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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Public Law Center (CDP)
Themes Name and surname of the manager Email/Phone
  • Constitutional law and political crises;
  • Public administration;
  • Decentralization;
  • Public procurement and partnership;
  • International treaties and community standards
KOKOROKO K. Dodzi dodzikokoroko@gmail.com

Contact de L’UL

Domaine de formation

Téléphones :

(228) 22 21 35 00 (Présidence UL)

(228) 22 21 30 27 (Standard Présidence UL)

(228) 22 25 50 93 (Standard Campus)

(228) 22 25 50 94 (Standard Campus)

Fax: (228) 22 21 85 95

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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LABORATORY (LARU)

ESA
ESTBA
ENSI
FASEG
FDS
FSS
FLLA
FDD
FSHS

Higher School of Agronomy


Soil Sciences, Climate and Plant Production Interface Laboratory (LISSCPC)
Themes
  • Plant selection and production
  • Seed production
  • Water and agronomic productions
  • Production techniques
  • Plant biology and development
  • Plants and environmental stresses
  • Plant genome and diversity
  • Plant diversity and production
  • Natural resources and conservation
  • Diversity and varietal improvement
  • In vitro culture and plant production
  • Plant genome and biotechnology
  • Biotechnologies, genome and experiments
  • Plant pathologies
  • Plant and microorganism interactions

Agro-resources and Environmental Health Research Laboratory (LARASE)
Themes
  • Animal selection and production Animal biology and development Animal production molecules

Higher School of Biological and Food Techniques


Laboratory of Biomedical, Food and Environmental Health Sciences( LaSBASE )
Themes
  • Medicinal plants and bioactive substances
  • Chronobiology and Toxicogenomics
  • Defense mechanisms
  • Artisanal technologies and valorization
  • Microbial systematics and resistance of microorganisms
  • Analysis of environmental aspects
  • Agri-food
  • Food standards and quality

Laboratory of Microbiology and Food Quality Control (LAMICODA)
Themes
  • Microbial Biotechnologies
  • Food safety and food quality
  • Technology and transformation
  • Pharmacopoeia and traditional valuations
  • Plants and medicines.

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs


Themes
  • Geotechnics
  • Soil mechanics
  • Materials
  • Drinking water systems
  • Sanitation systems
  • Renewable energies
  • Conventional energies
  • Earth networks
  • Electronic systems
  • Electric networks
  • Energy efficiency

Faculty of Economics and Management


Themes
  • Agricultural and applied economics
  • Applied macroeconomics

Faculty of Sciences


Solar Energy Laboratory (LES)
Themes
  • Urban waste and energy production Sustainable energy and environmental protection Exploitable resources and production Local resources and green energy production

Ecology Laboratory & of Ecotoxicology (LaEE)
Themes
  • Microbiology and applications;
  • Animal selection and production;
  • Population genetics
  • Natural selection and evolution
  • Fishing & aquaculture
  • Rangeland Tracking
  • Vulnerability and resilience of agrosystems;
  • Animal biology and development
  • Systematic & phylogeny;
  • Population genetics
  • Natural selection and evolution;
  • Population dynamics
  • Spatial dynamics of animals;
  • Population and biodemographic characteristics of animal populations
  • Population dynamics
  • Spatial dynamics of animals;
  • Natural resources and conservation;
  • Plant pathologies
  • Plant and microorganism interactions;
  • Plant and animal interactions
  • Plant protection

Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology (LBEV)
Themes
  • Study of the structuring of the genetic diversity of legumes and tuber plants;
  • Adaptation of plants to water deficit;
  • Improving productivity through biotechnologies;
  • Neglected and underutilized food plants;
  • Geomatics and forest modeling;
  • Forest monitoring and management;
  • Conservation and biodiversity;
  • Pesticides, other organic and agrosystem pollutants; Climate change, resilience, agricultural-environmental quality interface;
  • Dynamics of tropical ecosystems;
  • Local resources and green energy production.

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Natural Substances (LabCOSNat)
Themes
  • Chemistry of life and for living
  • Medicinal plants and medicines;
  • association and risks
  • Plant protection
  • Natural resources and conservation
  • Medicinal plants and new active ingredients
  • Plant and animal interactions
  • Medicinal plants and natural substances of therapeutic interest
  • Pesticides, other organic and agrosystem contaminants.

