Abschlussbericht des Verbundvorhabens

Das Verbundvorhaben PeopleSuN – Optimierung von Off-Grid Energieversorgungssystemen in Nigeria zielte darauf ab, evidenzbasierte Planungsinstrumente für eine nachhaltige Elektrifizierung ländlicher Regionen Nigerias zu entwickeln. Unter Leitung des Reiner Lemoine Instituts (RLI) wurden gemeinsam mit internationalen Partnern umfangreiche quantitative und qualitative Datenerhebungen zur Stromnutzung, Zahlungsbereitschaft sowie zu sozialen und kulturellen Einflussfaktoren durchgeführt. Insgesamt wurden über 3.600 Haushalte und 1.125 Unternehmen in drei nigerianischen Regionen befragt, ergänzt durch Fokusgruppen und Stakeholder-Interviews. Die Ergebnisse flossen in die Entwicklung von Open-Source-Tools zur Bedarfsschätzung (RAMP) und zur techno-ökonomischen Planung von Off-Grid-Systemen (Offgridplanner) ein. Die Tools und erhobenen Datensätze wurden in praxisnahen Schulungen und Fallstudien validiert und stehen öffentlich zur Verfügung. Das Projekt leistet einen konkreten Beitrag zur Operationalisierung von SDG 7 (nachhaltige Energie für alle) und unterstützt Unternehmen, Entscheidungsträger*innen und Forschungseinrichtungen bei einer realitätsnahen Planung von Elektrifizierungsprojekten

Origins and rationele of centres for parents and young children together

The range of centres where parents and children come together has mushroomed in different parts of the world, as new social work practices address the emerging non-material needs of parents in changing demographic contexts. In this paper, we explore the origins and modi operandi of these centres in Belgium, France, Italy and Japan. Analysis of previous studies and policy documents reveal diverse political rationales, including addressing declining birth rates, preventing psychosocial problems and social isolation of mothers and promoting social cohesion and equality of educational opportunities. Remarkably, despite the diverse cultural and socio-political contexts and rationales, these centres also share very similar ways of functioning and provide an informal type of social support to parents with young children. As these recently emerged centres are seldom studied, further research is welcomed to explore parents' and professionals' perspectives

Accelerating the Passage to Citizenship: Marriage and Naturalization in France

Naturalization systems often provide immigrant spouses of citizens with accelerated access to citizenship, but thus far, the impact of such fast-track procedures has yet to be examined by empirical analysis. Toward that end, we leverage a unique feature of French naturalization policy: a dual track system, one for standard naturalization and a second that makes naturalization a right for non-citizens married to citizens. We show that, overall, family-level factors exercise the greatest influence on naturalization decisions relative to individual and contextual factors; further, marriage to French citizens is the single most powerful factor, yielding effects on naturalization in both tracks. However, while marriage to a naturalized citizen promotes standard naturalization, marriage to a French native fosters citizenship via the marriage track. Women migrants who marry French natives are particularly likely to naturalize via marriage. Contributing to the study of naturalization by attending to the link between two institutions—naturalization and marriage—we show that the effects of an apparent bias toward the familial ties of citizens run up against state efforts to close off membership to outsiders

Un nouvel Homère

Neyrand L. Un nouvel Homère. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 63, fascicule 294-298, Janvier-décembre 1950. pp. 255-258