Associate Professor of Sociology, department of business and social administration (AES)
Responsibilities at the level of Rennes 2 University:
- Member of the Commission of International Affairs (CAI) of Rennes 2 University
- Member of section 19 (sociology) Rennes 2 University
Responsibilities at the level of the School {UFR} of Social Sciences:
- Member of the Council of the School {UFR} of Social Sciences, Rennes 2 University, College B
- EMERGE program coordinator, School {UFR} of Social Sciences, Rennes 2 University
Responsibilities at the level of the department of business and social administration (AES):
- Chair of the bachelor's diploma committee of "AES" (business and social administration)
- Co-Director of Studies Bachelor 3 AES
- Co-manager Bachelor 3 AES
My career as a faculty member-research scholar has followed an international path.
I worked as a lecturer and/or researcher in the following establishments:
- Rennes 2 University, department of business and social administration (AES), ESO-Rennes laboratory (UMR CNRS 6590), France
- University of Lille 1, Institute of Sociology, Clersé research laboratory (UMR CNRS 8019), France
- Center for the Sociology of Innovation (CSI) of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (National School of Mining of Paris), France
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Chair of Sociology of Work and Organizations
- Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart (Centre for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg), Department of Technology, Organization and Work (TOA), Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIFG) in Cologne, Germany
I studied sociology and political science in Germany (University of Konstanz, University of Tübingen, Leibniz Kolleg Tübingen) and France (EHESS Paris, IEP Grenoble).
Research topics :
Coworking, third places, new forms of work linked to digital technology
For more information, see the ESO webpage.
Diagnosis in the sociology of the firm and the digital world
Sociology of networks applied to the territory
Digital sociology
Introduction to organisational sociology
Sociology of organisations
Introduction to sociology
Publications (sélection):
Krauss G., Tremblay D.-G. (2024), “Introduction to The Coworking (R)evolution“, In: Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G.(eds.), The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and living in new territories, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 1-5.
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Krauss G., Tremblay D.-G. (2024), “Third places, coworking, and coworking spaces as concepts responding to current social and economic trends”, In: Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G. (eds.), The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and living in new territories, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 7-25.
Baudelle G., Ferchaud F., Krauss G., Peyrou A.-L., Tremblay D.-G. (2024), “A new mode of reconciliation of professional and personal life: the contribution of coworking space”, In: Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G. (eds.), The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and living in new territories, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 59-74.
Urasadettan J., Le Nadant A.-L., Glémain P., Krauss G. (2024), “Motivations to collaborate and motivations to work in coworking spaces: a comparative analysis”, In: Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G. (eds.), The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and living in new territories, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 93-110.
Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G. (2024), “Conclusion to The Coworking (R)evolution”, In: Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G.(eds.), The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and living in new territories, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 301-304.
Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G. (eds.) (2024), The Coworking (R)evolution: Working and living in new territories, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Krauss G. (2024), « Que signifie l’émergence de nombreux tiers-lieux : un facteur d’innovation pour les territoires ou simple expression d’une transition sociétale ? » [What is the significance of the emergence of so many third places: a factor of innovation for territories, or simply the expression of a societal transition?], Pouvoirs Locaux (revue de la gouvernance publique), n°124 (01/2024), 22-28.
Baudelle G., Tremblay D.-G., Krauss G., Le Gall S., Marinos C., Ross E. (2023), « Espaces de coworking et territoires non métropolitains : des relations paradoxales. Une comparaison internationale (Allemagne, France, Canada) » [Coworking spaces and non-metropolitan territories: paradoxical relationships. An international comparison (Germany, France, Canada)], Revue d’Économie Régionale et Urbaine (RERU), 2023/5, p. 765-787.
Le Nadant A.-L., Marinos C., Krauss G. (2022), « Quel sera l’impact de la crise de la Covid-19 sur les pratiques de coworking ? », Géographie, Économie, Société, 24 (2022), p.189-200.
Feildel B., Le Nadant A.-L., Krauss G. (2021), « Le coworking, une vraie révolution pour la mobilité des travailleurs ? », The Conversation, 20 octobre 2021.
Krauss G., Le Nadant A.-L. (2020), « Travailler à la marge ? Les espaces de travail collaboratif au cœur d’un nouveau système de mobilités hors métropole », Palimpseste, n° 4, printemps-été 2020, p. 33-35.
Krauss G. (2020), “Das baden-württembergische Innovationssystem als organisationales Feld: eine organisationssoziologische Betrachtung” [The innovation system in Baden-Württemberg as an organizational field: an organizational sociological analysis], In: Blättel-Mink B., Ebner A. (dir.), Innovationssysteme: Technologie, Institutionen und die Dynamik der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, 2.Auflage, Wiesbaden, Springer VS, p. 261-285.
