Intervention of Sophie Wahnich
25 May 2023
(Français) Array
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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
Inqui-study. From the enjoyment of catastrophe to the worried conditions of transformative possibilities
30 December 2023
(Français) Comment l'usage du droit dans les luttes fabrique des objets de recherche ?
More infoMaking history: reading and understanding our time - Johann Chapoutot
31 December 2023
Conference by Johann Chapoutot, professor of contemporary history at the Sorbonne, specialist in Nazism and the history...
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Past Conferences
Intervention of Sophie Wahnich
25 May 2023
(Français) Array
More infoInflation, growth, decoupling: What are the political and technical issues?
2 May 2023
(Français) Conférence de Florence Jany-Catrice, économiste, spécialisée dans les indicateurs économiques
More infoScience patterns
17 January 2023
The work of the sociology of science and technology has shown that scientific activity cannot be understood...
More infoImpacts on health of the use of digital tools - Servane Mouton
15 December 2022
The recreational use of screens has been exponential over the last fifty years, first with the diffusion...
More infoCan ecological accounting enable the emergence of an economy that respects the biosphere boundaries?
3 May 2022
The idea of having to rapidly transform our economic system and our modes of collective organization to...
More info"It's politics, stupid!" On the few political mechanisms that led to climate and environmental chaos (1970-2030)
7 April 2022
(Français) Face aux alertes environnementales globales depuis le début des années 1970, l'absence de réactions vraiment significatives...
More info(Français) Responsabilité de la recherche dans le récit de notre histoire sociale ; exemple de la sécurité sociale
30 November 2021
(Français) Le récit de la sécurité sociale est celui d'une institution née en 1945 sous l'impulsion du...
More info(Français) Technologies et santé : Quels compromis entre éthique, environnement et climat ? Analyse réflexive et expérience de terrain
27 September 2021
(Français) Imaginez que vous êtes un.e clinicien.ne travaillant dans un centre de santé d'un pays à ressources...
More infoNew Powers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Who will rule the world in the 21st century?
23 October 2020
The advent of the data economy is shaking up all economic and political paradigms. New forms of...
More infoThought and practice of action
8 October 2020
Understanding in order to act, training in order to transform, such is the objective of the Handbook...
More infoCollapses and Finance: Where to put your money?
23 January 2020
How can alternative financial practices limit ecological and societal collapses? In this lecture, we will detail the...
More infoFinance and Collapses : Finance: arsonist of collapses?
5 December 2019
In what way does modern finance have a share of responsibility in ecological and societal collapse? In...
More infoThe imaginary of sovereignty: from the king to the people
24 September 2019
The king was not hated in 1789, far from it he was praised as a king who...
More info"Environmental" issues and blockages to action
4 July 2019
(Français) Cette conférence montre un aperçu, pas du tout exhaustif, de blocages à l’action face aux enjeux...
More infoWhen the whites wanted to preserve the planet. A History of Geopower, 1865-1914
13 June 2019
What if our contemporary planetary "environmental consciousness" were not so new? What if ignoring the environmental reflexivities of...
More infoIs the risk of blackout real?
16 May 2019
A blackout is the interruption of power supply to a region. It is a phenomenon unknown to...
More infoRaw materials / energy and energy transition
11 April 2019
The energy transition requires building new infrastructure for energy production, storage, transportation, and use that consumes many...
More infoDigital technology: threat or hope for the environment?
15 November 2018
Considered as a technological solution to the energy transition and more generally to environmental issues, digital technology...
More infoRethinking Nuclear Choices: Security and Democracy
9 October 2018
In 2018, there are more than 14,000 nuclear weapons systems in the world; most of the nuclear-weapon...
More infoSeeds and plant varieties: what new challenges for global governance?
12 June 2018
During the history of the 20th century, scientific practices have slowly made genetic resources a public good...
More infoCan finance save the climate?
26 March 2018
During the history of the 20th century, scientific practices have slowly made genetic resources a public good...
More infoUndo the world? A program for the Anthropocene
15 February 2018
With the Anthropocene, the prospects of collapse multiply. Beyond the diagnosis, the question of the action that...
More infoCan the "commons" movement reactivate democracy?
30 November 2017
Alterglobalism and political ecology are opposed to the generalized appropriation of spaces, resources and knowledge. The fights...
More infoThe contemporary democratic question: how to get out of the dead end?
16 October 2017
After having imposed itself during the last two centuries as the only legitimate, if not possible, form...
More infoWhat alternative to the "crisis of representation"?
8 June 2017
What we commonly call democracy today is essentially "representative democracy", which consists of citizens electing one or...
More infoWhy and how to recognize the currency as a common?
4 May 2017
The interdependence of human activities subject to market relations makes money indispensable today. The question of money...
More infoEnvironment, economy, collapse: squaring the circle?
9 March 2017
At a time when the Western model of economic development is spreading to the whole planet, it...
More infoUnderstanding society collapses. What future for ours?
9 February 2017
Financial crisis, debt crisis, economic crisis, monetary crisis, political crisis, democratic crisis, social crisis, environmental crisis, refugee...
More infoReinventing Agriculture and Food of the 21st Century
28 June 2016
Agriculture is in crisis. Short-term solutions to increase the productivity of the sector and to ensure international...
More infoThe permanent crisis
8 April 2016
This conference addresses the issue of the crisis. Marc Chesney will analyze the historical trajectory that led...
More infoAct fast and better: What needs to change?
11 February 2016
Whether on climate change or on the issue of healthy food for all people, together we identified...
More infoFeeding 9 billion people healthily: possible or impossible?
14 January 2016
This second conference addresses the issue of food and our collective ability to feed 9 billion people...
More infoLimiting climate change ... Why can't we do it?
17 December 2015
(Français) Cette première conférence porte sur la question du changement climatique. Une enquête sur les rouages multiples...
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