The "Understanding & Acting" conferences

(Français) Faire de l'histoire : lire et comprendre notre temps - Johann Chapoutot

Johann Chapoutot

30 September 2022

(Français) Conférence de Johann Chapoutot, professeur d'histoire contemporaine à la Sorbonne, spécialiste du nazisme et de l'histoire...

Can ecological accounting enable the emergence of an economy that respects the biosphere boundaries?

Clément Féger

3 May 2022

The idea of having to rapidly transform our economic system and our modes of collective organization to...

(Français) "It's politics, stupid!" Sur les quelques mécanismes politiques ayant mené au chaos climatique et environnemental (1970-2030)

Christophe bouillaud

7 April 2022

(Français) Face aux alertes environnementales globales depuis le début des années 1970, l'absence de réactions vraiment significatives...

(Français) Responsabilité de la recherche dans le récit de notre histoire sociale ; exemple de la sécurité sociale -- Bernard Friot

Bernard Friot

30 November 2021

(Français) Technologies et santé : Quels compromis entre éthique, environnement et climat ? Analyse réflexive et expérience de terrain

Valérie d'Acremond

27 September 2021

New Powers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Who will rule the world in the 21st century?

Asma Mhalla

23 October 2020

The advent of the data economy is shaking up all economic and political paradigms. New forms of...

Thought and practice of action

Cécile Renouard

8 October 2020

Understanding in order to act, training in order to transform, such is the objective of the Handbook...

Collapses and Finance: Where to put your money?

Denis Dupré

23 January 2020

How can alternative financial practices limit ecological and societal collapses? In this lecture, we will detail the...

Finance and Collapses : Finance: arsonist of collapses?

Denis Dupré

5 December 2019

In what way does modern finance have a share of responsibility in ecological and societal collapse? In...

The imaginary of sovereignty: from the king to the people

Sophie Wahnich

24 September 2019

The king was not hated in 1789, far from it he was praised as a king who...

"Environmental" issues and blockages to action

Peter Sturm

4 July 2019

(Français) Cette conférence montre un aperçu, pas du tout exhaustif, de blocages à l’action face aux enjeux...

When the whites wanted to preserve the planet. A History of Geopower, 1865-1914

Christophe Bonneuil

13 June 2019

What if our contemporary planetary "environmental consciousness" were not so new? What if ignoring the environmental reflexivities of...

Is the risk of blackout real?

Grégoire Chambaz

16 May 2019

A blackout is the interruption of power supply to a region. It is a phenomenon unknown to...

Raw materials / energy and energy transition

Olivier Vidal

11 April 2019

The energy transition requires building new infrastructure for energy production, storage, transportation, and use that consumes many...

Digital technology: threat or hope for the environment?

Françoise Berthoud

15 November 2018

Considered as a technological solution to the energy transition and more generally to environmental issues, digital technology...

Rethinking Nuclear Choices: Security and Democracy

Benoît Pelopidas

9 October 2018

In 2018, there are more than 14,000 nuclear weapons systems in the world; most of the nuclear-weapon...

Seeds and plant varieties: what new challenges for global governance?

Frédéric Thomas

12 June 2018

During the history of the 20th century, scientific practices have slowly made genetic resources a public good...

Can finance save the climate?

Alain Grandjean

26 March 2018

During the history of the 20th century, scientific practices have slowly made genetic resources a public good...

Undo the world? A program for the Anthropocene

Alexandre Monnin et Diego Landivar

15 February 2018

With the Anthropocene, the prospects of collapse multiply. Beyond the diagnosis, the question of the action that...

Can the "commons" movement reactivate democracy?

Christian Laval

30 November 2017

Alterglobalism and political ecology are opposed to the generalized appropriation of spaces, resources and knowledge. The fights...

The contemporary democratic question: how to get out of the dead end?

Loïc Blondiaux

16 October 2017

After having imposed itself during the last two centuries as the only legitimate, if not possible, form...

What alternative to the "crisis of representation"?

Jean-Paul Jouary

8 June 2017

What we commonly call democracy today is essentially "representative democracy", which consists of citizens electing one or...

Why and how to recognize the currency as a common?

Jean-Michel Servet

4 May 2017

The interdependence of human activities subject to market relations makes money indispensable today. The question of money...

Environment, economy, collapse: squaring the circle?

Pierre-Yves Longaretti

9 March 2017

At a time when the Western model of economic development is spreading to the whole planet, it...

Understanding society collapses. What future for ours?

Emmanuel Prados

9 February 2017

Financial crisis, debt crisis, economic crisis, monetary crisis, political crisis, democratic crisis, social crisis, environmental crisis, refugee...

Reinventing Agriculture and Food of the 21st Century

Gilles Billen

28 June 2016

Agriculture is in crisis. Short-term solutions to increase the productivity of the sector and to ensure international...

The permanent crisis

Marc Chesney

8 April 2016

This conference addresses the issue of the crisis. Marc Chesney will analyze the historical trajectory that led...

Act fast and better: What needs to change?

Denis Dupré

11 February 2016

Whether on climate change or on the issue of healthy food for all people, together we identified...

Feeding 9 billion people healthily: possible or impossible?

Denis Dupré

14 January 2016

This second conference addresses the issue of food and our collective ability to feed 9 billion people...

Limiting climate change ... Why can't we do it?

Denis Dupré

17 December 2015

(Français) Cette première conférence porte sur la question du changement climatique. Une enquête sur les rouages multiples...