16 March 2023
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The "Understanding & Acting" conferences
The "Understanding & Acting" conferences shed light on societal issues in order to act on our world. They are addressed to all, citizens and researchers, and aim to highlight, in an accessible language, cutting-edge scientific knowledge and ethical issues in order to participate in decision-making and to act together on a shared world.
Format: 30 to 60 minutes of presentation followed by a discussion with the audience. The presentations are available on our Youtube channel.
Location: Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes - Grand Amphi; TAG C1 bus line
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Upcoming Conferences
27 April 2023
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25 May 2023
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31 December 2023
17 January 2023
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15 December 2022
More infoCan ecological accounting enable the emergence of an economy that respects the biosphere boundaries?
3 May 2022
7 April 2022
30 November 2021
27 September 2021
More infoNew Powers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Who will rule the world in the 21st century?
23 October 2020
Thought and practice of action
8 October 2020
Collapses and Finance: Where to put your money?
23 January 2020
Finance and Collapses : Finance: arsonist of collapses?
5 December 2019
The imaginary of sovereignty: from the king to the people
24 September 2019
"Environmental" issues and blockages to action
4 July 2019
When the whites wanted to preserve the planet. A History of Geopower, 1865-1914
13 June 2019
Is the risk of blackout real?
16 May 2019
Raw materials / energy and energy transition
11 April 2019
Digital technology: threat or hope for the environment?
15 November 2018
Rethinking Nuclear Choices: Security and Democracy
9 October 2018
Seeds and plant varieties: what new challenges for global governance?
12 June 2018
Can finance save the climate?
26 March 2018
Undo the world? A program for the Anthropocene
15 February 2018
Can the "commons" movement reactivate democracy?
30 November 2017
The contemporary democratic question: how to get out of the dead end?
16 October 2017
What alternative to the "crisis of representation"?
8 June 2017
Why and how to recognize the currency as a common?
4 May 2017
Environment, economy, collapse: squaring the circle?
9 March 2017
Understanding society collapses. What future for ours?
9 February 2017
Reinventing Agriculture and Food of the 21st Century
28 June 2016
The permanent crisis
8 April 2016
Act fast and better: What needs to change?
11 February 2016
Feeding 9 billion people healthily: possible or impossible?
14 January 2016
Limiting climate change ... Why can't we do it?
17 December 2015