Waste Management, Treatment and Valorization Laboratory (GTVD)
Themes
  • Integrated Soil Fertility Management (GIFS);
  • Water and sanitation Pesticides, other organic contaminants and agro systems;
  • Oceans, waste and pollution;
  • Urban waste and energy production;
  • Valorisation of organic waste products in agriculture;
  • Waste management and pollution Climate change;
  • Sustainable energy and environmental protection.

Laboratory of Process Engineering and Natural Resources (LAGEPREN)
Themes
  • Environmental pollution and animal biodiversity
  • Environmental pollution and plant biodiversity
  • Eco toxicology and environmental biochemistry
  • Food pollution and consumer impacts Role of agricultural systems in environmental pollution
  • Production and formulation of improved phytomedicines Food biosecurity Formulation of antiseptic ointments
  • Protection of animals against insect bites Fight against animal flu
  • Medicinal plants and new active ingredients Phytochemistry of medicinal plants;
  • Production and formulation of improved phytomedicines; Natural substances;
  • Aromatic plants with antioxidant capacities, Essential Oils and aromatherapy
  • Galenic Formulation
  • Cellular and microbial biotechnologies
  • Productions adapted to Agri-food processing;
  • Microorganisms, processes and food quality;
  • Food and societal perception;
  • Food production standards and quality Food hygiene, analysis and quality control;
  • Fight against pests of food cultures artisanal ethnologies and valorization;
  • Defense mechanisms of life;
  • Animal production molecules;
  • Plant production molecules;
  • Living organisms and molecules;
  • Local agro resources and food self-sufficiency;
  • Socio-cultural factors and food production;
  • Microorganisms and production technologies Technologies for processing animal and plant products;
  • Cells, physiology and interactions;
  • Production and uses of molecules
  • Genetic transmissions and modalities;
  • Chemistry of and for life
  • Nutrition and Food;
  • Ethics of science and technology;
  • Transformation of agricultural products including non-food valorization;
  • Production and product management;
  • Virus and interaction;
  • Studies of operations of biotechnology industries Quality, safety of bioproducts and bioprocesses.

Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Semiconductor Components (LPMCS)
Themes
  • Experimental and numerical modeling of material behavior laws;
  • Nano physics for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications;
  • Optical communications technology;
  • Antennas and propagation;
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Systems and Networks
  • Synthesis, formulation, characterization of materials and evaluation of their performance;
  • Fiber Optic Components;
  • Nonlinear Optics and Telecommunications Applications;
  • Cybersecurity;
  • Design and development of new optical fibers, new laser sources, new measuring and imaging instruments, new optical components and systems;
  • Network Internet of Things, big data, smart cities; High energy physics;
  • Quantum optics and coherent states;
  • Quantum dynamics of molecular systems;
  • Operator theory;
  • Nanoscience and nanotechnology for biosensing and medical applications

Forestry Research Laboratory (LRF)
Themes
  • Agriculture and forestry;
  • Forest management, silviculture and climate change;
  • Algae, Pollens and recovery;
  • Materials, Technology and Wood Processing;
  • Biodiversity informatics
  • Plant biotechnology and improvement of crop production;
  • Valorisation of non-timber forest products (NTFP);

Laboratory of Applied Hydrology and Environment (LHAE)
Themes
  • Surface water resources;
  • Groundwater resource;
  • Available water and water resources;
  • Vulnerability of water resources;
  • Sources and fate of urban water contamination;
  • Climate change and water resources;
  • Hydro climatology;
  • Characterization and assessment of continental hydrosystems;
  • Watershed and surface hydrology;
  • Management of coastal aquifers, dynamics of the salt wedge;
  • GIS and remote sensing;
  • Impact of cities on the functioning of aquatic environments (lakes and urban bodies of water);
  • Hydrological and hydrogeological modeling;
  • Agricultural water management;
  • Assessment of the impact of climate change on water bodies;
  • Water and sanitation;
  • Water distribution;
  • Water availability and community development;
  • Water treatment: physicochemical and biological treatment of water, treatment by chemical oxidation;
  • Geophysics applied to water research;
  • Water resource catchments;
  • Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM);
  • Assessment of the environmental impact on water bodies and choice of environmental protection measures
  • Isotopic tracing for hydrogeological characterization and mass transport;
  • Isotopic hydrology;
  • Hydrobiogeochemistry;
  • Urban hydrology: Natural risks (flooding) and sanitation, AEP;
  • Mine water and the environment.

