This axis is part of an ethnographic-type research perspective aimed at investigating everyday digital practices in order to understand the modes of appropriation, adjustments, repurposing (misuse/subversion), and even resistances that accompany the deployment of certain digital identity systems.
This axis seeks to explore and develop, from a forward-looking or critical perspective, the range of possibilities regarding the relationship between digital identity and environmental protection. One of the key challenges of this work is to contribute to the broader debate on ‘digital technology and the environment’, and to align the Chair with the ecological transition efforts expected from the research and innovation sectors.
This axis aims to produce a series of studies to identify, analyze, and discuss socio-political or techno-scientific controversies emerging in the public sphere regarding digital identitý, the systems deployed, and their usage.
RD-ID Chair Think Tank
The Chair is committed to a responsible research approach, supported in particular by an internal participatory reflexivity mechanism in the form of a think tank. This think tank serves as a space for knowledge production and action-research, enriched by the discussion of research findings generated within the Chair.
Its purpose is to foster the co-construction of knowledge to inform industrial and policy decisions regarding the future evolution of digital identity.
Meeting three times a year, the think tank brings together a diversity of perspectives from its various stakeholders. It offers a high-level forum for dialogue, encouraging the emergence of collaborative projects and joint publications.
In 2025, the think tank’s activities focus on the dynamics of social acceptability, exploring the tensions between initial hesitations, actual usage, and the gradual appropriation of digital identification technologies. Participants include representatives from ANSES, ANSSI, the European Commission, as well as leading academic researchers in the field.