M2 Internship: AFM of agricultural sectors in France and regions

Context SCALABLE is an ADEME-funded research project involving the LESSEM laboratory (INRAE Grenoble), the STEEP team at Inria Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Énergie Environnement, the TerriFlux company and the Parc Naturel Régional de Chartreuse for all members of the “alpine region” inter-territorial food project. SCALABLE focuses on biomass of agricultural origin (BOA),…

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Real environmental issues – understanding, modelling, socio-economic issues

Logo École Doctorale MSTII de l'UGA

Scientific course offered by l’Ecole Doctorale Mathématiques, Sciences et Technologies de l’Information, Informatique (Grenoble Alpes University). Calender : 6 sessions of 3 hours each Place : Campus universitaire de St Martin d’Hères, UFR IM2AG, 60 rue de la Chimie,  salle 111 Target audience : Doctoral and Master’s students (the course is also open to participants…

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AEx RSG: Global Systemic Risks

Funding : Action Exploratoire INRIAPeriod : 2020-2024 Abstract The aim of this project is to develop methodologies and tools for estimating global systemic risks, as well as elements of strategic analysis for mitigating or adapting to these risks, for use by the public and private sectors. Global risks are linked…

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Finance: firefighters of collapse?

Denis Dupré

Denis Dupré Date / time: Thursday, January 23, 2020 – 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Summary: Finance: firefighters of collapse (Part II): How can alternative financial practices limit ecological and societal collapses? In this talk, we’ll look in detail at the technical workings of these alternative forms of finance (green…

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Internship M1: Adding a satellite data visualization module to the urban-sprawl platform

Keywords : Satellite images, urban sprawl, Python, OpenStreetMap Required Level : BAC + 4 Context Inria is a computer science and mathematics research institute. The STEEP team has developed the urban-sprawl open-source platform for calculating and analyzing indices linked to urban sprawl. These spatialized indices measure accessibility, dispersion and land-use mix. The…

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PhD thesis: Design and assessment of sustainable socio-technical systems based on physical accounting

Socio-scientific background Faced with the need to reduce the environmental footprint of our societies, several non-exclusive strategies can be envisaged. The spectrum ranges from individual action (more virtuous consumption) to government intervention and corporate responsibility. A recent report by Carbone 4 highlights the fact that individual action is actions are…

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PhD thesis: Methodology for designing and evaluating socio-technical alternatives

Environmental context and socio-technical lock The environmental pressures exerted by human activities on the environment are leading to profound changes in the latter. Their impact on human and non-human life is already being felt and is growing.A number of studies, notably those by [Rockström2009] and [Steffen2015], attempt to quantify the…

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