Objective

Organizing workshops during which researchers compare their recent research results, discuss a specific researcher’s work or present a book.

Functional details

This group meets several times a year, and has an information mailing list that enables researchers involved in the collective to exchange, disseminate and publicize recent publications, share an opinion or seek advice.

To follow our news or join us, simply subscribe to this list by sending a message to sociopolis@cirad.fr 

Seminar coordination 2022 onwards: Olivier Lepiller and Claire Dedieu (MoISA joint research unit)
Seminar coordination 2017-2021: Emmanuelle Cheyns (MoISA joint research unit)
Seminar coordination 2009-2016: Muriel Figué (MoISA joint research unit)

Sociopolis Sessions

2023

- June 6, 2023: Vegetalization of our plates. Several presentations:
. “Reforming through the plant-based diet: historical sociology of the vegetarian movement in France, late 19^th century to the1930s.” In French. (Alexandra Hondermarck - Sciences Po, CSO).
. “Vegetalization/de-animalization in critical currents of industrialized food in France since the mid-20th century.” In French. (Olivier Lepiller - CIRAD – MoISA joint research unit).
. “Vegetalization of food, motivations and link with nutritional quality of food: quantitative epidemiological approaches.” In French. (Benjamin Allès - INRAE - EREN).
. “The role of distribution alternatives in the vegetalization of consumption: the case of the La Cagette cooperative supermarket.” In French. (Grégori Akermann - INRAE – Innovation joint research unit).
. “Vegetalization in school catering: nutritional quality of the meals offered and sustainability issues.” In French. (Marlène Perignon - INRAE - MoISA joint research unit)
. “Vegetalization in commercial catering: a study of the representations and practices of French chefs.” In French. (Arnaud Lamy - Institut Paul Bocuse - MoISA joint research unit).
. “Vegetalization of our plates: current global situation and challenges.” In French. (Gwenn Pulliat - CNRS, ART-Dev joint research unit).
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- April 20, 2023: Processes of framing public action. Three case studies:
. “The framing struggles around the national policy for adapting agriculture to climate change in Senegal.” In French (Bétina Boutroue - PhD student in political science at ART-Dev joint research unit).
. “Why do landslides happen? Comparing expert and lay narratives on the causes of landslides for territorialized and inclusive risk management.” In French. (Claire Dedieu – Political science researcher at MoISA joint research unit).
. “Framing digital farm advisory systems in Burkina Faso and the influence of partnership configurations.” In French. (Chloé Alexandre - Researcher in the management sciences at Innovation joint research unit).

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- April 11, 2023: “Crisis and transitions: the challenges of creating more and better markets for farmers.” In French. (Sergio Schneider - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Discussion by Paule Moustier (MoISA joint research unit) and introduction to the seminar by Patrick Caron (ART-Dev joint research unit, Mak’it)

2022

- May 9, 2022: “Explaining the withdrawal of the State. Contribution of process tracing to the understanding of an unlikely administrative reform policy.” In French. Presentation by Claire Dedieu (CIRAD, MoISA joint research unit), discussion by Yves Surel (Université Paris II- Panthéon Assas, CERSA).

- April 4, 2022: “The field of water policies: power, scarcity, greening.” Presentation by Joan Cortinas Muñoz (University of Bordeaux, CED) and Franck Poupeau (CNRS, CREDA) based on their book “The Field of Water Policy. Power and Scarcity in the American Southwest” published in 2020 by Routledge. Discussion moderated by Sylvain Barone (INRAE, G-EAU) and Pierre-Louis Mayaux (CIRAD, G-EAU).

- January 18, 2022: Conference-dialogue: “Let’s talk biomass instead of agriculture.” Today’s environmental challenges are forcing us to rethink the role of biomass as a source of energy and of materials for our societies. In a dialogue with Eric Malézieux (CIRAD, Hortsys joint research unit), Benoit Daviron (CIRAD, MoISA joint research unit), based on his book “Biomasse : une histoire de richesse et de puissance”, presents how the place of biomass has changed over the course of history, and the role played by international rivalries in this evolution.
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887NwBYnosg