2024-2027 : Principal Investigator (PI) of the interdisciplinary research projects " ÉVEIL" and " ÉLAN" funded by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) under the programme ITTECOP of the French Ministry of Environnement.
In these projects, we study French citizens' movements for environmental justice, commonly known as “ecological struggles”, using public databases listing more than 700 struggles. The objectives of these projets are as follows : 1) to propose a spatial characterisation of ecological struggles in France in order to identify the territorial conditions under which struggles emerge ; 2) to carry out a national quantitative survey of all the environmental struggles identified in order to analyse the ways in which citizens' groups involved are organised and structured, as well as their modes of action and results, in order to shed light on the conditions under which they are effective ; 3) to study the motivations and values underlying the struggles and how they are changing over time, as well as how biodiversity is mobilised (knowledge and environmental assessment practices). The aim is to question the relationship with nature things through struggles and how non-humans are involved.
Collaborators: Vincent Devictor (CNRS, UMR ISEM), Anne- Charlotte Vaissière (CNRS, UMR ECOBIO), Ruppert Vimal (CNRS, UMR GEODE), Fanny Guillet (CNRS, UMR CESCO), Brian Padilla (UMS PATRINAT), Stanislas Rigal (INRAE, UMR TETIS), Joan Martinez-Alier (UAB, ICTA).
2022-2023 : PI of the interdisciplinary research project " PÉPITE" funded by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) under the programme ITTECOP of the French Ministry of Environnement.
In this project, we study the social preferences for ecological and landscape integration of linear transportation infrastructures (LTIs) at different territorial scales. The objective is to: (1) characterize the determinants of social demand for new uses and possible new environmental benefits resulting from better ecological integration of LTIs, and (2) study their role in the construction of better accepted and shared territory projects. We will test an innovative methodology emerging in the field of ecological economics to assess environmental preferences which is the deliberative choice experiment (DCE).
Collaborators: AC. Vaissière (CNRS, UMR ESE), S. Roussel (UMR CEEM), L. Tardieu, S. Rigal, (UMR TETIS).
2020-2021 : Scientific and administrative coordinator for the UMR CEFE of the multidisciplinary research program "CONAQUAT" funded by the Région Occitanie.
In this project, I assessed the application of environmental assessment procedures for development projects based on an empirical analysis of 25 applications files. I highlighted and quantified the gap between legal requirements and actual application, and I showed the potential contributions of ecological tools (environmental genetics and modeling) to improve the application of conservation policies.
Collaborators: S. Blanchet (UMR SETE), S. Manel, C. Miaud and S. Pioch (UMR CEFE), C. Bigard (AgroParisTech), S. Moulhérat (Terroïko).
2019 : Post-doctoral fellowship, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban Regional Development (IOER), Dresden & European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Project funded by EIFER and the Universities of Paris-Saclay and Montpellier. In this project, I conducted an institutional analysis to reveal the impact of heterogeneous institutional frameworks on the diversity of biodiversity conservation practices. Based on empirical analysis, I conducted a large survey in 6 different Länder in Germany.
Collaborators : W. Wende (IOER), A. Bas (EIFER), AC. Vaissière (CNRS, Paris-Saclay).
2016–2018 : Scientific and administrative coordinator of the project "STRATEGE" funded by the Laboratoires d'Excellence (LabEx) du CeMEB as a post-doctoral fellowship, Center for Environmental Economics Montpellier (UMR CEEM) & Laboratoire en Sciences et Technologies de l’Information Géographique (LaSTIG-IGN), Paris.
In this project, we developed a methodology and a numerical and spatial tool (we called "SimUrba") to model and simulate urban dynamics and their impact on biodiversity conservation in time and in space according to 3 different development scenarios by 2040. The originality of this approach lay in the combination of 2 simulation models, one of urbanization and the other of species distribution modeling. This project has been integrated in the elaboration of the regional strategy for biodiversity conservation of the Occitanie region in support with the regional public decision-makers.
Collaborators : J. Perret, P. Chapron et M. Brasebin (LaSTIG-IGN), V. Delbar (Telescope), S. Moulhérat (Terroïko), JM. Salles (UMR CEEM).
2012–2015 : Doctoral fellowship in Environmental Economics, UR Écodéveloppement & UMR IMBE, Université Avignon.
