News

This is the fifth issue of the SAFIR research newsletter, covering the month of October 2025. Released eight times per year, the newsletter highlights recent research outputs, events, partnerships, and opportunities across SUAD.

Recent Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Catelan, N. – Lire et relire, écrire et réécrire l’article 121-2 du Code pénal. In Écrire la règle pénale au XXIe siècle (dir. P. Cazalbou), Mare & Martin, pp.149–159, 2025

• Germoni, K. – L'autre nom du bonheur était français de Shumona Sinha ou une langue de l'entre-deux (trois). In L’Humour du prochain. Hommage à Anne-Marie Paillet, Éditions Academia, pp. 259–273, 2025

• Mutsagondo, S. – A Conceptual Examination of Theorizing Syndromes in Doctoral Studies. In Navigating Theory, Methodology, and Researcher Development in Doctoral Research (pp. 199–224). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-5676-1.ch008

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• Harbi, I. – Virtual Reality and Oral Production: An Immersive Training to Reduce Language Anxiety and Enhance Argumentative Skills at the B1 Level. FLEAT 8, IALLT & LET, Jun 2025, Honolulu (Hawai‘i), United States

• Harbi, I. – CALICO 2025 – Converging Realities and Realms of Possibility, CALICO; San Diego State University, May 2025, San Diego, United States

• Ferhani, B. et al – Organizational Integrity: Assessment and Prospects After 80 Years of Research, a Bibliometric Study to Rethink the Foundations of Responsible Management. 20ème Congrès du RIODD, Université de Toulouse Capitole, Oct 2025, Toulouse, France

• Mutsagondo, S. et al – The Information Industry and Resource Use for Sustainable Development. 12th Annual International Conference on Communication and Information Science, Oct 2025, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Critelli, M., Masuku, M., Mutsagondo, S. – State of Open Data in Government Ministries: The Case of The United Arab Emirates. Archiving Conference, pp.145–149. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2025.22.1.27 

• Frangieh, R.H. et al – From Transactional to Conversational: The Impact of Chatbots on Customer Engagement and Relationship Building in the Banking Sector. ICTIM, May 2024, Amman, Jordan. Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.489–496, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84889-6_59 

• Sasal, L., Hadid, A., et al – TempoKGAT: A Novel Graph Attention Network Approach for Temporal Graph Analysis. ICONIP 2024, pp.212–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-6579-2_15 

JOURNAL ARTICLES 

• Chakraborty, T. et al – Salt Rock Creep Deformation Forecasting Using Deep Neural Networks and Analytical Models for Subsurface Energy Storage Applications. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), 34560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17940-z 

• Frangieh, R.H. et al – Digital Communication and Customer Satisfaction: Islamic Banking Platforms. Lex localis. Journal of Local Self-Government, 23 (S6), pp.144–157. https://doi.org/10.52152/93z6k043 

• Hadid, A. et al – Integrating Perceptual Quality Analysis and Caption-Based Features for Robust Deepfake Video Detection. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 128 (Part A), 110699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2025.110699 

• Motte-Baumvol, B. et al – Priority Areas for Geoparks in the Serra do Espinhaço Biosphere Reserve, Brazil: Lessons from the Luberon Geopark and Biosphere Reserve, France. Geoheritage, 17 (4), 127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-025-01173-7 

• Svärd, P., et al - Digital Library Access for Students with Disabilities: Perceptions from Kenyan Public Universities. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 2025, 16 (2), 7-31

PREPRINT ARTICLE 

• Sengupta, S., Chakraborty, T. et al – Macroeconomic Forecasting for the G7 Countries Under Uncertainty Shocks. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.23347 

• Panja, M., Chakraborty, T., et al - Forecasting precipitation in the Arctic using probabilistic machine learning informed by causal climate drivers https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.24254 

PRACTITIONER-ORIENTED ARTICLES 

• Catelan, N. – ABS, erreur sur le droit et conseils juridiques. Gazette du Palais, 2025, 33.

• Catelan, N. – Blanchiment : présomption si dissimulation. Gazette du Palais, 2025, 33.

• Catelan, N. – Détournement d'objets pénalement saisis : la responsabilité pénale est-elle une obligation comme une autre ? Gazette du Palais, 2025, 33.

• Catelan, N. et al – Fusion-absorption et responsabilité pénale des personnes morales : de l'appel et de la peine. Gazette du Palais, 2025, 33.

• Catelan, N. – La politique d'entreprise, métamorphose silencieuse du contentieux répressif économique. Gazette du Palais, 2025, 33.

• Catelan, N. – Prise illégale d'intérêts : prendre, conserver et prescrire. Gazette du Palais, 2025, 33.

• Clément-Fontaine, M. – Entre réputation et liberté d'expression : l'application du DSA par le Tribunal judiciaire de Paris. Dalloz Actualité, 2025.

• Clément-Fontaine, M. – La lutte contre la fraude aux streams à l'épreuve du Digital Services Act. Dalloz Actualité, 2025.

• Clément-Fontaine, M. – La société Google face aux régulateurs du numérique : convergence des constats, divergence des remèdes (États-Unis & UE). Dalloz Actualité, 2025.

• Debailly, R. et al – Droit à l’oubli après un cancer pour faire un crédit : une avancée législative qui fait une différence. The Conversation France, 2025. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAK.6xsu5d9da 

• Martial-Braz, N. – Notion de donnée à caractère personnel : la construction prétorienne de la notion de donnée à caractère personnel. Communication - Commerce électronique, n°10, 2025.

• Martial-Braz, N. – IA – Cheating or not cheating… telle est (désormais) la question. Communication - Commerce électronique, n°10, 2025.

