LPTransition is a scientific research platform, both pluri-disciplinary and trans-sectorial. Its specific purpose is to explore paths towards ecological and social transition of our societies from a transdisciplinary perspective, that is, in close cooperation with social actors and stemming from the social innovations that these actors initiate.

LPTransition is therefore not a new thematic research entity, nor a new unifying institution. Its role is to provide existing entities, and researchers interested in these entities, with a platform of services, in order to stimulate cross-disciplinary research at the university and to promote the identification of potential synergies.