnerable communities.