REPORT

Chaveneau, C., Debailly, R., Hect, C. et al – Current Behaviours, Barriers and Motivators to Engage in Sustainable Behaviours Among Abu Dhabi’s Population. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, 2025, 47 p.

Spotlight on Research Excellence: Dr. Tanujit Chakraborty

Chakraborty, T. et al – Salt Rock Creep Deformation Forecasting Using Deep Neural Networks and Analytical Models for Subsurface Energy Storage Applications. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), 34560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17940-z 

About the research

Underground caverns carved in rock salt are used to store things like hydrogen, natural gas, and sometimes nuclear waste. Salt slowly changes shape over time, and that movement needs to be predicted so the caverns stay safe. In this study, we squeezed small cylinders of rock salt in the lab and watched how they changed, hour by hour. We then tested many ways to forecast that slow movement, from analytical models to modern AI tools. We introduced a deep-learning model that was the most accurate for forecasting salt rock creep deformation. Better predictions help engineers spot issues earlier and design storage sites with more confidence.

About the author

Dr. Tanujit Chakraborty has been an Assistant Professor (2021–2024) and Associate Professor (2024 onwards) at the Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, UAE, and also affiliated to the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France. He also holds an Adjunct Faculty position at Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore. Dr. Chakraborty holds a Master's and Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, in 2016 and 2020, respectively. His research interests include Machine Learning, Time Series Forecasting, Econometrics, and Health Data Sciences. 

International Conference Participation

Past Events (October 2025)

• John Rogove – La constitution des entités collectives: la constitution des nations, 5–8 Oct 2025, Paris, France

• Billel Ferhani – RIODD Congress, 8 Oct 2025, Montpellier, France

• Lotfi Lahmar – Développement, Gouvernance Et Gestion Durable Des Ressources Environnementales Dans Le Gouvernorat De Jendouba, 9–11 Oct 2025, Tunis, Tunisie

• Mélanie Clément-Fontaine – Les communs fonciers enfin accueillis par la puissance publique ?, 17 Oct 2025, Paris, France

• Nicolas Catelan – Congrès de l'Association française de droit pénal, 16 Oct 2025, Toulouse, France

• Victor Kabata – Data for Policy 2025 Asia-Pacific Conference, 23 Oct 2025, Shanghai, China

• Ahmed Slimani – ICMM2025 Satellite Meeting on Spin Crossover Materials, 23–24 Oct 2025, Paris, France

• Proscovia Svard – Study Visit and Workshop, 21–23 Oct 2025, Warsaw, Poland

• Forget Chaterera-Zambuko – International Council on Archives Congress, 27 Oct 2025, Barcelona, Spain

• Liah Shonhe – International Archives Congress – ICA Barcelona 2025, 27 Oct 2025, Barcelona, Spain

• Mehluli Masuku – Tenth International Conference on Informatics and Assistive Technologies for Health-Care, 26 Oct 2025, Barcelona, Spain

Upcoming Events 

• Georgia Constantinou – XIIIe colloque international du CODFREURCOR Français et histoire, 6 Nov 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria

• Karine Germoni – PAMLA 2025 – “Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion”, 20 Nov 2025, San Francisco, United States

SAFIR Events

Past Events (October 2025)

• 14 October 2025 – Advancing Decarbonization and Innovation in Shipping and Marine Biodiversity through Law, Policy, and AI – Dr. Beatriz Garcia

• 14 October 2025 – Public Sector Records Management Symposium – Dr. Forget Chaterera-Zambuko

Upcoming Events (November 2025)

• 6–7 November 2025 – Crossing Borders in the Arabian Peninsula – Dr. Clio Chaveneau

• 19 November 2025 – Bridging Cities: Connectivity & Sustainability in the Dubai–Abu Dhabi Metro-Region – Dr. Benjamin Motte-Baumvol

• 20 November 2025 – Paroles en action: Enjeux didactiques et interactionnels en classe de FLE – Dr. Tifany Bourdeau

• 26 November 2025 – Second Annual Negotiation in the Middle East Conference: Negotiating to Bridge Cultures and Perspectives – Dr. Anja Merz

Calls for Applications

Global Exchange Fellowship – CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University

SAFIR and the International Relations Office are pleased to announce a Fellowship opportunity open to all SAFIR members working on migration (Law and Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences).

As part of the partnership signed between Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC Migration) at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), one researcher or PhD student from SUAD/SAFIR will be selected for a research stay in 2026.

The fellowship promotes international collaboration and knowledge exchange. Selected fellows receive a monthly stipend and travel grant from SUAD to cover expenses related to their stay abroad.

Deadline: 20 November 2025

Duration: 20–35 days (in 2026)

Partner: CERC Migration – Toronto Metropolitan University

For inquiries, please contact Julia MotteBaumvol and Clio Chaveneau.

2026 SAFIR Call for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Project Proposals

SAFIR is also pleased to launch the 2026 Call for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Project Proposals.

This initiative invites potential supervisors to submit innovative and impactful projects aligned with SAFIR’s strategic research priorities and contributing to the advancement of knowledge across its centers.

Up to six doctoral and postdoctoral grants will be awarded, depending on the quality and relevance of the submitted proposals.

Key Dates

• Call release: 24 October 2025

• Submission deadline: 20 January 2026

• Grant notification: 10 February 2026

• Project start date: September 2026

Eligible applicants include permanent members of SAFIR and professors (with HDR) from Sorbonne Université and Université Paris Cité, whose projects align with SAFIR’s themes and SUAD’s strategic goals.

For questions, please contact safir@sorbone.apps.plana.ae.