PhD funded by a ministerial grant and obtaining of funds from European Commission through the ERANET FP7 (RETHINK project) and from national donors (Observatoires Hommes-Milieux). Title: Economic analysis of the effectiveness of "no net loss" policies: biodiversity offsetting, a tool for reconciling economic interests and biodiversity conservation? Supervisors: Claude Napoléone (INRAE) and Thierry Dutoit (IMBE).
Teaching responsabilities: 126h, Univ. Avignon, Licence 2, field: agricultural and environmental economics.
Thesis defended on Dec. 17, 2015 at the Univeristy of Avignon with highest honors. Jury : Sophie Thoyer (DR INRAE), Valérie Boisvert (PR Université Lausanne), John Thompson (DR CNRS), François Mesléard (PR Université Avignon), Philippe Puydarrieux (Ministère de l’Ecologie), Thierry Dutoit (DR CNRS) et Claude Napoleone (IR INRAE).
2010–2012 : Research engineer, Center for Environmental Economics Montpellier (CEEM, ex LAMETA) and Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE)
Researches carried out as part of the project "How much does the Camargue cost?" funded by the MAVA Foundation and the French Ministry of Ecology (under the program LITEAU2) :
-In this project, I first carried out an ex post economic evaluation of sectoral public policies (agricultural and environmental) in the Camargue reserve through cost-benefit analyses, including the monetary valuation of ecosystem services, in order to support the decisions of local actors for their future investments and territoiral projects.
- Next, I conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of a stakeholder consultation group set up to improve conflicts of use around water resource management in the Camargue reserve. I used and improved a participatory modeling method based on co-construction ("ARDI" method) to assess the possible social learning of such a system. Supervisors : Robert Lifran (UMR CEEM) and Raphaël Mathevet (UMR CEFE).
Researches carried out as part of the project "Gestion Économique et Sociale des Sols (GESSol)" funded by ADEME and the French Ministry of Ecology. In support of local authorities, I developed in this project a spatial analysis and a socio-economic evaluation of the management of agricultural soils in order to limit the erosive risk on the scale of the Lèze river basin. Supervisor: Robert Lifran (UMR CEEM).
2022/17: Qualification as Lecturer - section CNU 05 (economics)
2015: Ph.D. in Economics, Doctoral School 537, Research Field: Social Sciences, University of Avignon. Committee: Prof. S. Thoyer (examiner), Prof. V. Boisvert (examiner), Prof. F. Mesléard (president), Dr. J. Thompson, Dr. C. Napoleone (thesis supervisor), Prof. T. Dutoit (co-supervisor), P. Puydarieux (Ministry of Ecology).
2008: Engineer Agronomist Diploma, graduate of the Institut polytechnique UniLaSalle - Esitpa Rouen (76)
Specialization in economics and management. End-of-study research internship in economics and management at UMR MOISA, Montpellier: Organizational strategies for the leisure horse industry. Supervision: Philippe Perrier-Cornet and Céline Vial (UMR MOISA)
Languages: French (mother tongue); English (fluent); Spanish (good level to be reactivated)
Technical trainings:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with ArcGIS and QGIS softwares;
Spatial modeling tools (SimOiko, Graphab, SimUrba)
Support method: ARDI method (from Commod network);
Survey and statistical analysis software (NGene, LimeSurvey, Sphinx, XLSTAT, Stata)
Others courses:
2023: welcome seminar on pedagogy for neo-MCFs at Université Paris-Saclay (2.5 days)
2023: auditor within the DA GEEFT and MS FNS-MI for various modules (cf. section 2.2.1.)
2020: training in GIS tools and software (25h)
2017: R software training (2 days)
2013: training in scientific communication and writing articles in English (50h)
2017: Journées du Réseau des Jeunes Chercheurs sur le Foncier (RJCF), Avignon, France
2013: Doctoral school, International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics
Member of : Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), Society for Human Ecology (SEH), and Francophone Society of Ecological Economics (established in 2022).
Thematic group 'Biodiversity and ecosystem services' of UMR TETIS.
2023: FRB Grant to fund the project 'ÉLAN' (€50k)
2021: Grant from the Ministry of Ecology and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) under the ITTECOP program to fund the project 'PÉPITE' (€105k)
2020: Grant from the Occitanie Region to fund the project 'CONAQUAT' (€170k)
2016: Labex CeMEB Grant to fund the project 'STRATEGE' (€100k)
2014: European Commission ERANET FP7 Grant for the funding of the project 'RETHINK,' in which I participated during my doctoral research; I was not the PI but part of a work package (€800k).
2013: Grant from the Observatoires Hommes-Milieux to fund the fieldwork for my thesis (€5k)."