L’Observatoire Économique de la Défense (OED) presents 12th Defence Economics Meeting (RED) the 21 June 2018 on the theme «Lessons learned from territorial restructuring in defence»
PRACTICAL INFORMATION: 9.30am-11.30am, Ministry of Defence - Multimedia centre - Valin lecture hall
Summary:
La military map has always evolved. From 2008, the strategic orientations and the State reform have triggered a profound territorial reorganisation of defence. Ten years on, what lessons from these restructuring operations, in terms of economic (what impact will this have on the regions?), policy (how do you mobilise support systems?) or even urban (What to do with a military wasteland?).
More information on: https://www.defense.gouv.fr/fre/sga/le-sga-en-action/economie-et-statistiques/evenements/red
Contact : daf.oed.fct@intradef.gouv.fr
Since 2014, find out more about the work of the Chair in Defence Economics on this subject:
For several years now, through its research work, the Chair in Defence Economics is also contributing to the debate on the issue of Defence's territorial restructuring.
2013
Josselin Droff, Researcher at the Chair in Defence Economics supports his doctoral thesis in economics : « The space factor in defence economics: application to the maintenance in operational condition (MCO) of defence equipment». Visit chapters 1 and 2 of the thesis deal in particular with questions of‘he impact of defence activities (economic, social, spatial planning) on the territories and of the territorial reorganisations defence.
2014
Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard, researchers at the Defence Economics Chair have published an article entitled « Rationalisation versus History of the geographical organisation of defence in France »in the Journal of Regional and Urban Economics (RERU). The article highlights a play of forces between concentration and geographical dispersion. On the one hand, recent trends in the’organisation of the armed forces show a logic of economic rationalisation and geographical concentration. On the other hand, the dispersed spatial configuration of defence, a legacy of several centuries of history, is a major factor in restructuring. This interplay of forces can be illuminated by the concept of «regression cost». The article then provides a general overview of social and territorial costs associated with defence rationalisation.
2015
Josselin Droff, a researcher at the Economics of Defence Chair and Alfredo Paloyo (University of Wollongong, Australia) have published an article entitled « Assessing the regional economic impact of defence activities: a survey of methods »in the Journal of Economic Surveys. The article proposes a literature review in economics on issues relating to the evaluation of economic impact of defence activities in their regional environment. In particular, it stresses the need to go beyond assessments that are purely confined to a given area (monographs, studies with methodologies ad hoc) to move towards econometric studies with a more general scope.
2017
Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard, in « The place and structuring role of defence industries in the reorganisation of France's military map » (National Defence Review), are interested in the issue of role played by the defence industries in areas that have undergone major restructuring of the armed forces following the 2008 reform. They show that in the restructuring aid schemes set up by the Ministry of the Armed Forces, initiatives aimed at supporting the’private offer and in particular business start-ups. The article shows the rn important role in structuring that the defence industries in these initiatives aimed at promoting the development of economic activities in the private sector.
2018
Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard will present the results of their work on the territorial restructuring of defence in the 55th Colloquium of the French Language Regional Science Association (ASRDLF) in Caen (4-6 July 2018).