Krauss G., Tremblay (dir.) (2019), Tiers-lieux – travailler et entreprendre sur les territoires : Espaces de co-working, fab labs, hack labs…. [Third places - working and doing business in the regions: co-working spaces, fab labs, hack labs....] Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes / Québec: Presses de l'Université du Québec.
Krauss G. (2019), « Focus sociologique sur le phénomène des espaces de coworking dans les petites et moyennes villes dans le sud-ouest de l’Allemagne », BELGEO [en ligne], URL: https://doi.org/10.4000/belgeo.34245
Krauss G. (2017), « La clé de la réussite d’un musée : être au cœur des réseaux locaux » [The key to a museum's success: being at the heart of local networks], Place Publique Nantes/Saint Nazaire, automne 2017, n°64, p.30-31.
Krauss G. (2016), « L’échec dans la culture entrepreneuriale » [Failure in entrepreneurial culture], Regards croisés sur l’économie, 2016/2, n°19, « Entrepreneuriat : l’odyssée des temps modernes ? », p.117-129.
Baudelle G., Krauss G., Polo J.-F. (dir.)(2015), Musées d’art et développement régional [Art museums and regional development]. Rennes : Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
Krauss G. (2015), “The creation of a second Centre Pompidou in Metz: social embedding of a new regional cultural facility and formation of a strategic action field”, European Planning Studies, Special issue: “Renewal through culture? The role of museums for the renewal of industrial regions in Europe", Vol. 23, Issue 8, 2015, p. 1494-1510.
Krauss G., Sternberg R. (2014), “Introduction: on the relationship between entrepreneurship and creativity”. In: Sternberg R., Krauss G. (eds.), Handbook of Research on Creativity and Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 1-17.
Sternberg R., Krauss G. (eds.) (2014): Handbook of Research on Creativity and Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar Publishing.
Krauss G. (2014), « Innovations organisationnelles de la culture et revitalisation sociale, identitaire et économique des territoires : l’exemple de la décentralisation d’un établissement culturel national », Innovations, 1, n° 43, p. 115-133.
Krauss G. (2009), « Les jeunes entreprises pionnières face à l’incertitude : la construction sociale de l’échec » [Leading-edge start-up companies facing uncertainty: the social construction of failure], Revue Française de Socio-Économie, n° 3, 1er sem. 2009, p. 169-186.
Krauss G. (2005), “Internet-based Electronic Business: A Sociology of Discontinuities and Failures of New Companies in the Fields of Entertainment and Technology in California”, In: Huebner K. (ed.), The New Economy in a Transatlantic Perspective: Spaces of Innovation. London / New York: Routledge, p. 204-227.
Krauss G. (2005), “Regionale und soziale Einbettung von Wissensökonomien in Metropolregionen” [L’encastrement social des économies de la connaissance dans les métropoles], In: Kujath H.-J. (dir.), Knoten im Netz: zur neuen Rolle der Metropolregionen in der Dienstleistungswirtschaft und Wissensökonomie [Nodes in the network: the new role of metropolitan regions in the service industry and knowledge economy], Münster: Lit-Verlag (“Stadt- und Regionalwissenschaften”, Bd. 4), p. 109-120.
Heidenreich M., Krauss G. (2004), “The Baden-Württemberg Production and Innovation Regime: Past Successes and New Challenges”, In: Cooke P., Heidenreich M., Braczyk H.-J. (eds.), Regional Innovation Systems, second edition, London: Routledge, p.186-213.
Krauss G. (1999), « Les problèmes d’adaptation d’une économie régionale forte: changement et inerties en Bade-Wurtemberg » [Steering Problems in a Vibrant Regional Economy: Keeping Baden-Württemberg Technology Firms on Track], Revue d’Économie Régionale et Urbaine (RERU), 1999/2, p. 353-376.
Fuchs G., Krauss G., Wolf H.-G. (1999), Die Bindungen der Globalisierung: Interorganisationsbeziehungen im regionalen und globalen Wirtschaftsraum [The ties of globalization: Interorganizational relations in the regional and global economic space]. Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag.
Krauss G. (1999), Technologieorientierte Unternehmensgründungen in einer sich wandelnden Regionalökonomie: Unterstützungsmodelle für die Praxis in Baden-Württemberg, Workshopdokumentation [Technology-oriented start-ups in a changing regional economy: Support models for practice in Baden-Württemberg, workshop documentation], Arbeitsbericht Nr. 148 (August 1999 / ISBN 3-932013-86-7), , Stuttgart: Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzüng in Baden-Württemberg.
Krauss G. (1996), Forschung im unitarischen Staat: Abhängigkeit und Autonomie der staatlich finanzierten Forschung in Frankreich. [Research in the unitary state: Dependence and autonomy of state-funded research in France]. (Schriften des Max-Planck-Instituts für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln; Bd. 26 [Publications of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne; Vol. 26]). Frankfurt am Main: Campus.