Bauhaus for Transitions, led by Mines Paris – PSL, organized a day of presentations, discussions, and exchanges on March 19. The event brought together executives, leaders, researchers, and public officials who are committed to developing new management practices and innovative solutions to address the challenges and uncertainties of the modern world.

Several partners of the Bauhaus des Transitions—Dassault Systèmes, Boulanger, Thales, Urgo, MMT, Cryo Pur, Stim, InnoP, and INRAE—took part in the event to learn about the scientific advances made over the past year.

The day began with an introduction to research issues related to managing uncertainty in contemporary transitions, using the historical example of the CFC ban and the fight against the hole in the ozone layer.

Numerous studies were subsequently highlighted, covering formal advances in design theories and their connection to new generativity models (generative AI), the study of dual-impact science-industry interaction modes, the formalization and tooling of co-design processes in situations where extremely “distant” actors must collaborate and co-invent, and new forms of preservative creation at system interfaces to enable high-impact innovations with a significant environmental impact.

Two books were published in 2025 by members of the team:

• Science with a Difference: The Creative Social Dynamics of the École-Laboratoire des Houches, by Valibhay & Hatchuel, Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, 2025.
• Science and Industry in the Age of Double Impact: Fostering Scientific Discoveries and Disruptive Innovations, Plantec, Weil & Le Masson, Presse des Mines, Paris, 2025.

The event also provided an opportunity to present the new 2025–2026 doctoral theses.
Marie Chabert, a CIFRE doctoral student at SNCF, presented her thesis titled “New Forms of Engineering Organization in the Face of Transitions: Organization and Methodology for Creative Preservation.” Matthieu Jannic, a CIFRE PhD student at Find Climate, presented his thesis proposal on “Strategic land use planning for the scaling up of deep-tech startups.”

The poster session then facilitated direct discussions between researchers and partners, generating ideas for further exploration and fostering new opportunities for collaboration.

The Partners’ Day concluded with a session bringing together perspectives from the Bauhaus des Transitions and the Chair of Business Theory, focusing on the contributions of Grothendieck’s topos to the study of design sciences and governance. It was also an opportunity to hear a presentation by Olivia Caramello—a mathematician and topos specialist invited to Mines Paris-PSL with the support of the Bauhaus des Transitions and the Computer Science Research Center.

The day concluded with an event open to the public, focused on the topic of responsible use of generative AI.