Laboratory of Analysis, Mathematics Modeling and Applications (LAMMA)
Themes
  • Partial differential equations;
  • Mechanics, statistics and probability;
  • Harmonic analysis;
  • Numerical analysis.

Faculty of Health Sciences

Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology (BIOLIM)

Themes Name and surname of the manager Email/Phone
  • Microbiology and human health
DAGNRA Yaotsè A. Tel: +22890 01 56 56 claver.dagnra@gmail.com

Faculty of Letters, Languages ​​and Arts

Research Laboratory in English Language, Literature, Culture and Civilization (LaReLLiCCA)
Themes Name and surname of the manager Email/Phone
  • Literature and socio-political development;
  • Education and emancipation;
  • Gender and mediation
PEWISSI Ataféi

Tel: +22890 28 48 91

sapewissi@yahoo.com


Research Laboratory on African and Francophone Literatures (LaRLAF)
Themes Name and surname of the manager Email/Phone
  • Intercultural questions, reception, identity issues
Pr GBENOUGA Martin D.

Tel: +22890 06 45 18

gbenouga@yahoo.fr

Faculty of Law

Business Law Center (CDA)
Themes Name and surname of the manager Email/Phone
  • The lease;
  • Criminal law;
  • Arbitration
Pr ADJITA Akrawati S.

Tel: +22898 78 10 63

sadjita@gmail.com

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAMS (EQRU) 1

ERMAP
ERM
ERECI
ER-MA
ANEPP
MOFID
EREMO
PSBI
NEURO

Agricultural Mechanization and Process Engineering

Themes
  • Co-use of agricultural and agri-food machinery
  • Operation and management of agricultural machinery
  • Rational water management and supplementary irrigation
  • Analysis of irrigation development constraints
  • Development of dryers
  • Agro-industrial processes
  • Physico-chemical characterization of biofuels
  • Biofuel, biogas and solar experimentation

Mechanics Research Team

Themes
  • Mechanics of materials and structures
  • Fundamental and rational mechanics
  • Systems Mechanics

Institutional Economics Research Team

Themes
  • Economic growth
  • Applied macroeconomics
  • International monetary and financial economics
  • International trade and regional integration
  • Economic policy analysis

University Research Team in Applied Macroeconomics

Themes
  • Mechanics of materials and structures
  • fundamental and rational mechanics
  • systems mechanics

Economic Analysis of Public Policies

Themes
  • evaluation of public choices economic performance of public and private organizations redistribution policies
  • Reduction of poverty and inequalities public financing and private economies tax optimization policy

Money Finance and Development

Themes
  • Microfinance, Poverty reduction, inequalities, financial and social inclusion
  • Frontiers of finance, Islamic, sustainable, ethical or solidarity finance
  • Monetary and Financial Integration in Africa
  • Financial risks
  • Monetary theory
  • Monetary and financial strategies of a developing economy
  • Analysis of agent behavior and dynamics of financial asset prices
  • International finance, international financial stability
  • Intermediation and financial systems.

Research and Studies Team in Organizational Management

Themes
  • SME financing
  • The influence of digitalization on management practices
  • Governance practices
  • Management practices in SMEs

Pathophysiology Bioactive substances and safety

Themes
  • Production and uses of molecules
  • Cells, physiology and interactions
  • Nutrition and Food
  • Defense mechanisms of life
  • Animal selection and production – Agri-food
  • Eating behaviors and chronic diseases
  • Nutritional status of populations and prevalence of non-communicable diseases
  • Nutrition and cancer
  • Biomolecules and neuroprotection
  • Foods and health risks
  • Medicinal plants and medicines
  • Association and risks
  • Self-medication and antibiotic resistance
  • Medicinal plants and natural substances of therapeutic interest
  • Medicinal plants and new active ingredients

