Pacte is a mixed research unit (UMR-5194) specializing in the social sciences and part of the Grenoble-Alpes University Community. It is affiliated to France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University Grenoble Alpes (UGA) and Sciences Po Grenoble. The research centre is an associate member of the National Foundation of Political Science (FNSP). Pacte brings together political scientists, geographers, planners and sociologists doing research at Grenoble. The team also includes several economists, lawyers and historians. In all the research unit comprises 120 permanent researchers and faculty members, 25 engineers and technicians and 150 PhD students.

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