Third-placesandCollaborativeSpacesinFrance:aParisianStory?

François-XavierdeVaujany(DRM,UniversitéParis-Dauphine)&AlbaneGrandazzi (DRM,UniversitéParis-Dauphine,PSL)

#collday2017

Two streams ofresearch aboutcollaborativespaces…

I.THEREISSOMETHINGNEW…

Acontext ofnewwork practicesrequiring newtheories and

concepts

II.THEREISNOTSOMETHINGNEW…

Justawindow,amicrocosm,apretext tounderstand traditionalsocialororganizational issues(e.g.

constructionofasense ofcommunity)

What’s going oninFrance?

Trendsin2016working spaces

813 collaborativespaces ‘work’(coworking,telework andbusinesscenter)Threetimesmorespacesin2016thanin2010

409coworkingspaces

Clearly aParisian phenomena

Source:Neo-nomade,2017

Trendsin2016Afocusonmakers

spaces

Source:Makery - http://www.makery.info/map-labs/

• Almost 270places:• Art• Biohacklab• Educ• Fablab• Hackerspace• Medialab

Mainly inParis,butthephenomenais morebalanced than forothercollaborativespaces ‘work’oriented

Today 813shared workspaces

SinceFebruary,2016,adecreeauthorizestheemployeesofthepublicServiceandtheStatetoteleworktwiceaweek.

Somesdata(Cadreemploi,2017):• 24%oftheemployeeshaveaccesstoteleworkingpractices;• 30%have accessinthecompaniesof100employeesortheremore• 41%executives can telework

• 15%ofFrenchemployeesworkincoworkingspaces (4%work inthemeveryday)• 13%ofFrenchemployeeshavenoofficial(desks)

LaGiraFFE – Limoges(France)

Averagefeesandcostsforadeskinacoworkingspace

Source:Neo-nomade,2017

Managerial trendsinFrance

• Veryfewprofitablespaces.Aneco-systemstillinsearchofrelevantbusinessmodels.

• Theloneliness ofcommunitymanagers

• Thehybridityoftheplacesandspaces(bothfromanorganizational,socialorstrategicpointofview)makethephenomenaparticularlydifficulttograp.

Le50coworking – Méré(France)

PublicpoliciesinFranceandParis:probablystrongerthanelsewhereinEurope

• Developmentofthesespaceswithastrongsupportofactorspublic:• 150spacesofcoworkinginParisareaandanobjectiveof1000third-placesby2021(withasubsidyof200000eurosbytheconseil Régional IledeFrance).• TheNewRegionAquitainecounts157third-placestoday(coworking,fablabsandstudios)andtargets300placesby2018.

Asample ofongoing research inFranceonthese topicsSébastienKlein Researchaboutprofitability factors ofco-workingspaces

AmadouLô Study ofinnovationincorporatefab labs

JulieFabbri Studies ofopeninnovationandaffordancesofcoworkingspaces Fabbri@em-lyon.Com

AnthonyHussenot Studies ofthemakermovement (ethnography ofICIMontreuil) Anthony.Hussenot@dauphine.Fr

JulieTixier Female entrepreneursandsocialinnovation Julie.Tixier@u-pem.Fr

IgnasiCapdevilla Researchaboutinnovationhubsandopenlabs Ignasi.Capdevila@gmail.Com

AnnaGlaser 3Dprintingtechniquesandclusters Aglaser@novancia.Fr

IngridFasshauer ruralcoworking Ingrid.Fasshauer@gmail.Com

StéphanieFaure Animationofthird-placesandtheir relationwith their territory Stephanie.Faure@daupine.Eu

AlbaneGrandazzi Collaborationpracticesintrainstationasthird-places Albane.Grandazzi@dauphine.Eu

AuroreDandoy Communityemergence instudents orientedco-workingspaces Aurore.Dandoy@dauphine.Eu