Nervous System

Themes
  • Strokes
  • Muscles
  • Neuro muscular junction
  • Peripheral nerves

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAMS (EQRU) 2

SCIENCE PHARMACEUTIQUES
ERHGH
ERPRAPO
URAAF
VESA
ETRIA
2SD
EROCE

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Themes

Research Team on Geomorphological Heritages and Hydrosystems

Themes
  • Oceans, waste and pollution
  • Water and sanitation
  • Water availability and community development
  • Impact of cities on the functioning of aquatic environments (lakes and urban bodies of water)
  • Climate change and human security
  • Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
  • Natural environments, societies and development interface
  • Erosion in urban and rural areas and impacts on the living environment
  • Coastal risks
  • Hydrological dynamics
  • Exploitation of geomorphological heritage.

Phenomenology, African Rationality and Oriental Philosophies Research Team

Themes
  • Philosophy of the body
  • Oriental Philosophy and Aesthetics
  • Social Philosophy
  • African Philosophy and Gender Philosophy
  • Phenomenology, Practical rationalities
  • Conflicts and migrations
  • Spiritual philosophy and philosophy of human rights
  • Phenomenology and development

Applied and Fundamental Anthropology Research Unit

Themes
  • Anthropology and development
  • Religions and cultural practices

City, Environment and Society in Africa

Themes
  • Territories, landscapes and sustainable development
  • Habitat, architecture and adaptations (Development, city and town planning)
  • Impact of cities on the functioning of aquatic environments (lakes and urban bodies of water)
  • Sources and fate of urban water contamination
  • Urban waste management
  • Urban development and pollution
  • Justice; – Societies and governance
  • Society, space and culture
  • Social Environmental Management

Research team on work and identity relations in Africa

Themes
  • Social sciences and development, cultures
  • Heritage and valuations

Sport, Health and Development

Themes
  • Social sciences and development
  • Population, family, society and law
  • Population, family, society and law
  • Prospecting, planning and economic governance
  • Communication, societies and development
  • Society, Space and Culture
  • Science and techniques of physical and sporting activities
  • Economic and social transformations
  • Economy, planning and development
  • Mental health
  • Environment and health
  • Education and cultural practices

 

Research Team on Organizations, Communication and Education

Themes
  • Media, education and citizenship
  • ICT and development
  • Communication, interculturality and conflict management
  • Technological mutations and social change

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAMS (EQRU) 3

ERPSEPD
POD
ARC
ER-GIDD
ERLINCO
CODIREL
ERELAND
LIGA
ERELAM

Research team on education policies and systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Themes
  • Improving the quality of education

Research team in psychology, orientation and human development

Themes
  • Psychology and development

Civilization Research Workshop

Themes
  • Standard and Language
  • Norms, Law and Society
  • Standards, Education and Assessment

Research team in Germanics, Interculturality and Development

Themes
  • Germanism, Interculturality and Sustainable Development

Linguistics and Communication Research Team

Themes
  • National languages ​​for development
  • Literature, language, culture and gender

Comparativism, Intercultural Dynamics and Research in Literature

Themes
  • Literature and development
  • Literary theories and socialization of the human being
  • Imagination and sociopolitical montage
  • National languages ​​for development
  • Literature, language, culture and gender
  • Literature, culture and social mediation

Research Team in Literatures of Black Africa and the Diaspora

Themes
  • Literature, language, culture and gender

German-African Languages, Literatures and Identity

Themes
  • Knowledge and conservation of German-African heritage
  • Promotion of German-Togolese heritage
  • Literary theories and socialization of the human being
  • Literature, language, culture and gender
  • Literature, culture and social mediation
  • Intercultural dynamics and transculturality

Research Team on Changing African Languages

Themes
  • Analysis and description of African languages ​​in terms of phone-phono
  • Morphology; – Syntax-semantics; – sociolinguistics
  • psycholinguistics; – lexicology; – didactics etc
  • Comparative language analysis: prioritizing African languages
  • Description of linguistic and other domains based on classification theory